PM Narendra Modi remembers Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 50th death anniversary
"Remembering Shastri ji on his Punya Tithi. His courage, integrity & simplicity endeared him to each & every citizen of our nation," Modi tweeted.
Shastri, born in the year 1904 in Varanasi to Ramdulari Devi and Sharada Prasad Srivastava rose to prominence in the 1920’s after joining the freedom movement.
His slogan, ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ (Hail the soldier, hail the farmer) was widely accepted by the Indians and motivated them against the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.
He died a sitting Prime Minister in Tashkent, Uzbekistan under mysterious circumstances.
Shastri was the First Indian to posthumously receive the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, in 1966, the year of his death.
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