Word: bahadur
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sort of talk that got the Lion thrown in jail the first time. Members of Nehru's Congress Party and the opposition found themselves for once in angry agreement, many of them demanding that the sheik be rearrested. Said Nehru's heir apparent, Minister Without Portfolio Lai Bahadur Shastri, with perhaps just a touch of that self-righteousness his boss had criticized: "There is, of course, complete freedom of expression in India. But there can be no freedom for preaching some kind of independence or secession from the Indian union...
...Minister, Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, announced that Sheik Abdullah, 58, would be released and that all political conspiracy charges against him had been dropped. Sadiq's move, aimed at easing religious and political tensions in the state, caught New Delhi unawares. Nehru's deputy and heir apparent, Lai Bahadur Shastri, could only stammer in answer to questions in Parliament that "as far as we know, it will be an unconditional release...
...Daughter Indira into power, but she may well settle for taking over her father's second job as External Affairs Minister. At the moment, a trio of right-leaning moderates are in control: Home Minister G. L. Nanda, Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari, and Minister without Portfolio Lai Bahadur Shastri...
...knowledge of diplomacy could be put to good use-and where party officials could keep an eye on her. Nehru may soon be forced to elevate to the Cabinet someone who in fact would run the country. Likeliest prospect, and leading candidate to succeed Nehru: former Home Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri...
...Shastri" is actually an honorific title grafted onto his real name, Lai Bahadur. Although calling him Shastri is like calling a U.S. liberal-arts graduate "Mr. Bachelor of Arts," he is universally known by that name...