Lal Bahadur Shastri’s 114th Jayanti: Nation celebrates

“We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country”- these words crumbled the odds and built hopes encouraging several souls to preach and develop ‘Better India’. The dream of ‘Independent’ India free from poverty and unemployment was dreamt by ‘Man of Peace’ – Lal Bahadur Shastri. Nation today recalls our second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 114th birth anniversary.

India’s second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was ‘Man of Peace’ who strived to achieve peaceful India through peaceful means. The core of ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ was carved by Lal Bahadur Shastri, who always valued these Bravehearts.

Lal Bahadur Shastri headed the country during a challenging time and his leadership and thoughts on various key issues like freedom, war and governance continue to be prevalent even today. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to be posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award.

Lal Bahadur Shastri was a revolutionary thinker made monumental contributions to India’s independence movement. Born on October 2, 1904, Lal Bahadur Shastri joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920s and was strongly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and his flow of thoughts. He served in the office from 1964 to 1966. He headed India during the 1965 Indo-Pak War and his famous slogan at the time, ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ still remains popular. Lal Bahadur Shastri died on January 10, 1966, and his sudden death was said to be because of a heart attack.

After being a Satyagrahi for a long time he joined independent India’s government under Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru and succeeded him as Prime Minister on June 9, 1964. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the man of ‘Courage’ and ‘Will’. By birth, his name was Lal Bahadur Shrivastava; at the age of 12, he decided to drop his surname due to growing caste issues in the

Twitter has been overflowed with the tributes from people across the nation. President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Cabinet Minister, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other significant political leaders have paid rich tributes to Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji epitomised strength and simplicity. He led India at a crucial time and worked hard to make our nation more prosperous.

Today, on his Jayanti I paid tributes to Shastri Ji at Vijay Ghat. pic.twitter.com/oTie1KJ370

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 2, 2018

#PresidentKovind paid tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri at Vijay Ghat on his birth anniversary pic.twitter.com/YdfRnHxOVE

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) October 2, 2018

जय जवान-जय किसान के नारे के साथ देश की अगुवाई करने वाले श्री लाल बहादुर शास्त्री जी वास्तव में एक कर्मयोगी थे।

उन्होंने देश को सबसे ऊँचे पायदान पर रखा और त्याग-सादगी की मिसाल कायम कर हर चुनौती का सामना किया।

शास्त्रीजी से देश हमेशा प्रेरणा लेता रहेगा। #LalBahadurShashtri

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 2, 2018

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