Write a short essay on Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri(At least 200 words)
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Lal Bahadur Shastri’ was born on 2nd October, 1904 at Mughal Sarai, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father’s name was Sharda Prasad, who was a school teacher and later became a clerk in the Revenue Office at Allahabad. His mother’s name wasRamdulari Devi. Shastri’s father died when he was only a year old. His mother, Ramdulari Devi, took him and his two sisters to her father’s house and settled down there.From the childhood, he was very honest and laborious.
Shastri ji was educated at East Central Railway Enter College in Mughalsarai and Varanasi. He graduated with a first-class degree from the Kashi Vidyapeeth in 1926. He was given the title Shastri “Scholar”. The title was a bachelor’s degree awarded by the Vidyapeeth, but it stuck as part of his name.
When he was a boy he was drawn towards the national struggle for freedom. He was very impressed by Gandhi’s speech, delivered on the foundation ceremony ofBanaras Hindu University. Afterwards, he became a loyal follower, first of Gandhi and jumped into the freedom movement, during which he had to go to jail several times.
In 1947, when India got independence, Lal Bahadur Shastri got the portfolio oftransport and Home ministry. In 1952, he was given the responsibility of Railway ministry. When Jawaharlal Nehru died, Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeded him as thePrime Minister. He served as Prime Minister for a short period of 18 months. His most famous achievement was victory over Pakistan during the 1965 Indo-Pak war.On January 11, 1966 Shastri suffered a massive heart attack and died while signing Tashkent Agreement at Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union. Lal Bhadur Shastri was a simple man all through his life. He gave a slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kissan’. His integrity and sincerity are unquestionable. He was awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’, the highest civilian award posthumously.