Lal Bahadur Shastri

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He was the first person to be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor.
Shastri was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and joined the independence movement in the 1920s. He held several key portfolios in the Union Cabinet including Railways and Home Affairs before becoming Prime Minister in 1964.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri
नाव / Name Lal Bahadur Shastri
Born 02/10/1904
Mughalsarai, United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), India
Died 11/01/1966
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then USSR)
Age (at death) 61 years old
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