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Lal Bahadur Shastri Monument

A bust of India's second prime minister on Shastri Street in Tashkent, where he signed the Tashkent Declaration in 1966 and died the next day.

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About the place

In January 1966 Indian and Pakistani leaders met in Tashkent for Soviet-brokered talks, and on 10 January Lal Bahadur Shastri and President Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Declaration ending the war between their countries. Shastri died of a heart attack the following day.

The bust by the sculptor Yakov Shapiro stands on a pink granite pedestal inscribed "Lal Bahadur Shastri 1904–1966", on the street that bears his name.

Why go

  • A link to the 1966 Tashkent Declaration
  • Of special interest to visitors from India
  • On the street named after Shastri

Sources (3)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.ru.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.uz.wikipedia.org

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