History Of Lal Bahadur Shastri

Date of birth: October 2, 1904

Died: January 11, 1966,

Contributions

He devoted his life for the country's pride and honor. Shastri was a man of principles. Lal Bahadur Shastri, resigned as Union railway Minister; hours after he was informed of the train accident that killed nearly 150 people. He laid the cornerstones of good production schemes such as the green revolution and the White Revolution. He was the first person to be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna.

Life

Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904, Ramdulari Devi and Sharada Prasad Shrivastava, Moghalsarai, United province (Uttar Pradesh). He shares his birthday with the father of nation Mahatma Gandhi. Lal Bahadur was against the caste system and therefore decided to remove his name. The name "Shastri" was given after completing his graduation in Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi in 1925. The name "Shastri" refers to "the scientist" or a person adept in "Holy Scriptures".

His father Sharada Prasad, a teacher by profession, died when Lal Bahadur was only two years. His mother Ramdulari Devi took him and his two sisters in the House of his mother's grandfather Hazari Lal. Lal Bahadur acquired virtues as courage, love of adventure, patience, self-control, civility and dedication in childhood. After completion of primary education in Mirzapur, Lal Bahadur was sent to Varanasi, where he stayed with his maternal uncle.

Young Lal Bahadur, inspired by the stories and national leaders, has developed a desire to participate in the Indian independence movement. He also wanted to spend time reading foreign authors like Marx, Lenin and Russell. In 1915, the words of Mahatma Gandhi changed his life and decided to jump into the fire of Indian liberation struggle.

In order to participate actively in the movement for freedom, Lal Bahadur neglected his studies. In 1921, during the motion-cooperation convened by Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur was arrested for having participated in a demonstration in violation of a restraining order. Sine, he was a minor, the authority had to release him. In 1928, Lal Bahadur Shastri married Lalita Devi, the youngest daughter of Ganesh Prasad. He was against the dowry system and therefore refused to take dowry. However, to the repeated calls by his father-in-law, he agreed to take only five yards of Khadi cloth (cotton, usually handspun) as dowry.

Active nationalist

In 1930, Lal Bahadur Shastri became Secretary of the Congress Party and later the Chairman of the Committee of the Congress Allahabad. He played a decisive role in the Salt movement ". Lal Bahadur campaigning door-to-door, urging people not to pay land tax revenue and the British administration. The leader was also sent to jail for a campaign. A long interval of nine years he spent in prison, Lal Bahadur used the time to read social reformers and Western philosophers. He was one of the leading and well-known persons who have quit India movement called by Mahatma Gandhi. Lal Bahadur in 1937, he was elected up to the Legislative Assembly.

Post independence

Lal Bahadur Shastri served in various positions until the election of the Prime Minister. After independence he became Minister of police at the Ministry of Govind Valabha Panth in Uttar Pradesh. Its recommendations included the introduction of "water jets instead of sticks to disperse the unruly crowd. Impressed by his efforts in reforming the Department of State police, Jawaharlal Nehru, invited to join the Union Shasthri Cabinet Minister for railways. He was responsible a man renowned for his ethics and morality. In 1956, Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned from his post after the accident train, who killed about 150 passengers near Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu. Nehru had once said: "no one could wish for a better friend than Lal Bahadur, a man of highest integrity and devote to the ideas."

Lal Bahadur Shastri returned to Cabinet in the year 1957, first Minister of transport and communications, and then Minister of trade and industry. In 1961, he became Minister for home and formed a "Committee for the prevention of corruption" headed from k. Santhanam.

The Prime Minister

Jawaharlal Nehru replaced the mild-mannered and soft-spoken Lal Bahadur Shastri June 9, 1964 year. He was a follower of Nehruvian socialism. Despite the strong influence and a desire to become Prime Minister, some party stalwarts Shastri appeared as a consensus candidate.

Shastri address many basic problems of food shortages, unemployment and poverty. To overcome the severe food shortage, Shastri asked experts to develop a long-term strategy. It was the beginning of the famous "green revolution". In addition to the green revolution, he played in promoting the White Revolution. National Dairy Development Board was formed in 1965, during the Shastri as Prime Minister.

After the Chinese aggression major cross border problem faced was caused by Pakistan Shastri. He sent its forces across the eastern border in Kuch Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. Shastri, showing his mettle, very clearly that India will not sit and watch. Providing freedom of security forces to retaliate, he said: "the force will be met with force."

Indo-Pak war ended September 23, 1965, after the United Nations adopted a resolution demanding a cease-fire. Russian Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin, offered to mediate and January 10, 1966, Lal Bahadur Shastri and his colleague Pakistan Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Declaration.

Death

Lal Bahadur Shastri, who had previously suffered two heart attacks, died of a third heart January 11, 1966. He is the only Indian Prime Minister, died in Office, abroad. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian Award).