Why Has History Forgotten This Giant--- Sastry Ji

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[b] Happy Birthday Lal Bahadur Shastri : The Forgotten Hero[/b]


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[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]Shastri was known for his honesty and humility throughout his life. He was the first person to be posthumously awarded the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna"]Bharat Ratna[/url], and a memorial "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Ghat_and_associated_memorials"]Vijay Ghat[/url]" was built for him in Delhi. Several educational institutes, [b][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_National_Academy_of_Administration"]Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration[/url][/b] (Mussorie, Uttarakhand) is after his name these were some examples. The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute was named after Shastri due to his role in promoting scholarly activity between India and Canada.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri#cite_note-30"][31][/url][/sup] Today[i]Lal Bhadur Shastri Memorial[/i] run by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust, is situated next to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Janpath"]10 Janpath[/url] his residence as Prime Minister,[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri#cite_note-31"][32][/url][/sup] at 1, Motilal Nehru Place, New Delhi. In 2011, on Shastri’s 45th death anniversary, Uttar Pradesh Government announced to renovate Shastri’s ancestral house at[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramnagar"]Ramnagar[/url] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi"]Varanasi[/url] and declared plans to convert it into a biographical museum.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri#cite_note-hind-0"][1][/url][/sup][sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri#cite_note-32"][33][/url][/sup][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The International Airport at the City of Varanasi is named after him.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]A Monument and a street is named after him in the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]A stadium is named after him in the city of Hyderabad, Andhrapradesh[/size][/font][/color]


[color=#2C2C2C][font=arial, tahoma, verdana][size=3]fter Second World War started in 1939, Congress launched "Individual Satyagraha" in 1940 to demand freedom. Lal Bahadur Shastri was arrested during Individual Satyagraha and released after one year. On August 8, 1942, Gandhiji gave the call for Quit India Movement. Lal Bahadur actively participated in the movement. He went underground but was later arrested. Lal Bahadur Shastri was released in 1945 along with other major leaders. He earned the praise of Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant by his hard work during the 1946 provincial elections. Lal Bahadur's administrative ability and organization skills came to the fore during this time. When Govind Vallabh Pant became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he appointed Lal Bahadur Shastri as his Parliamentary Secretary. In 1947, Lal Bahadur Shastri became the Minister of Police and Transport in Pant's Cabinet.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#2C2C2C][font=arial, tahoma, verdana][size=3]Lal Bahadur Sastri was the General Secretary of the Congress Party when the first general elections were held after India became Republic. Congress Party returned to power with a huge majority. In 1952, Jawahar Lal Nehru appointed Lal Bahadur Shastri as the Railways and Transport Minister in the Central Cabinet. Lal Bahadur Shastri's contribution in providing more facilities to travelers in third class compartments cannot be forgotten. He reduced the vast disparity between the first class and third class in the Railways. Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned from Railways in 1956, owning moral responsibility for a railway accident. Jawaharlal Nehru tried to persuade Shastriji but Lal Bahadur Shastri refused to budge from his stand. By his action Lal Bahadur Shastri set new standards of morality in public life.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#2C2C2C][font=arial, tahoma, verdana][size=3]In the next general elections when Congress returned to power, Lal Bahadur Shastri became the Minister for Transport and Communications and later the Minister for Commerce and Industry. He became the Home Minister in 1961, after the death of Govind Vallabh Pant. In the 1962 India-China war Shastriji played a key role in maintaining internal security of the country.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#2C2C2C][font=arial, tahoma, verdana][size=3]After the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri was unanimously elected as the Prime Minister of India. It was a difficult time and the country was facing huge challenges. There was food shortage in the country and on the security front Pakistan was creating problems. In 1965, Pakistan tried to take advantage of India's vulnerability and attacked India. Mild-mannered Lal Bahadur Shastri rose to the occasion and led the country ably. To enthuse soldiers and farmers he coined the slogan of "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan". Pakistan lost the war and Shastriji's leadership was praised all over the world.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#2C2C2C][font=arial, tahoma, verdana][size=3]In January 1966, to broker peace between India and Pakistan, Russia mediated a meeting between Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan in Tashkent, Russia. India and Pakistan signed the joint declaration under Russian mediation. Under the treaty India agreed to return to Pakistan all the territories occupied by it during the war. The joint declaration was signed on January 10, 1966 and Lal Bahadur Shastri died of heart attack on the same night.[/size][/font][/color]

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[size=4][color=#000000]During the tensed days of 1965 War, in his address to the nation from Red Fort on Independence day, he said: "[/color][color=#ff0000][b]Hathiyaron ka jawab hathiyaron se denge. Hamara desh rahega to hamara tiranga rahega.[/b][/color][color=#000000]"[/color][/size]



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[color=#000000]Jai Jawan Jai Kisan.[/color][/size]

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[size=5][color=#000000][font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif]In today’s world, where we see moral and ethical life of political leaders and parties reaching to a new low, it is surprising to observe that our past had given us great leaders who stood the test of time with integrity, conviction and clarity. Lal Bahadur Shastri was one such great character.[/font][/color][font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000] [/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India. Though short in height and physical appearance, he was a man of great courage and will.
He successfully led the country during the 1965 war with Pakistan. He also played a key role in India's freedom struggle. He led his life with great simplicity and honesty, and was a great source of inspiration for all the countrymen. He once resigned from his post as Railways and Transport cabinet minister, not as a political move but as an honest reaction of accepting moral and constitutional responsibility for the railway accidents that took place. Such was his conviction for serving his motherland. [/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904 at Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh. His parents were Sharada Prasad and Ramdulari Devi. Lal Bahadur's surname was Srivastava but he dropped it as he did not want to indicate his caste as he was strongly against caste system. Though Sharada Prasad was poor, he lived a life of honesty and integrity. Lal Bahadur lost his father when he was only one. Ramdulari Devi raised Lal Bahadur and her two daughters at her father's house. [/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]After completing his basic education, Lal Bahadur went to Varanasi for higher education. In 1921 when Mahatma Gandhi launched the non-cooperation movement against British Government, Lal Bahadur was only seventeen years old. When Mahatma Gandhi gave a call to the youth to leave Government schools, colleges, offices and courts and to sacrifice everything for the sake of freedom, Lal Bahadur left his school. Though his mother and relatives advised him not to do so, he was firm in his decision. Lal Bahadur was arrested during the Non-cooperation movement but was let off as he was too young.[/color]

