The second Prime Minister of India Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2nd October 1901. He had filled a large vaccum in the history of Indian Politics after the demise of first PM Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Lal Bahadur Shastri's birth anniversary coincides with Gandhi Jayanti and sadly we all forget to mention this man's commendable contribution towards the growth of our nation.
The second Prime Minister of India Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2nd October 1901. He had filled a large vacuum in the history of Indian Politics after the demise of first PM Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Shastri took birth at Mughalsarai, a small railway town near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. He lost his father at an early age and his mother along with her three children went to settle down at her father's place.
Despite the bad financial conditions of the family Lal Bahadur Shastri evolved as a remarkable name in the country's freedom struggle.
Shashtri from a very young age was interested in the country's freedom struggle from the foreign invaders. Greatly inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Shastri was called upon to join the non-cooperation movement at an early age of 16.
Lal Bahadur Shastri immediately gave up on his studies to serve the nation. His mother did not like the idea of quitting his studies, but there was no looking back for Shahstri ji.
Lal Bahadur Shastri joined one of the national institutions set up in defiance of British Rule in India, Kashi Vidya Peeth in Varanasi.
He not only resurrected the nation's broken confidence after the defeat against China in 1962 but also aggressively worked on the Green Revolution and White revolution. Turning India from a food deficit nation to food surplus nation.
Five lesser known facts about Shri Lal Bhadur Shastri:
1. Shastri at the age of 12 opposed the caste-system in India and gave up his surname. He was given the title 'Shastri' by the Kashi Vidya Peeth in Varanasi after he completed his graduation. Shastri means 'scholar' and was degree that marked his scholarly success.
2. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first one to use jets of water instead of lathi charge to disperse crowd as the Minister of Police in Uttar Pradesh.
3. India won the India-Pakistan war in 1965 under the leadership of Lal Bahadur Shahstri. He lead the country and took the decision for army to take a bold action.
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to be awarded the India's Highest Civilian Award, Bharat Ratna.
5. After signing the Tashkent Declaration on 11th January, 1996 he took his last breath. According to the reports he died of a cardiac arrest but the cause of his death still remains a great mystery as many controversies were involved. Even today the real reason of his death remains a mystery.
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 "Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri- India's Second Prime Minister")
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