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The country's first Prime Minister, who reached the top of poverty today, 55 years ago

Lal Bahadur Shastri was married to Lalita Devi in ​​1927. Lalita Devi was a resident of Mirzapur. Marriage was done in a traditional way. He had refused to take dowry in his marriage, but on the emphasis of father-in-law, he accepted accepting to take a wheelchair and hand-woven clothes as dowry.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not the only and only Prime Minister of the country who faced poverty in childhood and struggled on the top of the power while struggling. Earlier there have been many leaders who looked at poverty and mufti and looked after the country's top rank and served the public. In this sense, today's day is very special because the man who faced such a simple personality and struggles 55 years ago took the oath of office as Prime Minister.

We are talking here of Lal Bahadur Shastri who, after the demise of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, took the oath of office as the second Prime Minister on June 9, 1964. Jawaharlal Nehru passed away on May 27, 1964, after which Gulzari Lal Nanda was made officiating prime minister after him. Nanda remained only as a caretaker Prime Minister for 13 days and after this Lal Bahadur Shastri was selected as the next Prime Minister.

PM remains 581 days

Although Lal Bahadur Shastri's tenure is not long, he can remain in office only for 581 days. After Nehru's death, when there was talk of the next prime minister's post in the country, many names were in discussion. Shastri himself felt that Indira Gandhi could become the next prime minister.

Following a long debate after the curtain, Kamaraj of the then Congress President declared Lal Bahadur Shastri as the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party. After becoming the Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri addressed the people of the country for the first time on June 11, 1964. Short-term, simple personality, and efficient administrator know about this leader, special things.

Lack of money after father's death

Soft-spoken and economical Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2 October 1904 at Mugalasarai, seven miles from Varanasi. Lal Bahadur Shastri's father was a school teacher but he died when he was only one and a half years old. After the demise of deputy tehsildar father (Sharda Prasad Shrivastav), the condition of the family was very bad. After struggling with poverty, his mother went to her father's house with her three children.

The education of Lal Bahadur Shastri, who was called by the name of Nanhe in the house, was not special in Mughalsarai, then he came to his uncle in Varanasi for higher education. He had to go to school only for miles or so, due to the financial constraints he had in summer or cold.

7 years in prison

Lal Bahadur Shastri's contribution was also in the fight for independence. Impressed by Mahatma Gandhi, he had only made the intention of joining the freedom struggle at the age of 11. Because of the movement for independence, he had to stay in prison for 7 years.

During Participation in Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921, he first went to jail at the age of 16, but was left out due to being a minor. After this, he was sent to jail for two and a half years in 1930 to join the Civil Disobedience Movement. He remained in jail in 1940 and again between 1941 and 1946. Lal Bahadur Shastri spent 9 years in his life.

At that time Lal Bahadur Shastri was only 16 years old when Mahatma Gandhi called upon the people to join the non-cooperation movement. On the call of Gandhiji, he decided to leave his studies. Although his decision became very disappointed by his mother and his family, Shastri did not change his decision even after celebrating lakhs.

Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in the Kayastha family

Where did the name 'Shastri' come from?

Lal Bahadur Shastri joined the Kashi University of Varanasi, one of the many national institutes established during the Civil Disobedience Movement against the British rule. While living in Kashi Vidyapeeth, he was contacted by several scholars. To give higher education at the national level, in February, 1921 Kashi Vidyapeeth was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.

Lal Bahadur was Kayastha and in his surname, the word Shastri came from this university. The name of the bachelor's degree awarded to him by the University was 'Shastri', and this title was further joined with his name and his full name became Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Charkha in dowry

Lal Bahadur Shastri was married to Lalita Devi in ​​1927. Lalita Devi was a resident of Mirzapur. Marriage was done in a traditional way. He had refused to take dowry in his marriage, but on the emphasis of father-in-law, he accepted accepting to take a wheelchair and hand-woven clothes as dowry.

In 1946, Lal Bahadur Shastri was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, but soon he was made Home Minister. After this, he became the General Secretary of the Congress in 1951 and moved to New Delhi. He later joined Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. During this time he also held important positions like Home Minister and Railway Minister.

Recruitment of female conductor

During his tenure as Minister of Transport for the Government of Chief Minister Gobind Ballabh Pant in Uttar Pradesh, for the first time, he started bringing women as a conductor for the first time. Not only that, to disperse the protesters, it was suggested to do water shocks instead of lathicharge.

Lal Bahadur Shastri won the 1952, 1957 and 1962 Lok Sabha elections.

First Railway Minister to resign on the accident

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first Railway Minister to resign on the basis of ethics after the accidents. Shastri was made Railway Minister on May 13, 1952 during the Jawaharlal Nehru term. But during his tenure a terrible train accident took place on 27 November 1956 in Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu, in which about 142 people died. He took the moral responsibility of the accident and resigned from the post.

Slogan of 'Jai Jawan'

When Lal Bahadur Shastri became Prime Minister in 1964, many things related to food were to be imported in the country. In 1965, there was a severe drought in the country during the war with Pakistan. To avoid the crisis, he urged the countrymen to keep one day fast. He also gave an immortal slogan to 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' for self-reliance in agricultural production.

Death in suspicious circumstances

Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who took small and tough decisions, died on 11 January 1966 in Tashkent. To end the 1965 war with Pakistan, the Shastri went to Tashkent to sign the Memorandum of Agreement. But on January 10, 1966, after 12 hours after the agreement on peace agreement with Pakistan in Tashkent, at 1.32 pm, he died in suspicious circumstances.

Though his death is still questioned It was officially said that Shastri's death was due to a heart attack. He had already had cardiovascular disease and in 1959 a heart attack had arrived. The family advised them to do less work, but after becoming the Prime Minister, the pressure of work went on growing at them. His wife Lalita Shastri claimed that her husband was poisoned and poisoned.