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| Biographies of Great Indians & Hindus |
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI |
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ImmortalShastriji had suffered heart attacks
twice before. And during the period of the Pakistan war and the following days, his body,
already battered, had to bear a very heavy strain. He signed the joint Declaration on 10th
January 1966. He died the same night.
The news of Lal Bahadur Shastri's death struck India like a bolt from the blue. The entire nation was plunged in grief. Some people suspected foulplay also. Gone was the war hero and the messenger of peace, gone was the great statesman who restored to India her honor and self- respect in the assembly of nations. A tiny, tidy figure. A soul that had lived in perfect purity of thought, word and deed. The very embodiment of selflessness, detachment and simplicity. Such was this man who had lived in our midst. He belongs to the race of the heroes of India. |
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