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Interesting Facts About Lal Bahadur Shastri| Who Was Lal Bahadur
Shastri| Biography of Lal Bahadur Shastri

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INTEGRITY | LAL BAHADUR
SHASTRI
Today we see “the Integrity” as just a word, but the word has very deep meaning and we cannot
understand the whole meaning just like that.
The term “integrity” is used as a target or object word for corporate entities even there is the
certain organization it’s the Vision & Mission Statement and it’s the promising word to the
customers, stakeholders, employees and whomever part of the organization.
“Birth can be an event, but death must be history” -APJ Abdul Kalam
Some interesting facts about Lal Bahadur Shastri which is a role model for “Integrity”.

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WHO WAS LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI?
Lal Bahadur Shastri Early Days
Born on October 2, 1904, Shastri was born in Mughalsarai at a railway station in
Varanasi. When he was a student, he was not able to buy the school books and
every day used to under the Street Lights. At his Early age, he lost his father. When
Shastri was studying in Kashi Vidyapeeth, he got to know that, he lost his mother.
Though he was not having enough money to go by boat, so he had swum on the
Ganges river and reached home.

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Married Life
Lal Bahadur Shastri married Lalita Devi, the youngest daughter of Ganesh Prasad.
Shastri was wearing only the khadi dress since being part of the national liberation
struggle. On the wedding day, the priest said to his wife seven words of advice. As
advice Groom Shastri said I also want to give you one more an advice. From today, you
have to wear only the Khadi dress”. This is my eighth advice. At first day night, his
wife had not worn the Khadi Dress so Shastri sent her out from the room. After
Shastri’s sister gave her a Khadi Dress, she wore it and entered the room again.

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Political Life:
At a young age, he was inspired by the stories and speeches of national leaders,
developed a desire to participate in the Indian Nationalist Movement. A speech of
Mahatma Gandhi changed the course of his life and decided to actively participate in
India’s freedom struggle.
At his Yong Age, Shastri went to jail seven times. On August 15, 1947, he became the
Minister of Police and Transport. Impressed by his acts Jawahar Lal Nehru Invited
Shastri to joint union cabinet as Railway Minister in 1952.
But then in 1956 he resigned from the post because of the tragedy rail accident in
Ariyalur, Tamilnadu which he took the moral responsibility for the causes of the
accident and resigned the post and took over the people’s mind.

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LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI BIOGRAPHY
Nehru decided to send Shastri to find the situation in Kashmir once the
riots broke out in Kashmir. At that time he did not have a woolen coat
(jacket) because that requested Nehru to send someone else to Srinagar.
Nehru lent his woolen coat to Shastri.
It was touched his knuckles because he is being short. By the advice of
a friend, he brought the tailor and altered the jacket he was wearing the
same jacket when he was the prime minister.

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Ordinary man:
When he was prime minister, Ramaswaroop a Dalit (the person who brought
up by Sastry), who bought quality rice for the Prime Minister’s house.
Shastri saw the rice and said, “Ramaswaroop do not buy the rice like this
for an Ordinary man, return it back and buy the ordinary people’s rice.

“Can we see the Prime Minister of India as a symbol of such an ordinary

man?

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Shastri used to make his children live very simple. He did not want his children
to get any special concessions through his prime ministerial position. His son Anil
Shastri applied for admission at Stephen College, Delhi University.
After getting the call letter, Anil stood on a long line to pay the college/admission
fee. He stood down a few hours and fainted and fell down due to waiting in the
long queue. The professors who saw the situation immediately took him to the
college hospital for the first aid and asked his address.
“My father Lal Bahadur Shastri, my address – Number 1, Motilal Nehru Mark” This
led all were all in the surprise.

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Hari Krishna Shastri was educated in Automobile Engineering in London.
After completion of the study, he returned to India and received a letter of
appointment from one of the famous industrial establishments. Hari was very
happy and went to the Father and showed the letter.
Shastri, who saw this and said to a son this appointment is not for you; The
letter of appointment given to the son of the prime minister and my opinion
is that you should not accept it. At the Moment Hari Krishnan Shastri tore
the letter of the appointment.

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CAN ANYONE BE LIKE SHASTRI
TODAY?
The man who walked in the way of Mahatma was the
“gem of the law”.
The superior man who always used himself as one of the millions of people and
always dislike the concessions offered by the office.
Shastri bought a small Fiat car on installment for his family use while being prime
minister. After the sudden death of Shastri, his family could not pay a monthly
installment and returned the car to the loan company.
This led us to realize that Lal Bahadur Shastri lived all his life with simplicity,
Truth, and Virtue. And this made us understand the clear meaning of Integrity.
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THANK YOU…

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