Lal Bahadur Shastri the second Prime Minister of India died on 11 January 1966 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. His death was a mystery, with no official cause of death ever being announced
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Shastri ji coined the slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" (Hail the soldier, Hail the farmer), which became very popular during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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Shastri ji used to easily cross the Ganga river, several times daily, with a bag and cloth on his head during his school days
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Lal Bahadur Shastri got the title ‘Shastri’ after he completed his graduation at Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi in 1925. The title ‘Shastri’ refers to a ‘scholar’ who is adept in the holy scriptures
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On August 15, 1947, he became the Minister of Police and Transport. It was during his tenure that the first women bus conductors were appointed
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Shastri ji resigned from his post when he was a railway minister, blaming himself for being responsible for a railway accident that took lives
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When the country was facing food scarcity during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Lal Bahadur Shastri did not draw his salary
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He promoted the white and green revolution in India that helped increase the production of milk by supporting the Amul milk co-operative in Gujrat and creating the National Dairy Development Board
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When Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he was the first person who used jets of water to disperse the crowd instead of the lathi charge
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He signed Tashkent Declaration on 10 January 1966 with Pakistan President, Muhammad Ayub Khan to end the 1965 war
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