Birth Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

Birth Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

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Category : Important Days Published on: October 03 2023

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  • The birth anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri is also celebrated on 2 October.
  • He was born on 2 October 1904 AD in Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh.
  • When Shastri ji became the Prime Minister, there was a food crisis in India.
  • In 1965, there was war with Pakistan on one side and terrible drought on the other.
  • It was during his tenure as Prime Minister that India defeated Pakistan badly.
  • He died in 1966 in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
  • He was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year 1966 for exceptional services.
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