Lal Bahadur Shastri Interesting Facts: The birth anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri is being celebrated on 2 October. The stories of Lal Bahadur Shastri ji's simplicity are very famous. It is said that even when he became Prime Minister, he did not have his own car. Family members said that the Prime Minister should have a car of his own. Then Shastri ji decided to buy his own car.
Troubled by son's use of government vehicle!
One reason for taking his car was that if Lal Bahadur Shastri's son ever went out for personal work in his government car, PM Shastri would get angry. He would scold his son that his official vehicle should not be used for personal family work. Eventually Shastri ji decided to buy his own car but he did not have enough money for it.
When he asked for information about his bank account, he came to know that there were only seven thousand rupees in it. At that time the price of a car was twelve thousand rupees. Shastri ji decided to take a loan of the remaining five thousand rupees from Punjab National Bank. While taking a car loan, he told the bank, 'The common man should also get the same ease as I am getting this loan.' This incident shows how honest and simple a person Shastri ji was.
Shastri ji had bought a car and had taken a loan for it. Sadly, he died a year before the loan was due to expire. After that Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister.
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Wife refuses loan waiver!
PM Indira told Shastri ji's family that the car loan would be waived off. But Shastri ji's wife Lalita Shastri, who follows her values, refused this. She stood by her husband's honesty. He paid the EMI of the car for four years and paid off the entire loan. It is said that that car always remained with Shastri ji. Even today that car can be seen in the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial in Delhi.
