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title: "Lal Bahadur Shastri, Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter"  
description: "Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904, in Mughalsarai, a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India. Here's some facts about him"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-30  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1964/lal-bahadur-shastri-unknown-facts-about-the-great-freedom-fighter  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Lal bahadur shastri", "bahadur shastri", "Lal Bahadur Shastri facts", "history", "history facts"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Lal Bahadur Shastri, Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter

![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/67bbb343-9926-4cf3-965f-755e1a343ce6.jpeg) ![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/40098d92-7d31-4a49-a4ee-1e14ddf24ced.jpeg) Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904, in Mughalsarai, a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India. ![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/ee11dced-fffd-4a00-aee9-6c8b3feae3e9.jpeg) He was the second Prime Minister of India, serving from 1964 to 1966. ![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/67bbb343-9926-4cf3-965f-755e1a343ce6.jpeg) Shastri was a member of the Indian National Congress party and was deeply committed to the principles of nonviolence and civil disobedience espoused ![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/03590a0a-a4bd-49e0-aa12-4b757fd54247.jpeg) Shastri was instrumental in the development of the Green Revolution in India, which resulted in increased food production ![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/7669fb9f-88e4-4a59-bdc7-5d450a852572.jpeg) Shastri was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, posthumously in 1966. ![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/bb536ce1-793a-4d21-9012-eaab47d78dd5.jpeg) He was the first Prime Minister of India to be cremated rather than buried, in accordance with Hindu tradition. ![Lal Bahadur Shastri Unknown facts about the great freedom fighter](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/115c7c6f-4d5f-4f4a-a47f-ba22b9f48b14/images/e67c0d39-a378-4569-b25d-061642596f63.jpeg) Shastri's iconic slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' (Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer) became a rallying cry for the nation and remains popular

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