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Shastri, Lal Bahadur
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Shastri, Lal Bahadur
Indian politician, prime minister 1964–66. He campaigned for national integration, and secured a declaration of peace with Pakistan at the Tashkent peace conference in 1966.
Before independence, he was imprisoned several times for civil disobedience. Because of his small stature, he was known as ‘the Sparrow’.
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