Lal Bahadur Shastri Profile

Lal Bahadur Shastri Profile

Name: Lal Bahadur Shastri

Actual Name: Lal Bahadur Srivastava

Born on: October 2, 1904

Birth Place: Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh, India

Died on: January 11, 1966

Place Died: Tashkent, Soviet Union

Father: Sharada Prasad Shrivastava

Mother: Ramdulari Devi

Spouse: Lalita Devi

Children: Hari Krishna Shastri, Anil Shastri, Sunil Shastri, Ashok Shastri and other 2 children

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Slogan: Jai Jawan Jai Kisan

2nd Prime Minister of India: 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966

President: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Preceded by Jawaharlal Nehru

Succeeded by Gulzarilal Nanda

Minister of External Affairs: 9 June 1964 – 18 July 1964

Preceded by Gulzarilal Nanda

Succeeded by Sardar Swaran Singh

Minister of Home Affairs: 4 April 1961 – 29 August 1963

Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru

Preceded by Govind Ballabh Pant

Succeeded by Gulzarilal Nanda