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“The Great Equalizer: Lal Bahadur Shastri”
Every resident of Tashkent has seen the monument to the second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri at least once in one’s lifetime. A small pedestal of pink granite with a bust of Shastri, made by the Uzbek sculptor Y. Shapiro.
The monument was opened not only to commemorate the friendly relations between the two states, but in memory of the great Indian figure who left this mortal world on the Uzbek land.
In 1965, clashes broke out again between Pakistan and India, which led to the Second War between these states. Despite the truce, which the parties soon arrived to, the situation remained tense for a long period of time.
On January 10, 1966, the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration on the Cessation of Hostilities. On the night after the historic event, Lal Bahadur became ill with his heart and an hour after the attack he died. In the morning, a funeral procession took place in Tashkent to the airport.
In Uzbekistan, in honor of Lal Bahadur Shastri, a school was opened and named after him, where the Hindi language is taught and the Indian Cultural Center, also named after Shastri.
