Lal Bahadur Shastri (02 Octber 1904 to 11 January 1966 )

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• Born: 2 October 1904
• Place of Birth: Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
• Parents: Sharada Prasad Shrivastava (Father) and Ramdulari Devi (Mother)
• Wife: Lalita Devi
• Children: Kusum, Hari Krishna, Suman, Anil, Sunil and Ashok
• Education: Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi
• Political Association: Indian National Congress
• Movement: Indian Independence Movement
• Political Ideology: Nationalist; Liberal; Right-wing
• Religious views: Hinduism
• Passed Away: 11 January 1966
• Memorial: Vijay Ghat, New Delhi
• Awards: Bharat Ratna (1966) (posthumous)

 

The famous slogan of 'Jai jawan jai kisan' was coined by former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri

 

Lal Bahadur Shastri Timeline

1904: Born on 2nd of October in Mughalsarai, India.

1926: Completed Graduation in 1st class honor from the Kashi Vidyapeeth and awarded with the title of Shastri (“Scholar”).

1921: He had joined Indian Independence Movement.

1928: Got married to the Lalita Devi from Mirzapur on 16th of May.

1930: Started participating in the Salt Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi.

1937: Chosen as organizing secretary of the Parliamentary Board of U.P.

1940: went to the jail for one year because of his active participation to the Indian freedom movement.

1942: Went to the jail for years till 1946 for his active participation in the Quit-India Movement.

1947: He was selected as the Parliamentary Secretary in Uttar Pradesh and on 15th of August he became Home Minister of the Uttar Pradesh state.

1951: He was selected as the General Secretary of All-India Congress Committee in the Prime Ministership of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

1952: He entered to Rajya Sabha after getting elected from U.P. and became Railway and Transport minister.

1956: In the month of September he resigned from the post of Railway ministry after a big accident which was unaccepted by the Pt. Nehru.

1956: In the month of December he again resigned from the same post after another railway accident in the Tamil Nadu however that was accepted.

1957: He entered again into the Cabinet.

1961: He again elected as the Home Minister.

1964: On 9th of June, he became the most honorable Prime Minister of India.

1964: on 11th of June, he had given his first speech as a Prime Minister of India.

1964: He signed an agreement with the Prime minister of Sri Lanka (Sirimavo Bandaranaike) regarding the status of Indian Tamils.

1965: He solved the Madras anti-Hindi agitation by assuring people about the continuation of English language as an official language.

1965: He had supported the Amul and White Revolution in order to create a National Dairy Development Board in India as well as requested people to skip at least one meal a day to deal with the food shortage in country.

1965: In the month of August and September, he courageously faced the War with Pakistan and encouraged Indian people by giving the slogan of “Jai Jawan – Jai Kisan”.

1965: On 23rd of September, the war with Pakistan was ended in his Prime Ministership with the ceasefire mandated by UN.

1966: On 10th of January, He signed the Tashkent Declaration with the Ayub Khan of Pakistan.

1966: On 11th of January, He died in Tashkent because of the Heart Attack

1966: He became the first person of India to be awarded with the Bharat Ratna.

1966: In the honor of him, the National Academy of Administration of India was renamed as “Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration