The Quint: Is Lal Bahadur Shastri’s Death In Tashkent a Murder Mystery?
- 5 years ago
The day India lost its beloved Prime Minister who had stood strong for the nation in the face of aggression, and allowed the Army a free hand to hit back hard at Pakistan's misadventures in Kashmir.
Was Lal Bahadur Shastri, murdered? Officially, Shastri died of a heart attack in a dacha in Tashkent, hours after he signed a peace agreement with the Pakistani president, Ayub Khan.
The Pakistani President and the Indian Prime Minister were in Tashkent to sign a peace accord – only four months after the end of the second war between the two neighbours.
Surviving members of the Shastri family and veteran journalist Kuldip Nayyar shocked the world in 2009 by openly claiming that Shastri was possibly poisoned.
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Was Lal Bahadur Shastri, murdered? Officially, Shastri died of a heart attack in a dacha in Tashkent, hours after he signed a peace agreement with the Pakistani president, Ayub Khan.
The Pakistani President and the Indian Prime Minister were in Tashkent to sign a peace accord – only four months after the end of the second war between the two neighbours.
Surviving members of the Shastri family and veteran journalist Kuldip Nayyar shocked the world in 2009 by openly claiming that Shastri was possibly poisoned.
Video: The Quint
Music: Big Bang Fuzz