Editing Lal Bahadur Shastri (section)

==Family and personal life==
Shastri was 5&nbsp;ft 2 inches tall<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/25/archives/man-in-the-news-devoted-aide-to-nehru-lal-bahadur-shastri.html|title=Man in the News; Devoted Aide to Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri|date=25 January 1964|work=The New York Times|access-date=1 March 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|quote=A tiny, ascetic man 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 100 pounds, Mr. Shastri wears simple homespun cotton garments.|archive-date=1 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301084854/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/25/archives/man-in-the-news-devoted-aide-to-nehru-lal-bahadur-shastri.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and always used to wear a ''[[dhoti]]''. The only occasion on which he wore ''pyjamas'' was a dinner in honor of the Queen of the United Kingdom in 1961 in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.{{sfn|Rajeshwar Prasad|1991|p=11}} On 16 May 1928, Shastri married [[Lalita Shastri|Lalita Devi]] who was from [[Mirzapur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lalita Shastri, wife of Lal Bahadur Shastri|url=https://mirzapurofficial.in/lalita-shastri-a-great-woman-housewife-freedom-fighter-know-the-whole-story-mirzapur/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Mirzapur.com|archive-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614093344/https://mirzapurofficial.in/lalita-shastri-a-great-woman-housewife-freedom-fighter-know-the-whole-story-mirzapur/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple had four sons and two daughters. [[Hari Krishna Shastri]] is the eldest son; The eldest daughter is Kusum Shastri. Suman Shastri is the next eldest, whose son, [[Siddharth Nath Singh]] is a spokesman of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and Minister of Health, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. [[Anil Shastri]] is the youngest and is a member of his father's Congress Party; his son [[Adarsh Shastri]] gave up his corporate career with [[Apple Inc]] to contest the [[2014 Indian general election|General elections of 2014]] from [[Prayagraj]] on an [[Aam Aadmi Party]] ticket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adarsh Shastri: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Adarsh Shastri {{!}} The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Adarsh-Shastri|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Economic Times|archive-date=29 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829044328/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Adarsh-Shastri|url-status=live}}</ref> He lost that election but was elected in 2015 as a member of the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Grandson banks on Lal Bahadur Shastri's legacy to conquer Prayagraj|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/loksabha2014/north/grandson-banks-on-lal-bahadur-shastris-legacy-to-conquer-allahabad/article5982302.ece|access-date=13 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=6 May 2014|archive-date=14 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514063108/http://www.thehindu.com/elections/loksabha2014/north/grandson-banks-on-lal-bahadur-shastris-legacy-to-conquer-allahabad/article5982302.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Adarsh Shastri(AAP):Constituency- DWARKA(SOUTH-WEST) – Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=http://myneta.info/delhi2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=112|access-date=2020-12-06|website=myneta.info|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123140730/https://myneta.info/delhi2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=112|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sunil Shastri]] who is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and Ashok Shastri, the youngest son who worked in the corporate world before his death at the age of 37,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200930300.htm |title=The Shastri saga |work=The Hindu |date=2 October 2004 |access-date=16 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810151053/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200930300.htm |archive-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> his wife Neera Shastri was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] national executive.<ref>{{Cite web|title=शास्त्री जी की मौत के रहस्य का पर्दा उठाया जाए: नीरा शास्त्री|url=https://www.amarujala.com/chandigarh/bjp-leader-neera-shastri-lal-bahadur-shastri-bjp-neera-shastri-press-confrense-chandigarh|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416105725/http://www.amarujala.com/chandigarh/bjp-leader-neera-shastri-lal-bahadur-shastri-bjp-neera-shastri-press-confrense-chandigarh|archive-date=16 April 2016|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref> Other members of the family, have also been involved in the corporate and social life of India.{{explain|date=August 2021}}{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}