| Name(s) |
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI |
| Date of
Birth |
October 02, 1904
– Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
January 11, 1966
– Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then in Soviet Union). |
|
Identity |
2nd Prime Minister
of India - The author of the slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1920: He joined the Indian
independence movement and soon he became a loyal follower of
both Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
- May 16, 1928: On this day, he
married Lalita Devi.
- August 15, 1947: Following
India's independence, he was appointed Parliamentary
Secretary in his home state, Uttar Pradesh. He became the
Minister of Police and Transport under Govind Ballabh Pant's
Chief Ministership on this day.
- April 03, 1952: He was elected
to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh w.e.f. this day.
- May 13, 1952: He became the
Minister of Railways and Transport in the Central Cabinet.
- February 20, 1955: As the
Railway Minister, he installed the 1st Machine at Integral
Coach Factory, Chennai on this day.
- September 1956: He offered his
resignation after a railway accident at Mahbubnagar that led
to 112 deaths. However, his resignation was not accepted by
the Prime Minister.
- December 07, 1956: He retired as
the Minister of Railways and Transport in the Central
Cabinet.
- December, 1956: He resigned
accepting moral and constitutional responsibility for a
railway accident at Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu that resulted in
144 deaths.
- April 04, 1961: He became the
Minister of Home Affairs.
- August 29, 1963: He retired
as the Minister of Home Affairs.
- June 09, 1964: He became the 2nd
Prime Minister of India; he also was the Minister of
External Affairs.
- July 18, 1964: He
relinquished the portfolio of the Minister of External
Affairs on this day.
- August 05, 1965: Although
border skirmishes had started ever since April, 1965, about
30,000 Pakistani soldiers crossed the Line of Control
dressed as Kashmiri locals headed for various areas within
Kashmir. That perhaps was enough to say that the real
Indo-Pak war of 1965 had started on this day, though India
took a long time to take it as a war.
- September 06, 1965: India
crossed the International Border on the Western front,
marking an official beginning of the war. Indian forces
reached the Ichhogil (BRB) Canal by 6 September.
- September 08, 1965: In the
Indo-Pak war of 1965, on this day,
Abdul Hamid destroyed two Pakistani Patton tanks.
- September 17, 1965: While
the Indo-Pak war was on, India received a letter from China,
the then so-called Paki friend, alleging that the Indian
army had set up army equipment in Chinese territory, and
India would face China's wrath, unless the equipment was
pulled down. It being a mere monkey-like tactic when two
cats are fighhting, Shastri declared "China's allegation is
untrue" and so proceeded with doing what was supposed to be
done in a situation like this. After that the monkey went to
sleep mode, for obvious reasons, because by than India was
not that of 1962, but of an over 1000 days later.
- September 22, 1965: The invading
Indian forces outfought their Pakistani counterparts and by
the time United Nations intervened on September 22, Pakistan
had suffered a clear defeat. On this day, the United Nations
Security Council unanimously passed a resolution that called
for an unconditional ceasefire from both nations. The war
ended the following day.
- October 19, 1965: He gave the
slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ ("Hail the soldier, Hail the
farmer") in Allahabad that became a national slogan.
- January 11, 1966: He
died this day and thus ceased to be the 2nd Prime Minister
of India. The reason of his death is still a mystery, as
strange as the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
- 1976: The Govt of Hungary
released a postal stamp during this year in his honour.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the first person to be posthumously awarded
the Bharat Ratna, and a memorial "Vijay
Ghat" was built for him in Delhi.
- He spent almost nine years in jail in total during the
freedom struggle.
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