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Some amazing facts about the simplicity, humility & integrity of our second Prime Minister #LalBahadurShastri ji & his family

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Shastriji took loan of ₹ 5000 from bank to buy this car

After his death,loan was repaid by his wife Lalita Shastri from pension of Shastriji Image
#LalBahadurShastriJi didn’t believe in the caste system & had removed his surname

He got the title“Shastri” which means “scholar” after he completed his graduation from Kashi Vidyapeeth Varanasi in 1925
He was a railways minister in Nehruji’s cabinet, but RESIGNED on moral grounds in 1956 after 140 people died in a train accident
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This is 2nd october we all know its birthday of Gandhi who is known in India as a man of principle,
According to historians his three principles were there.
1- Dont see bad
2- Dont do bad
3- Dont hear bad.
Firat read this thread and then decide about him was he overrated or under
History of Gandhi in India starts from the year 1915 but I will start from the year 1900 Boer war and he was in SA as assistant superintendent of the Indian volunteer stretcher-bearer corps.

about Boer war he wrote in his auto biography :- 👇

@Awasthi_Hitesh1
@Sanjay_Dixit
When the war was declared, my personal sympathies were all with the Boers, but my loyalty to the British rule drove me to participation with the British in that war. I felt that, if I demanded rights as a British citizen, it was also my duty,
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