Gandhi Jayanti: President Droupadi Murmu and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi were also at Rajghat to pay respects to Mahatma Gandhi.
Lal Bahadur Shastri's death anniversary: The leader is remembered as a man of the people. He gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”.
Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904 in Mughalsarai district of Uttar Pradesh. He shares his birthday with Mahatma Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India in 1964 and led the country during the India-Pakistan war in 1965.
Let's go back in time and see what happened on this day in history.