Lal Bahadur Shastri

Achievements Played a leading role in Indian freedom struggle became Parliamentary Secretary of Pandit Govind V wholeabh Pant, the then foreman minister of Uttar Pradesh became the minister of Police and rape in Pants Cabinet appointed as the Railways and Transport minister in the Central Cabinet also held the portfolios of Transport & Communications, Commerce and Industry, and Home Ministry in the Central footlocker became Prime Minister of India in 1964 led India to victory over Pakistan in 1965 contend.Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India. Though diminutive in physical stature he was a man of swell courage and will. He successfully led country during the 1965 war with Pakistan. To mobilize the support of country during the war he coined the slogan of Jai Jawan Jai Kisan. Lal Bahadur Sastri also played a key role in Indias freedom struggle. He led his life with great simplicity and honesty and was a great source of inspiration for every(pre nominal) the countrymen.Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904 at Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh. His parents were Sharada Prasad and Ramdulari Devi. Lal Bahadurs surname was Srivastava but he dropped it as he did not command to indicate his caste. Lal Bahadurs father was a school teacher and later on he became a clerk in the Revenue Office at Allahabad. Though Sharada Prasad was poor, he lived a life of honesty and integrity. Lal Bahadur woolly-headed his father when he was scarcely one. Ramdulari Devi raised Lal Bahadur and her two daughters at her fathers house.There is a very celebrated incident regarding Lal Bahadur Shastris childhood which took place when he was six years old. One day, while returning from school, Lal Bahadur and his friends went to an woodlet that was on the way to home. Lal Bahadur Shastri was standing below while his friends climbed the trees to pluck mangoes. Meanwhile, the gardener came and caught hold of Lalbahadur Shastri. He scolded Lal Bahad ur Shastri and started defeat him. Lal Bahadur Shastri pleaded to gardener to leave him as he was orphan. Taking pity on Lal Bahadur, the gardener said, Because you are an orphan, it is all the more important that you must learn better behavior. These words left a deep mold on Lal Bahadur Shastri and he swore to behave better in the future.Lal Bahadur stayed at his grandfathers house till he was ten. By that clock time he had passed the sixth standard examination. He went to Varanasi for higher education. In 1921 when Mahatma Gandhi launched the non-cooperation causal agency against British Government, Lal Bahadur Shastri, was only seventeen years old. When Mahatma Gandhi gave a call to the youth to come out of Government schools and colleges, offices and courts and to sacrifice everything for the interest of freedom, Lal Bahadur came out of his school. Though his mother and relatives advised him not to do so, he was firm in his decision. Lal Bahadur was arrested during the Non -cooperation movement but as he was too young he was let off.After his release Lal Bahadur fall in Kashi Vidya Peeth and for four years he studied philosophy. In 1926, Lal Bahadur earned the degree of Shastri After leaving Kashi Vidya Peeth, Lal Bahadur Shastri conjugated The Servants of the People Society, which Lala Lajpat Rai had started in 1921. The aim of the Society was to train youths that were prepared to dedicate their lives in the helping of the country. In 1927, Lal Bahadur Shastri married Lalitha Devi. The marriage ceremony was very simple and Shastriji took only a charkha (spinning wheel) and few yards of khadi in dowry.In 1930, Gandhiji gave the call for Civil Disobedience Movement. Lal Bahadur Shastri joined the movement and encouraged people not to pay land revenue and taxes to the government. He was arrested and put in jail for two and a half years. In jail Shastriji became familiar with the works of western philosophers, revolutionaries and social reformers. La l Bahadur Shastri had great self respect. Once when he was in prison, one of his daughters fell seriously ill. The officers agreed to release him out for a short time but on condition that he should agree in writing not to take smash in the freedom movement during this period. Lal Bahadur did not wish to participate in the freedom movement during his flitting release from prison but he said that he would not give it in writing. He thought that it was against his self-respect to give it in writing.After Second World War started in 1939, sexual relation launched Individual Satyagraha in 1940 to demand freedom. Lal Bahadur Shastri was arrested during Individual Satyagraha and released after one year. On August 8, 1942, Gandhiji gave the call for go India Movement. Lal Bahadur actively participated in the movement. He went underground but was later arrested. Lal Bahadur Shastri was released in 1945 along with other study leaders. He earned the praise of Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant b y his hard work during the 1946 provincial elections. Lal Bahadurs administrative aptitude and organization skills came to the fore during this time. When Govind Vallabh Pant became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he appointed Lal Bahadur Shastri as his Parliamentary Secretary. In 1947, Lal Bahadur Shastri became the Minister of Police and Transport in Pants Cabinet.Lal Bahadur Sastri was the General Secretary of the intercourse Party when the first customary elections were held after India became Republic. Congress Party returned to power with a huge majority. In 1952, Jawahar Lal Nehru appointed Lal Bahadur Shastri as the Railways and Transport Minister in the Central Cabinet. Lal Bahadur Shastris contribution in providing more facilities to travelers in third class compartments cannot be forgotten. He reduced the vast disparity between the first class and third class in the Railways. Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned from Railways in 1956, owning moral responsibility for a rai lway accident. Jawaharlal Nehru tried to persuade Shastriji but Lal Bahadur Shastri refused to budge from his stand. By his action Lal Bahadur Shastri set new standards of morality in public life.In the next general elections when Congress returned to power, Lal Bahadur Shastri became the Minister for Transport and Communications and later the Minister for Commerce and Industry. He became the Home Minister in 1961, after the death of Govind Vallabh Pant. In the 1962 India-China war Shastriji played a key role in maintaining home(a) security of the country.