Tashkent, where Lal Bahadur Shastri died a day after the India–Pakistan Tashkent Agreement
Background
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died in Tashkent on January 11, 1966.
He died a day after the Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan after the 1965 War.
Tashkent is now the capital of Uzbekistan, then part of the Soviet Union.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid floral tributes at Shastri's statue on Shastri Street in Tashkent in November 2019, during a visit for an SCO meeting.
Shastri's death:
January 11, 1966, Tashkent
Agreement:
Tashkent Agreement, India–Pakistan
Why it matters for exams: The Tashkent Agreement and Shastri's death in Tashkent are among the most asked facts on India–Uzbekistan ties and the 1965 war.
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