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Forgotten Heroes of Bharat-1!

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Namaste everyone, so writing this post after a very long break. 
There seems to be a sudden shift in the genre of writing. For quite some time I was looking for a better platform to post such articles( which I am still and maybe have found one), so just decided to not waste time and wait for the right platform.

 So, Forgotten Heroes of Bharat, I intend to write it as a series of articles to bring an outlook of many great people whom we don't remember anymore,or not as much as it is needed. Its not about just praising them, but for us to realize and remember their great work, to strive, to inspire from them and their work.
October 2nd,1904 born in place called mughalsarai( place with many mysteries and needs Puna-Naamkaran), gave us one of most important slogan  "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan", 2 of most important aspects for a nation army personnel and farmers. Unfortunately both of which still needs attention and our long due nationwide respect and pride. 
The Indian Army, which wasn't required according to some great people like Gandhi,Nehru etc but after the  crushing defeat in Sino-India war of 1962, they realized, that peace ,satygraha ,ahimsa doesn't work with foreign countries It was for the good that at least the so called Ideal of Ahimsa- "Peace, without any supportive army" shattered. I am not saying its a wrong idea, but not a realistic one in today's world.
The problem of farmers, which still persists in many ways, which he tried to tackle.
The man behind promotion and execution of the white revolution, and green revolution.  For people who don't remember the Bengal Famine of 1943, which killed 3 million people just beacuse Winston Churchill felt having months long reserve for WW2 was better than feeding bengalis. I will attach a link for interested people for the same down, which highlights the nature of man called Winston Churchill. It was not death due to some violence, it was a slow painful,death which took maybe a month.
Shastri ji's support to Green and White revolution changed things in India forever.The 2 most important things for saving country from horrible patterns of famine, and hunger (though India still has largest number of malnourished population).
What we can learn is to show gratitude to our soldiers and our farmers, both of which are still not in the best state in India, both struggling everyday for this country, one at border and one at the farm, one guarding us, giving us chance to survive and one feeding us for our survival.
Shastri ji,The prime minister who had started to improve foreign relations after Nehrus continuous blunders  to mention a few like 1962 indo-china war, UN Security Council Seat, balochistan,akasi chin, north east, border issues, ram mandir, there are many more.
Anyways its about lal Bahadur Shastri ji, after 17 years we had a prime minister who had a much better in sense, but the worse that could happen, a sitting prime minister of Republic of India, dies in a foreign land, under mysterious circumstances.This was time when we were pushing at fast pace towards nuclear weapons and man behind it-Homi Jehangir bhabha, who died in similar mysterious conditions( plane crash) around same time. Was it just coincidence, who was the mastermind, if there was? There are many questions, but are we interested in asking those questions? There are many such cases like the 2 mentioned,above all Netaji Subhash chandra bose!
Moreover the person he was, he refused to take his salary and donated it to the calamity fund of government. Got his son punished for using government's car for a ride, paid for it personally, no house, or any possession in his name after his tenure ended as prime minister i.e after his death. 

It is time that we as citizens,we need to start reading our history,history beyond that which is taught in our textbooks, ask questions, look for the truth. Moreover change the false biased narrative which is been promoted for years now, and tell a narrative that is our own, the one that truly represents our culture, our history and our people.
So marking 114th birth anniversary of this great man Lal Bahadur Shastri ji, may we realise our great heroes of our country,beyond that our culture.
#TrueHeoresofBharat  #SareJahanSeAcchaHindustanHamara 
#SatyamevJayate

P.S I have more or less compiled most of the information that's already there, hope it strikes a chord (maybe in a very small way).

Sharing some links

Horror of British, one of the worst genoicides-Bengal famine 1943

Mystery of Tashenkt 

Homi J baba Plane crash

I am open to any kind of discussions, you can email me for the same.
"Forgive what hurt you,but never forget what it taught you. If you forget history, you are bound to repeat it".


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