Write an article on Lal Bahadur Shastri for Social Science project..
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Such questions are made for enhancing self-creative skills and should be tried answering on your own. However, here are a few points that will help you in framing your answer:
- Lal Bahadur Shastri, born on 2 October 1904, was India's second Prime Minister and leader of the Congress party.
- He was also a part of India's freedom struggle and an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru.
- After Independence, he held the office of Railway Ministry and Home Ministry.
- He was the choice for PM given that he was a follower of Nehru's socialism ideas and that Indira Gandhi turned down the offer for the same.
- Shastri followed in the footsteps of Nehru and also brought victory for India in the Indo-Pak war of 1956.
- He gave the slogan - Jai Jawan Jai Kisaan.
- He was greatly revered and respected by the Indian populace given his proximity to the ideas of a common man and his availability and solutions to the common everyday problems of Indians. They felt connected with him and his ideas.
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