All about Lal Bahadur Shastri and Facts.
                     ALL ABOUT LAL 
BAHADUR SHASTRI 
WITH FACTS
2ND PRIME MINISTER
Lal Bahadur Shastri is one of India’s prominent 
freedom activists who served as the 2nd Prime 
Minister of India. He was deeply influenced by 
Mahatma Gandhi.
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BIRTHDAY
Coincidentally, Lal Bahadur Shastri was also born on 
2nd October, his birthday is often overshadowed by 
the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. He joined the Indian 
independence movement in the 1920s.
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ECONOMIC POLICIES
Shastri promoted the White Revolution, led by Amul, 
to boost dairy production in India. He also promoted 
the Green Revolution which was aimed at increasing 
agricultural production and food security.
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WAR WITH PAKISTAN
Shastri led India during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, 
which ended with a U.N-mandated ceasefire and the 
Tashkent Agreement. India had an upper hand at the 
time of the ceasefire.
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JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN
During the war against Pakistan, Shastri coined the 
slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’, celebrating the farmers 
and young soldiers of India, which is still a very 
popular slogan.
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CHILDHOOD
Shastri was once lost when his mother took him to 
bath in the Ganges, who was taken by a cowherd and 
was later returned to his mother. Shastri used to swim 
across the Ganges to go to school, since he didn’t 
have money to take a boat ride.
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AGAINST CASTE SYSTEM
Lal Bahadur Shastri was against the caste system in 
his youth itself. He gave up his family name as a fight 
against the caste system. The surname ‘Shastri’ was 
given to him for his degree in Philosophy.
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DEATH
Lal Bahadur Shastri died of heart attack in 1966 in 
Tashkent, when he had gone for signing the Tashkent 
Agreement to end the 1965 Pakistan war. His death is 
seen as suspicious by many.
CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Lal Bahadur Shastri is suspected to have been 
assassinated by the CIA or the Soviet KGB. It is 
believed that the CIA eliminated Shastri as the US felt 
he was a threat due to India’s advance in nuclear 
weapons and regional dominance.
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