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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 | Mughalsarai, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) | 2 October 1904
Died | 11 January 1966 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now in Uzbekistan) | (aged 61)
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) |
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.
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 | change source]- ↑ "Was Mr Shastri murdered". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2013.