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October 2, Beside Gandhi: Lal Bahadur Shastri and the birth of India’s self-reliance

by Amrita Priya | Oct 2, 2025

(October 2, 2025) On October 2, while India pauses to honour Mahatma Gandhi, the day is equally significant for another reason. It marks the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, India’s second prime minister, whose soft-spoken authority carried a transformative...