Short Biography Lal Bahadur Shastri : On whose one voice millions of Indians had left food for a time

Short Biography Lal Bahadur Shastri : On whose one voice millions of Indians had left food for a time

The sentence is dated 26 September 1965. The India-Pakistan war ended just four days later. When Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri started speaking in front of thousands of people at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, he was in a very good mood.

Amid the applause, Shastri declared, "Sadar Ayub said that he would reach Delhi walking. He is such a big man. Lahim is a Shaheem. I thought why bother him to walk to Delhi. We Grow towards Lahore and join them. "

He was the same Shastri whose five feet of two-inch height and voice was mocked by Ayub a year ago. Shastri along with then Field Marshal Ayub Khan of Pakistan

Ayub often used to assess people from their outward appearance rather than their conduct.

Shankar Bajpai, former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan (who has recently died) told me, "Ayub started thinking that India is weak. He wanted to go to Delhi after Nehru's death but he said this Having canceled his trip to Delhi, whom should we talk to now? Shastri said, "Don't you come, we will come."

"He had gone to Cairo to attend the Non-Aligned Conference. While returning, he stayed in Karachi for a few hours. I was an eyewitness when Ayub, who came to leave Shastri at the airport, pointed out to his colleagues that there was no point in talking to him. Is not. "The then US President Lyndon Johnson

Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of India. He promoted the White Revolution – a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the Amul milk co-operative of Anand, Gujarat and creating the National Dairy Development Board. 

Born: 2 October 1904, Mughalsarai

Died: 11 January 1966, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Spouse: Lalita Shastri (m. 1928–1966)

Party: Indian National Congress

Children: Anil Shastri, Sunil Shastri, Hari Krishna Shastri, Suman Shastri, Ashok Shastri, Kusum Shastri

Books: Selected Speeches of Lal Bahadur Shastri, June 11, 1964 to January 10, 1966