Editing Lal Bahadur Shastri (section)

==Legacy==
{{Main|List of things named after  Lal Bahadur Shastri}}
[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial, New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial, New Delhi]]
Shastri is regarded as one of the most respected prime ministers of India. He was a secularist who refused to mix religion with politics. In a public meeting held at the Ram Lila grounds in Delhi, a few days after the ceasefire, he complained about a [[BBC]] report which claimed that Shastri's identity as a Hindu meant that he was ready for a war with Pakistan. He stated:{{sfn|Guha|2008|pp=400–401}}

:"While I am a Hindu, Mir Mushtaq who is presiding over this meeting is a Muslim. [[Frank Anthony|Mr. Frank Anthony]] who has addressed you is a Christian. There are also Sikhs and Parsis here. The unique thing about our country is that we have Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, and people of all other religions. We have temples and mosques, ''gurdwaras'' and churches. But we do not bring all this into politics. This is the difference between India and Pakistan. Whereas Pakistan proclaims herself to be an Islamic State and uses religion as a political factor, we Indians have the freedom to follow whatever religion we may choose, and worship in any way we please. So far as politics is concerned, each of us is as much an Indian as the other."

[[Kuldip Nayar]], Shastri's media advisor from 1960 to 1964, recalls that, during the [[Quit India Movement]], his daughter was ill and he was released on parole from jail. However, he could not save her life because doctors had prescribed costly drugs. Later on in 1963, on the day when he was dropped from the cabinet, he was sitting in his home in the dark, without a light. When asked about the reason, he said as he no longer is a minister, all expenses will have to be paid by himself and that as an MP and minister he didn't earn enough to save for times of need.<ref name="The politician who made no money">{{cite news|title=The politician who made no money|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/oct/07spec1.htm|access-date=2 October 2012|work=Rediff.com|date=6 October 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004123524/http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/oct/07spec1.htm|archive-date=4 October 2010}}</ref>

Although Shastri had been a cabinet minister for many years in the 1950s, he was poor when he died. All he owned at the end was an old car, which he had bought in installments from the government and for which he still owed money. He was a member of the Servants of India society (which included [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], [[Gopal Krishna Gokhle]]) which asked all its members to shun accumulation of private property and remain in public life as servants of the people. He was the first railway minister who resigned from office following a major train accident as he felt moral responsibility.{{Sfnm|1a1=Grover|1y=1993|1pp=23–29, 34|2a1=Dhawan|2y=1991|2p=98}}

The foundation stone of [[Bal Vidya Mandir, Lucknow|Bal Vidya Mandir]], a distinguished school of [[Lucknow]], was laid by him during his tenure as the prime minister, on 19 November 1964. He inaugurated the Central Institute of Technology Campus at Tharamani, Chennai, in November 1964.{{Sfn|Dhawan|1991|p=}} He inaugurated the Plutonium Reprocessing Plant at Trombay in 1965. As suggested by [[Homi J. Bhabha|Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha]], Shastri authorized the development of nuclear explosives. Bhabha initiated the effort by setting up the nuclear explosive design group Study of Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (SNEPP).<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bhabha, Homi J.|author2=Heitler, Walter|author3=Mott, Nevill Francis|year=1937|title=The passage of fast electrons and the theory of cosmic showers|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences|volume=159|issue=898|pages=432–458|bibcode=1937RSPSA.159..432B|doi=10.1098/rspa.1937.0082|doi-access=free}}</ref> He inaugurated the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University at Hyderabad on 20 March 1965 which was renamed the [[Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University]] in 1996 and was separated into two universities after the formation of Telangana State. The university in Telangana was named in July 2014 as [[University of Selangor|Professor Jayashanker Agricultural University]]. Shastri also inaugurated the National Institute of Technology, [[Allahabad]]. Lal Bahadur Shastri inaugurated the Jawahar Dock of the Chennai Port Trust and started the construction work of [[V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority]] in November 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|title=60.72 MB – VO Chidambaranar Port Trust|url=https://www.vocport.gov.in/port/UserInterface/PDF/AdministrationReport__2017-201829112018185338.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201050158/https://www.vocport.gov.in/port/UserInterface/PDF/AdministrationReport__2017-201829112018185338.pdf |archive-date=2021-02-01|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Vocport.com}}</ref> He inaugurated the Sainik School Balachadi, in the state of Gujarat. He laid the foundation stone of Almatti dam. The commissioned dam bears his name.{{Sfnm|1a1=Guha|1y=2008|1p=67|2a1=C.P. Srivastava|2y=1995|2p=48}}
[[File:Shastri Circle Jodhpur.jpg|thumb|Shastri Circle Jodhpur]]

