//-->. He set a foundation stone for peace and foreign policy relations with countries which would benefit India. VS. Members of the parliament arriving in the courtyard of Indian Parliament. He was influenced by the speech given by Mahatma Gandhi at Banaras Hindu University. In 1921, he was arrested during the non – cooperation movement because he was found demonstrating defiance against the order of prohibitory, but he was released shortly after that. Shastri Ji deeply believed in Gandhi’s philosophy of village being the self-sufficient unit and development could only be achieved from the bottom which mainly means that the rural poor and farmers of our country need to be empowered as India was an agricultural economy at that point of time. Shastri Ji was always ahead of his times in terms of economic and foreign policies. He promoted the green revolution in India in the year 1965. While in imprisonment it was then that he came in contact with readings of various western revolutionaries and western philosophers. A Memorial was built at Vijay Ghat, New Delhi so that our future generations could respect and honor the great son of India. I, Sharmit Wadhwa, the Prefect of class 12 thank you all for the wonderful opportunity to speak on a great leader and a honest man Lal Bahadur Shastri. Lal Bahadur Shastri was drawn towards the national struggle for freedom when he was a boy. He needs no introduction. Yes, you all are thinking in the right direction, it is the famous Green Revolution that I am going to speak about. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});