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Lal Bahadur Shastri as a great Indian leader, and the question of "After Nehru, who?" : "In Mughalsarai, on 2 October 1904, war born Shastri..." He used to wear a dhoti. Aam aadmi felt comfortable with that. In 1921, he joined in with the freedom movement, and spent nine years in jail. Nehru made Shastri the Rail Minister, but he resigned after a railway accident. Lal Bahadur Shastri as a great Indian leader, and the question of "After Nehru, who?" Lal Bahadur Shastri ; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Revolution – a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the Amul milk co-oper