Lalita Shastri was wife of former prime minister of India

Prime Minister of India

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 Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.-Early life:...

. They had married on 16 May 1928. She was from Mirzapur

Mirzapur

Mirzapur is a city in the heart of North India, nearly 650 km between Delhi and Kolkata and also equidistant from Allahabad and Varanasi. Located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur has a population of a little over 205,264 and is renowned for its famous carpet and brassware industry...

 in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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. After marriage the couple lived for several years in Allahabad

Allahabad

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 before moving to Lucknow

Lucknow

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 and then to New Delhi

New Delhi

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. Both of them shared cheerfully the trials and tribulations of life. Shastri spent nine years of his life in jail.During this spells Lalita looked after the children and household. When Shastri became prime minister she accompanied him on state visits to the USSR and Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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She Founded Shastri Sewa Niketan.
She died in 1993 in New Delhi. Anil Shastri one of their sons is a former Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

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member.