Lal Bahadur Shastri facts for kids

Lal Bahadur Shastri
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)
Parents	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 (Hindustani: [laːl bəˈɦaːdʊr ˈʃaːstri], , 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

Shastri with 7th Nizam - Mir Osman Ali Khan when nizam donated 5000kg gold to India
Shastri's statue in Mumbai
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie