000			02067nam a22002177a 4500
003			OSt
005			20250407144848.0
008			250407b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9789356408852
040			_cAACR-II
082			_aCS 954.043 CHO
100			_aChopra, Sanjeev _910033
245			_aGreat conciliator: Lal Bahadur Shastri and the transformation of India
260			_aNew Delhi _bBloomsbury _c2025
300			_a369p.
520			_aLal Bahadur Shastri, a man of slight stature, took a larger-than-life stand as India's prime minister. A man of few words, his correspondence was to the point, his speeches succinct. His silence, which some understood as willingness to acquiesce, was both a strength and a weakness. But in fact, during his short term of just about eighteen months, he established institutions that brought India on the path of self-sufficiency and helped defend against external aggression. Prime Minister Shastri galvanized the nation with his slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan', recognizing the farmers for contributing to both food and national security. He is credited with laying the foundation of the Green Revolution, providing an institutional format to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices and the Food Corporation of India, and establishing the National Dairy Development Board. Shastri is also strongly etched in public memory as the first Indian prime minister to direct the army to cross the border. To his leadership therefore goes the credit for the first 'surgical strike'. He established key national and domestic security organizations like the Border Security Force and the Central Bureau of Investigation. In The Great Conciliator, Sanjeev Chopra draws on meticulous research to turn the spotlight on an often overlooked figure in Indian politics and makes a case for reassessing the legacy of India's unassuming second prime minister.
650			_aHistory-India _910034
650			_aPrime Minister-India-Lal Bahadur Shastri _910035
710			_aAuthor as an IAS _910036
942			_2ddc _cB
999			_c358067 _d358067