<strong>Lal bahadur Shastri</strong>
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● He was born on 2nd October, 1904 in Mughalsarai Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
● Participated in the freedom movement since 1930.
● He joined the Kashi VidyaPeeth in Varanasi, one of the many national institutions set up in defiance of the British rule.
● He was minister in the Union Cabinet from 1951 to 1956 when he resigned taking responsibility for the railway accident and later from 1957-1964.
● He was India’s second Prime Minister (1964-66).
● During Shastri’s brief Prime Ministership, the country faced two major challenges. While India was still recovering from the economic implications of the war with China (1962), failed monsoons, drought and serious food crisis presented a grave challenge. The country also faced a war with Pakistan in 1965.
● Shastri’s famous slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’, symbolised the country’s resolve to face
both these challenges.
● He was the first person to be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna (1966).
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