Editing Lal Bahadur Shastri (section)

===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>