Nation recalls Lal Bahadur Shastri: Man of ‘Courage’ who immortalized ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ with his willpower for ‘Better India’

NewsBharati    11-Jan-2018
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“The preservation of Freedom is not the task of soldiers alone, the whole nation has to be strong.”

-Lal Bahadur Shastri

New Delhi, January 11: “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 recalls our great leader Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 51st Death 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 country.

Twitter has been overflowed with the tributes from people across the nation. Paying his respect to Lal Bahadur Shastri, PM tweeted “We pay homage to Shastri Ji on his Punya Tithi. His impeccable service and courageous leadership will be remembered for generations to come.”