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Lal Bahadur Shastri (pronounced [lɑːl bəˈhɑːd̪ʊɾ ˈʃɑːst̪ɾi] ⓘ; born Lal Bahadur Srivastava; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966.
Jun 24, 2024 · Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian statesman, prime minister of India (1964–66) after Jawaharlal Nehru. He died of a heart attack after signing a ‘no-war’ agreement with President Ayub Khan of Pakistan and was succeeded as prime minister by Indira Gandhi, Nehru’s daughter.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India. He took oath after the sudden demise of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister. Relatively new to the high office, he led the country successfully through Indo-Pakistan War in 1965.
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri. June 9, 1964 - January 11, 1966 | Congress. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904 at Mughalsarai, a small railway town seven miles from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. His father was a school teacher who died when Lal Bahadur Shastri was only a year and half old. His mother, still in her twenties, took her ...
Oct 2, 2023 · October 2 marks the birth anniversary of two iconic Indian leaders who played a role in the freedom struggle and the early years of nation-building: the ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966).
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Dec 1, 2022 · Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India was a great statesman known for his honesty and humility. Read to know more about his extraordinary life. Lal Bahadur Srivastava, or Shastri Ji as India knows him was a humble yet strong statement who guided India through tough times.
Oct 2, 2022 · This man was India’s second Prime Minister - Lal Bahadur Shastri. No matter how grim the situation looked he managed to come up with some way to tackle the situation, just like he did with the Green and White revolutions.