[color=#000000]Lal Bahadur then enrolled at the Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi for studying philosophy. Upon completion of his course in 1926, he was given the degree of [i]Shastri[/i] ("Scholar"). In 1930, Gandhiji gave the call for Civil Disobedience Movement. Lal Bahadur Shastri joined the movement and encouraged people not to pay land revenue and taxes to the government. He was arrested and put in jail for two and a half years. While in jail, Shastriji became familiar with the works of various philosophers, revolutionaries and social reformers. [/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]After Second World War started in 1939, Congress launched "Individual Satyagraha" in 1940 to demand freedom. Lal Bahadur Shastri was again arrested during Individual Satyagraha and released after one year. On August 8, 1942, Gandhiji gave the call for Quit India Movement. Lal Bahadur actively participated in the movement. He went underground but was later arrested. He was released in 1945 along with other major leaders. [/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]After the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri was unanimously elected as the Prime Minister of India. It was a difficult time and the country was facing huge challenges. There was food shortage in the country and on the security front Pakistan was creating problems. Mild-mannered Lal Bahadur Shastri rose to the occasion and led the country ably. To tackle the food problem, he pushed for “Green Revolution” in the country. In 1965, Pakistan tried to take advantage of India's vulnerability and attacked India. To enthuse the soldiers and farmers, and to mobilize support of the country during the war, he coined the slogan of "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan". Pakistan lost the war and Shastriji's leadership was praised all over the world.

[color=#FF0000]What would I like to learn from Lal Bahadur Shastri ?[/color][/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]a. Patriotism and dedication to serve the nation[/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]b. Simplicity, integrity and honesty[/color][/font]
[font=GillSans,Calibri,Trebuchet,sans-serif][color=#000000]c. Courage and conviction to lead the nation[/color][/font][/size]

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[b] The moral life and times of Lal Bahadur Shastri[/b]


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Lal Bahadur Shastri
What kind of a person was Lal Bahadur Shastri, India’s second Prime Minister after Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru?
He was a person who fiercely guarded his self esteem and that of the nation, even if that meant going hungry for half-a-day, his son and former Union minister Anil Kumar Shastri said.
During the 1965 war with Pakistan, the then US President Lyndon B. Johnson sent a tough missive demanding that India stop the war and warning if India did not relent then the US would stop providing wheat to the country under the PL-480 agreement. India used to import wheat at that time to meet the domestic requirement.
“The same day, Shastriji told my mother not to cook food for the family in the evening. When she inquired as to what was the cause, he explained that he wanted to know whether his family members could withstand hunger for half-a-day. I must know how it feels before asking the countrymen to forgo one meal everyday to meet the situation,” the former Prime Minister’s son recalled.
The next day Shastriji addressed the nation on the All-India Radio exhorting the people to skip one meal a day.
“We may go hungry, but not bow before the US,” he said.
Mr Anil Shastri recounted several anecdotes about his father while addressing students and faculty members of the SOA University during the 7th Foundation Day celebration of the University on Wednesday evening.
Shastriji’s integrity came to the fore during the freedom struggle when he was in jail. His family was living on a pension of `50 provided by the Servants of People Society. Shastriji wrote a letter to his wife from jail inquiring whether she was receiving the pension and whether it was enough to meet the requirements of the family.
“My mother wrote back informing that she was getting the pension every month and she could meet the household expenses which came to `40 and she was able to save `10. Shastriji promptly wrote to the Servants of People Society requesting the organisation to send his family only `40 as it was enough to meet the household expenses while suggesting that the `10 should go to some needy family.
Even after becoming the Prime Minister, Shastriji did not own a car though the family members had been pestering him for one. He wanted his secretary to find out how much a Fiat car cost. The price was found to be `12,000, but he had only `7,000 in the bank. He applied to a bank for a loan which was sanctioned in one-and-a-half hours.
Shastriji promptly summoned the bank officer who had sanctioned the loan to his office to inquire if the bank was as prompt in sanctioning loans to other people as well. He advised the officer to be prompt in meeting the requirement of the bank’s customers.
“When my father became Prime Minister, I was studying in school and suggested that he should have a carpet in his bedroom. But he turned it down saying he was the Prime Minister of a country where millions of people had no roof over their heads. So he could not afford such a luxury and that he should be happy with whatever he had,” Mr Shastri recalled.
“During my stay in Bhubaneswar, a group of five youngmen met me in the hotel and wanted to know whether I was Anil Shastri. When I confirmed that it indeed was me, they wanted to be photographed with me.”
“I am not as famous as my father, but youngsters today recognised and honoured the legacy of Lal Bahadur Shastri. They wanted to be photographed with the legacy of the former Prime Minister,” he said, adding, Shastri was in the Prime Minister’s seat for barely one-and-a-half years. “But he created an identify for himself during the short time and his slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kishan’ is still relevant today,” he said.

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