Editing Lal Bahadur Shastri (section)

==Death==
{{Main article|Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri}}
[[File:Mumbai Shastri statue.jpg|thumb|Shastri's statue in [[Mumbai]] ]]
Shastri died due to heart attack  in [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]] (then in the Soviet Union) on 11 January 1966, one day after signing a peace treaty to end the 1965 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistan War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sonal|first=Swapnal|date=2018-10-02|title=शास्‍त्रीजी: 15 मिनट में तबीयत बिगड़ी और हमने प्रधानमंत्री खो दिया|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/viral-adda/photo-gallery/lal-bahadur-shastri-jayanti-rti-reveals-death-mystery-of-former-prime-minister-of-india-in-russia-news-in-hindi-13038/|access-date=2020-12-07|website=वायरल अड्डा|language=hi-IN|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821141232/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/viral-adda/photo-gallery/lal-bahadur-shastri-jayanti-rti-reveals-death-mystery-of-former-prime-minister-of-india-in-russia-news-in-hindi-13038/|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of Shastri's supporters and close relatives refused at the time, and have refused since, to believe the circumstances of his death, instead alleging foul play.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2009/08/was_mr_shastri_murdered.html|title=Was Mr Shastri murdered|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-date=30 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830104305/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2009/08/was_mr_shastri_murdered.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Jaipur/Clear-air-on-Lal-Bahadur-Shastri-s-death-Son/Article1-915545.aspx|title=Clear air on Lal Bahadur Shastri's death: Son|author=Naqvi, Saba|date=16 July 2012|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513171010/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Jaipur/Clear-air-on-Lal-Bahadur-Shastri-s-death-Son/Article1-915545.aspx|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref> Conspiracy theories appeared within hours of his death, and have thereafter persisted. A movie named [[The Tashkent Files]] was made on the topic of his death. An RTI was filed to [[Prime Minister's Office (India)]], office responded that it has one file on his death but cannot declassify it to the public. Many people still believe that he was poisoned. He was eulogized as a national hero; the [[Vijay Ghat]] memorial was established in his memory. Upon his death, [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] once again assumed the role of acting prime minister, until the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] elected [[Indira Gandhi]] over [[Morarji Desai]] to officially succeed Shastri.{{sfn|U.N. Gupta|2003|p=121}}