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Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) was an Indian independence activist and Congress politician who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister in 1964. He led India in the war of 1965 with Pakistan and promoted food self-sufficiency with the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' (Hail the soldier, hail the farmer). He died suddenly at Tashkent in January 1966, a day after signing a peace agreement with Pakistan.
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