Shastri’s Tuesday
In Lal Bahadur Shastri’s life, Tuesday proved to be an eventful day. Most of the important things of his life happened on this day.
- He was Born on a Tuesday.
- Once while bathing in the Ganges, he slipped from his mother’s lap and unfortunately his absence was not noticed. Luckily he fell in a farmer’s basket and was rescued. The day was Tuesday.
- In 1940, he was arrested on a Tuesday.
- On Tuesday, he was made the Minister of the UP assembly.
- In 1947 again on a Tuesday he was made the communication minister.
- On Tuesday in 1951, he was made the President of Congress.
- He was made the Railway Minister on Tuesday.
- He became India’s Prime Minister on Tuesday.
- On Tuesday he received “Bharat Ratna” from Dr. Radha Krishnan.
- He signed the Tashkent agreement on a Tuesday.
- Finally, he breathed his last on a Tuesday.
August 17th, 2008
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