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Lal Bahadur Shastri 

Lal Bahadur Shastri's mind was full of patriotism since childhood. Because of this feeling, he had made up his mind to do something at the national level. Shastriji was only sixteen years old when Gandhiji called upon the countrymen to join the non-cooperation movement.

On the call of Mahatma Gandhi, he had decided to give up his studies. His decision broke his mother's hopes. His family tried hard to stop him by saying that his decision was wrong but they failed in this.

Lal Bahadur Shastri had a feeling of patriotism since childhood. Because of this feeling, he had made up his mind to do something at the national level. Shastriji was only sixteen years old when Gandhiji called upon the countrymen to join the non-cooperation movement. On the call of Mahatma Gandhi, he had decided to give up his studies. His decision broke his mother's hopes. His family tried hard to stop him saying his decision was wrong, but they failed.

Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2 October 1904 in Mughalsarai, a railway town seven miles from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. His father was a school teacher. When Lal Bahadur Shastri was only one and a half years old, his father died.

Know something special about the life of Lal Bahadur Shastri

1- Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of the country, was born on October 2, 1904 in Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh. His father passed away when he was only one and a half years old, after which his mother took care of the family.

2- After some time Shastri went to Varanasi for studies and did his further studies there. Shastri was just 16 years old when he joined the non-cooperation movement on the call of Mahatma Gandhi.

3- Shastri later moved to Kashi Vidya Peeth in Varanasi, where he came under the influence of many nationalists and intellectuals. He obtained his bachelor's degree from 'Shastri' Educational Institute.

4- Shastri also played a very important role in the independence of the country and remained in jail for about seven years during the freedom movement.

5- When the Congress government was formed in the year 1946, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.

6- Year 1951 Lal Bahadur Shastri came to New Delhi. Here he held several positions in the cabinet including Minister of Railways, Transport and Communications, Commerce and Industry.

7- During his tenure as Railway Minister, many people lost their lives in a train accident. Due to this, he was so disappointed that considering himself responsible for the accident, he resigned from the post.

8- In the year 1964, after the death of the country's Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Shastri became the second Prime Minister of the country. He promoted Green Revolution and White Revolution to increase the country's food and dairy production capacity.

9- During the India-Pakistan war in 1965, he gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan', 'Jai Kisan' to boost the morale of the soldiers and farmers amidst the 'shortage of food' in the country. At that time he had even stopped taking his salary.

He died in Tashkent on 10-11 January 1966. There he reached to sign the declaration of ceasefire with M Ayub Khan, the then President of Pakistan and end the war.

Shastri and the freedom movement

After the death of his father, Shastri ji's life passed in the midst of struggles. His mother moved to her father's house with her three children. Lal Bahadur's schooling in that small town was not much. He was sent to live with his uncle in Varanasi. So that they can get high school education. Everyone at home used to call him by the name of Nanhe.

As he grew up, Lal Bahadur Shastri became more interested in the country's struggle for freedom from foreign slavery. Shastri came under the influence of great scholars and nationalists during his studies at Kashi Vidya Peeth in Varanasi. The name of the bachelor's degree awarded to him by the Vidya Peeth was 'Shastri'. The title of Shastri was attached to his name in such a way that he was known by the name of Shastri for the rest of his life. In 1927, he got married to Lalita Devi of Mirzapur.

After completing his graduation in Sanskrit language, he joined the Bharat Sevak Sangh and started his political career from here by taking a vow to serve the country. Shastriji was a true Gandhian. He spent his whole life with simplicity in the service of the poor.

He used to actively participate in all the important programs and movements of the Indian freedom struggle. As a result, he had to go to jail several times. The non-cooperation movement of 1921, the Dandi March of 1930 and the Quit India movement of 1942 are notable in the movements of the freedom struggle in which he played an important role. He led several rebel campaigns and spent a total of seven years in British jails.

Shastriji's political directors included Purushottamdas Tandon, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, Jawaharlal Nehru. After coming to Allahabad in 1929, he started working with Tandonji as the secretary of the Allahabad unit of Bharat Sevak Sangh. His closeness with Nehruji increased while living in Allahabad. After this, Shastriji's stature continued to grow and he continued to climb the ladder of success.

Shastri ji and political life

After India's independence, Shastriji was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in Uttar Pradesh. In Govind Ballabh Pant's cabinet, he was entrusted with the Ministry of Home and Transport. During the tenure of the Transport Minister, he appointed women bus conductors for the first time.

After becoming the Home Minister, he started using water cannon instead of lathi to control the crowd. In 1951, under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, he was appointed the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.

He worked very hard to win the Congress party with a huge majority in the elections of 1952, 1957 and 1962. In 1952, he became Railway Minister in Pandit Nehru's cabinet. In 1956, a major train accident took place at Ariyalut in the state of Kerala. 150 people died in that accident.

shastri was deeply saddened by this incident. Being the Railway Minister, he had resigned from his post taking moral responsibility for the train accident. In 1960, he was given the responsibility of the post of Home Minister. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in the elections held in 1962 and then became the Home Minister of the country.

When took command of the country

Due to the death of Jawaharlal Nehru on May 27, 1964, Shastriji was made the Prime Minister of the country. He took over as the Prime Minister of India on 9 June 1964. He had said in his first press conference as the Prime Minister – his top priority is to stop the rise in food prices and he was successful in doing so. His methodology was not theoretical but completely practical and according to the needs of the people.

 

 

The Indo-Pak war of 1965 started during his reign. India had lost the war with China three years before this. During the war, the three army chiefs of the country explained the whole situation to him and asked what is the order? Shastriji immediately replied in one sentence that you protect the country and tell me what we have to do? Under the leadership of Shastri, India gave a crushing defeat to Pakistan.

He died under mysterious circumstances on the night of 11 January 1966 after signing an agreement to end the war with Ayub Khan, the President of Pakistan, in Tashkent. The cause of his death was said to be a heart attack. Various speculations were made regarding the death of shastriji.

People are of the opinion that Shastriji did not die of a heart attack. Shastriji was cremated with full state honors in front of Shantivan in Delhi on the banks of the Yamuna and the place was named Vijay Ghat. The whole of India still remembers Shastriji with reverence for his simplicity, patriotism and honesty.

If seen objectively, Shastriji's reign was very difficult. At that time the capitalists wanted to dominate the country and the enemy countries were looking for an opportunity to attack India. On January 26, 1965, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' to the soldiers and farmers of the country to remain strong towards their work and loyalty and to make the country self-dependent in the field of food grains. This slogan is popular in India even today. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1966 for his simplicity, patriotism and honesty.

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