Lal Bahadur Shastri
Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri (Hindustani: [laːl bəˈɦaːdʊr ˈʃaːstri], 
listen (help·info), 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.
Lal Bahadur Shastri | |
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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) | |
| 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]
References
change- ↑ "Was Mr Shastri murdered". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
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