Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri (Hindustani: [laːl bəˈɦaːdʊr ˈʃaːstri], listen , 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.

The Honorable Lal Bahadur Shastri
[List of Prime Ministers of India|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
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	(1904-10-02)2 October 1904 Mughalsarai, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	11 January 1966(1966-01-11) (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)

Shastri 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.[1]