===Memorials===
{{See also|:Category:Memorials to Lal Bahadur Shastri}}[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, at night.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, [[Mussoorie]]]]
[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial, New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial, New Delhi]]
Shastri was known for his honesty and humility throughout his life. He was posthumously awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]], and a memorial "[[Raj Ghat and associated memorials|Vijay Ghat]]" was built for him in Delhi. Several educational institutes including [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration]] (Mussorie, Uttarakhand) bear his name. The [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management]] was established in Delhi by the Lal Bahadur Shastri Educational Trust in 1995. The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute was named after Shastri due to his role in promoting scholarly activity between India and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sici.org/about/|title=Mission of the Shastri Institute|access-date=13 July 2009|archive-date=8 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708125249/http://www.sici.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial'' run by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust, is situated next to [[10 Janpath]] his residence when he was prime minister,{{sfn|Rajeshwar Prasad|1991|p=16}} at 1, Motilal Nehru Place, New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Declassify documents on Lal Bahadur Shastri's death, says ex-PM's son|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/declassify-documents-on-lal-bahadur-shastris-death-says-ex-pms-son/articleshow/64699947.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325194325/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/declassify-documents-on-lal-bahadur-shastris-death-says-ex-pms-son/articleshow/64699947.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref> One of the halls of residence of [[IIT Kharagpur]] is named after him as ''Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lbsiitkgp.in/|title=Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence|access-date=7 June 2020|archive-date=6 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906090737/http://lbsiitkgp.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, on Shastri's 45th death anniversary, the Uttar Pradesh Government announced the renovation of Shastri's ancestral house at [[Ramnagar, Varanasi|Ramnagar]] in [[Varanasi]] and declared plans to convert it into a biographical museum.<ref name=hind>{{cite news |title=Lest we FORGET... |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200850200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122083034/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200850200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 October 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shastri memorial losing out to Sonia security |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shastri-memorial-losing-out-to-sonia-security/738420/0 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=17 January 2011 |access-date=5 September 2011 |archive-date=31 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331064654/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/shastri-memorial-losing-out-to-sonia-security/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Varanasi International Airport]] is named after him.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=12805 Varanasi Airport renamed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203031809/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=12805 |date=3 February 2014 }}. Press Information Bureau India (20 October 2005). Retrieved on 18 December 2018.</ref> The Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture with a monument and a street named after him are in the city of [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]]. A few stadiums are named after him in the cities of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Kollam in Kerala, Ghazhiabad and Bhawanipatna in Odisha. The Almatti Dam across the River Krishna in northern Karnataka was renamed the Lal Bahadur Shastri Sagar. The foundation stone was laid by him. MV Lal Bahadur Shastri, a cargo ship, is named after him. The Reserve Bank of India released coins in the denomination of 5 rupees during his birth century celebrations. An All India Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament has been held every year since 1991 – it is a major hockey tournament. The Left Bank Canal of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in Andhra Pradesh is named the Lal Bahadur Shastri Canal and is 295&nbsp;km in Length.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurian|first=Nimi|date=2020-09-29|title=Many colours of his success|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/children/learn-more-about-indias-second-prime-minister-lal-bahadur-shastri/article32721078.ece|access-date=2020-12-06|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030235206/https://www.thehindu.com/children/learn-more-about-indias-second-prime-minister-lal-bahadur-shastri/article32721078.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Some major roads in the cities of New Delhi, [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg|Mumbai]], Pune, Puduchery, Lucknow, Warangal and Allahabad and Ernakulam are named after him, as is Sashtri Road, Kottayam, Kerala. There is a Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College in [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh]] and Shastri Bhavans in New Delhi, Chennai and Lucknow. In 2005, the Government of India created a chair in his honour in the field of democracy and governance at [[Delhi University]].<ref name="pmindia" />
[[File:Manmohan Singh, the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee alongwith other dignitaries paid homage to the former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 104th birth anniversary, at Parliament House, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Manmohan Singh, the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee along with other dignitaries paid homage to the former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 104th birth anniversary]]
A portrait of Shastri hangs in the Central Hall of the Parliament House of India. The portrait, painted by Vidya Bhushan, was unveiled by the then President of India, Dr. [[Shanker Dayal Sharma]] on 2 October 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajya Sabha|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/picture_gallery/lal_bhadur.asp|access-date=2020-12-06|website=rajyasabha.nic.in|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129065911/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/picture_gallery/lal_bhadur.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>