Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri :The Prime Minister of India who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964. His courageous decision to meet Pakistani invasion to Kashmir by Indian Armed forces put an end to Pakistani aggression and taught them a lesson. He concluded the Tashkent Agreement and after signing the declaration, he died in Tashkent itself on January 10, 1966. He is associated with the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”. He is called “Man of Peace”. He was awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966.