Lal Bahadur Shastri Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Lal Bahadur Shastri
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Sunday
BIRTHPLACE
Mughalsarai
DIED AT AGE
61 Years 3 Months 9 Days
DEATHDATE
January 11, 1966
DEATHPLACE
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
CAUSE OF DEATH
Heart attack
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
LIBRA
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Lal Bahadur Shastri Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Sharada Prasad Srivastava
Lal Bahadur Shastri Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Lalita Shastri (1928-1966)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Congress Party
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Indian independence movement (1920s), Slogan of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"
Education, Net Worth & More
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About Lal Bahadur Shastri
The 2nd Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri whose tenure was only for one and a half years but made such an impression in the eyes of people of India that country remember him with great respect even today.
Career of Lal Bahadur Shastri
He joined India's freedom struggle inspired by the words of Gandhi Ji and many times sent to jail due to active participation in the movements like Non-cooperation, Namak Satya Grah. After Independence, he became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party. He had taken many responsibilities as a minister like Parliamentary Secretary in his home state, Uttar Pradesh. He was made Minister of Railways in First Cabinet of the Republic of India. After the death of Jawahar Lal Nehru, he took a charge of Prime Minister until his death.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Did Lal Bahadur Shastri takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Lal Bahadur Shastri in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- He shares his birthday with Mahatma Gandhi and was proud to be born on his birthday.
- He was lost by his mother when he was only three months old and mother was taking a bath in Ganga. A cowherd returned him unwillingly as he was afraid of the FIR which his parents have lodged of their missing child.
- He was from a poor background, he used to cross the Ganga by swimming while going to school and returning home with his books tied on top of his head as he did not have enough money to take a ferry to school.
- He was the first person to suggest the use of jets of water to disperse crowd instead of a lathi charge when he was a minister of police in Uttar Pradesh.
- Any person can estimate that how honest he was with the fact that when he was in jail at the time of freedom struggle. His family was surviving with a pension of Rs 50 at the time. His wife told him that she had saved Rs 10 from the money. He asked the Servants of People's Society to reduce his pension and Rs 10 should be paid to the needy.
- He reversed his son's undue promotion.
- He went to jail when he was only seventeen years as he was in non-cooperation movement started by Mahatma Gandhi. Also, jailed for two years in the Salt March.
- He resigned as Minister of Railways in 1956, when there was an accident at Ariyalur in which more than 140 people were killed. He held himself responsible for the accident but then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted as a token of Constitutional propriety.
- He gave the slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan".
- RBI had issued a Rs.100 coin with his portrait on it in 2004 on his birth centenary. The coin is not circulating and is available on order only.
- In 1965, at the time of war with Pakistan, there was a shortage of food in India. The US threatened that if India will not stop the war they will stop the supply of wheat in India. He urged the people of India to skip one meal at least once in a weak. Even the eateries were closed for once a week for next few days.
- He promoted Green Revolution to increase food production in India and White Revolution to increase the supply of Milk.
- His real name was Lal Bahadur Shrivastava but he decided to drop his surname as he was against the caste system. "Shastri" was the title given to him after completing his graduation at Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi.
- He was against dowry and the big proof of that is he refuse to take dowry in his own marriage with Lalita Devi.
- He was the first person to receive Bharat Ratna after death.
- He took the charge of Prime Minister after Nehru's death when Indira Gandhi declined to accept the responsibility.
- He died in Uzbek city due to a heart attack but due to physician Dr. R N Chugh he had no sign of cardiac weakness previously. Many believe that he was poisoned as he was perfectly all right a few hours before his death.
- He took a loan from Punjab National Bank for Rs 5000 to take a Fiat car. The price of the car was Rs 12000 as he had only Rs 7000, so he applied for the loan. The loan was sanctioned in less than two hours. He summoned bank officer who had sanctioned the loan to inquire if the bank was equally prompt in sanctioning loans to other people. He died before repayment of the loan and his debt was cleared by his widow posthumously. The car is still standing in his home in Varanasi.
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