Lal Bahadur Shastri facts for kids

Lal Bahadur Shastri
Quick facts for kids The Honorable Lal Bahadur Shastri
2nd Prime Minister of India
	In office; 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966
President	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Succeeded by	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Minister of External Affairs
	In office; 9 June 1964 – 18 July 1964
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda
Succeeded by	Sardar Swaran Singh
Minister of Home Affairs
	In office; 4 April 1961 – 29 August 1963
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Govind Ballabh Pant
Succeeded by	Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Railways
	In office; 1951–1956
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Succeeded by	Jagjivan Ram
Personal details
Born	2 October 1904; Mughalsarai, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India; (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	11 January 1966 (aged 61); Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union; (now in Uzbekistan)
Resting place	Vijay Ghat
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Lalita Shastri (m. 1928)
Parent(s)	Sharda Prasad Srivastava (father); Ram Dulari Devi (mother)
Alma mater	Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth
Profession	Politician; Academic; Activist;
Awards	Bharat Ratna (1966) (Posthumous)

Lal Bahadur Shastri ( , 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician. He was the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party.

Shhastri died on 11 January 1966 in Tashkent, Soviet Union from a heart attack at the age of 61. Many people believed that there was a conspiracy to his death and that he was murdered.

Images for kids

nauguration of Main Building of MNREC Allahabad by Indian Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shashtri on 18th April 1965.
Shastri's statue in Mumbai
Shastri Circle Jodhpur
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie