Question

Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on ______.
1. 12 October 1904
2. 2 October 1904
3. 2 October 1869
4. 12 October 1869

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 2 October 1904

The correct answer is 2 October 1904.

• He was the second Prime Minister of India.
• He gave the famous slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kishan" during the Indo-Pak war 1965.
• He was awarded Bharat Ratna (posthumous) in 1966.

• Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904, at Mughalsarai, a small railway town seven miles from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
• He held the Prime Minister's office from 9 June 1964 to 11 January 1966.
• He supported and promoted the White Revolution and Green Revolution.
• He was the key person in setting up the Food Corporation of India.
• He led India in the India-Pakistan War in 1965.
• He died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then the Soviet Union) on 11 January 1966, one day after signing a peace treaty (Tashkent Agreement) to end the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.

•  Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat.