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Lal Bahadur Shastri | |
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2nd Prime Minister of India | |
In office 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966 | |
President | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Preceded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Lal Bahadur Srivastava 2 October 1904 Mughalsarai, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Died | 11 January 1966 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR (present-day Uzbekistan) | (aged 61)
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Lalita Shastri |
Occupation | Academic, Activist |
The premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri extended from 9 June 1964 to 11 January 1966. Formerly the Minister of External Affairs, Shastri became the Indian Prime Minister after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, on 27 May 1964. Shastri's tenure as Prime Minister lasted only nineteen months due to his sudden death in Tashkent (then Soviet Union).[1]
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