Why Has History Forgotten This Giant--- Sastry Ji

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1904: Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in Mughalsarai in a Shrivastava Kayastha family on October 2.

1921: Shastri, a leader of the Indian National Congress party joined the Indian independence movement. His early activities included participation in the non-cooperation movement for which he was jailed briefly by the British.

1930: Shastri participated in the Salt Satyagraha. Later, he worked as the Organising Secretary of the Parliamentary Board of UP in 1937.

1940: He was sent to prison for one year, for offering individual Satyagraha support to the freedom movement. Shastri spent almost nine years in jail in total. During his stays in prison, he spent time reading books and became familiar with the works of western philosophers, revolutionaries and social reformers.

1947: Following India's independence, Shastri was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in his home State, Uttar Pradesh. On Aug 15, 1947, he became the Minister of Police and Transport under Govind Ballabh Pant's Chief Ministership and was the first to appoint women conductors.

1951: With Jawaharlal Nehru as the Prime Minister, Shastri was made the General Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee.

1952: He successfully contested UP Vidhansabha from Soraon North cum Phulpur West seat and won getting over 69 per cent of vote.

1956: He offered his resignation after a railway accident at Mahbubnagar that led to 112 deaths. However, Nehru did not accept his resignation. Three months later, he resigned accepting moral and constitutional responsibility for a railway accident at Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu that resulted in 144 deaths.

1957: Shastri returned to the Cabinet following the General Elections, first as the Minister for Transport and Communications, and then as the Minister of Commerce and Industry. In 1961, he became Home Minister.

1964: After death of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Shastri was made the Prime Minister on June 9. In his first broadcast as Prime Minister, on June 11, 1964, Shastri said:

"There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which way to go. But for us there need be no difficulty or hesitation, no looking to right or left. Our way is straight and clearâ??the building up of a socialist democracy at home with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations."



1965: He gave the slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" during Indo-Pak war of 1965 which reverberates the nation even today. Shastri's greatest moment came when he led India to victory in the 1965 Indo-Pak War.

In his report to the Lok Sabha on the confrontation in Kutch, Shastri stated:
In the utilisation of our limited resources, we have always given primacy to plans and projects for economic development. It would, therefore, be obvious for anyone who is prepared to look at things objectively that India can have no possible interest in provoking border incidents or in building up an atmosphere of strife... In these circumstances, the duty of Government is quite clear and this duty will be discharged fully and effectively... We would prefer to live in poverty for as long as necessary but we shall not allow our freedom to be subverted.

1966: Prime Minister Shastri died in Tashkent, the day after signing the Tashkent Declaration, reportedly due to a heart attack, but people allege conspiracy behind the death.

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Sastry ji Rocks man..
and true visionary and ppls man...

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because there is no gandhi tag

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