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1. Shastri Ji, considered caste system a social evil. That's Y, Shastri gave up his family name at an early age. It was only after joining the Kashi Vidyapeeth and after getting a degree in Philosophy, he received the epithet ‘Shastri’

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2.Shastri Ji also raised his voice against the dowry system and refused to accept anything from his wife’s family at his wedding. It was only after repeated requests from his father-in-law, he took a few meters of Khadi cloth as a wedding gift #LalBahadurShastriJayanti

3. Taking inspiration from Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lal Bahadur Shastri gave up his studies to join the freedom movement in 1921

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4. Being a part of the freedom movement landed up him in jail quite often, when his daughter fell sick then he came out on parole for some time, he went back to jail soon after performing his daughter’s last rites

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5.Shastri ji, brought meaningful change by appointing women as conductors for the 1st time. As the in charge of the police dep., he replaced lathis with water jets 2 put crowds under control. He was also successfully able 2 control communal riots of 1947
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6.Once, when Shastri Ji, wife visited him in the jail and told him that she was able to save Rs 10 from Rs 50 pension, he got annoyed and asked the Servants of People’s Society to cut down his pension and give that Rs. 10 to someone needy family

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7. When his son received an undue promotion at his job, it irked Lal Bahadur Shastri and he immediately released an order to reverse the promotion

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8. A man with high self-esteem and morals, Shastri did not own a car even after becoming the Prime Minister of India. After pestering from family members, Shastri finally asked his secretary to find out the price of a Fiat car.

8.1 - The cost turned out to be Rs 12k, Shastri Ji was short of Rs 5k. So, he applied 4a car loan which was sanctioned to him in a jiffy. Bank officer was summoned, inquired whether the bank was equally swift in sanctioning of loans to other customers?
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It’s evident how important principles were to Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji, he always followed the RIGHT & wasn’t slightly biased even to his family. We thank him for his actions that shaped the future of India. Humble tributes to Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji on #LalBahadurShastriJayanti