Lal bahadur shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri (pronounced [laːl bəˈɦaːdʊr ˈʃaːstri], listen (help·info), 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of India. He promoted the White Revolution – a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the Amul milk co-operative of Anand, Gujarat and creating the National Dairy Development Board. Underlining the need to boost India's food production, Shastri also promoted the Green Revolution in India in 1965. This led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Lal Bahadur Shastri
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2nd Prime Minister of India
In office 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
Succeeded by	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
Minister of External Affairs
In office 9 June 1964 – 18 July 1964
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda
Succeeded by	Indira Gandhi
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 4 April 1961 – 29 August 1963
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Govind Ballabh Pant
Succeeded by	Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Railways
In office 1951–1956
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Succeeded by	Jagjivan Ram
Personal details
Born	Lal Bahadur Srivastava 2 October 1904 Mughalsarai, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	11 January 1966 (aged 61) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now in Uzbekistan)
Monuments	Vijay Ghat
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Lalita Shastri (m. 1928; died 1993)
Children	6
Parents	Sharda Prasad Srivastava (father) Ram Dulari Devi (mother)
Alma mater	Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth
Awards	Bharat Ratna (1966) (Posthumous)

Shastri was born to Sharada Prasad Srivastava and Ramdulari Devi in Mughalsarai on 2 October 1904, sharing his birthday with Mahatma Gandhi. He studied in East Central Railway Inter college and Harish Chandra High School, which he left to join the non-cooperation movement. He worked for the betterment of the Harijans at Muzaffarpur and dropped his caste-derived surname of "Srivastava". Shastri's thoughts were influenced by reading about Swami Vivekananda, Gandhi and Annie Besant. Deeply impressed and influenced by Gandhi, he joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920