Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri (Hindustani: [laːl bəˈɦaːdʊr ˈʃaːstri], 
listen (info • help), 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician. He was the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party.
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| [List of Prime Ministers of India|2nd Prime Minister of India] | |
| In office 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966 | |
| President | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Preceded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 9 June 1964 – 18 July 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Swaran Singh |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 4 April 1961 – 29 August | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | Govind Ballabh Pant |
| Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| Minister of Railways | |
| In office 1951–1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |
| Succeeded by | Jagjivan Ram |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1904 Mughalsarai, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 11 January 1966 (aged 61) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now in Uzbekistan) |
| Resting place | Vijay Ghat |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Lalita Shastri (m. 1928) |
| Parents | Sharda Prasad Srivastava (father) Ram Dulari Devi (mother) |
| Alma mater | Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth |
| Profession | |
| Awards | Bharat Ratna (1966) (Posthumous) |
Shastri died on 11 January 1966 in Tashkent, Soviet Union from a heart attack at the age of 61. Many people believed that there was a conspiracy to his death and that he was murdered.[1]
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Jawaharlal Nehru with Lal Bahadur Shastri and K. Kamaraj
Inauguration of the Main Building of MNREC Allahabad by Lal Bahadur Shashtri on 18 April 1965
Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri with police officers
Shastri's statue in Mumbai
Bharat Ratna Ribbon
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi offering the floral tributes on the statue of the former Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand on October 26, 2017.
Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial, New Delhi
Shastri Circle Jodhpur. staue of Lal Bahadur Shastri in Jodhpur also I love Jodhpur
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
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References
- ↑ "Was Mr Shastri murdered". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2013.