When Shastri’s body was brought home, his mother, who would die 9 months later, spotted bluish patches on her son. “Mere bitwa ko jahar de diya!” (My son has been poisoned!)
#LalBahadurShastri
Source @anujdhar
Today is the day to recall the great tragedy that befell India 52 years ago. For the 1st time in modern world history, a head of government died in a foreign country. Lal Bahadur Shastri’s sudden demise barely two years after his taking over
When Shastri’s body was brought home, his mother, who would die 9 months later, spotted bluish patches on her son. “Mere bitwa ko jahar de diya!” (My son has been poisoned!)
Early in
They brought us to a small town called Bulmen, which is about 30 km from the
Sattarov was eventually given a clean chit by the KGB, but the Indian chef referred to by him has not been absolved by Shastri’s kin till date.
On that fateful day in Tashkent, Shastri looked
At 1:25 am, the Prime Minister was awakened by severe coughing. He himself walked out to tell his personal staff to summon
It was in 1970 that the issue could be discussed
The demand for a proper inquiry into the former PM’s death was repeated by Singh and others, but was turned down by
The tragedy lived on in public memory. A former director of the erstwhile Information Service of India of the Ministry of External Affairs
In 2009, an attempt to get clarity was made, taking the RTI route.
The PM’s Office told me that it possessed only one classified document relating to the former LBS death and there was no record of any destruction or loss of any document related to the tragedy.
The MEA further stated that the only main record available with the Indian Embassy in Moscow was the report of the joint medical investigation conducted by Dr Chugh and the Soviet doctors. The ministry
On 21 July 2009, @anujdhar filed
It was only after the intervention of Chief Information Commissioner Sadananad Mishra that the MEA
The issue about
Later I learnt that this record cited an intelligence report blaming the United States, most likely the CIA, for spreading a “canard” that Shastri’s death was not natural.
For Shastri’s son Sunil and grandson Siddharth Nath Singh, the needle of suspicion points towards Indians. They have grave
There are those who link Shastri’s death to the mystery surrounding Subhas Bose’s disappearance. Jagdish
Kodesia’s words above, now part of a record preserved in the National Archives, are spine-chilling. This nation owes it to the memory of Lal Bahadur Shastri that all official records about his death, especially those held by our intelligence agencies
Sincere thanks for @anujdhar for this eye opener.
#VANDEMATARAM
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