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Rare pics of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shahstri

New Delhi: In the times of Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers, who wear ordinary clothes, shun security and travel in non-descript cars, here are some illuminating facts about Lal Bahadur Shastri, India's most honest and




When India faced grain shortage in 1965, Shastri appealed to the people to grow wheat or rice wherever they could. He himself started growing wheat at his official bungalow on Delhi's Janpath. There are pictures showing Shastri ploughing the lawn to grow wheat.