... Nehru came to visit the Ashram. In the evening he arrived at the Play Ground Gate with his retinue. Charu-da could recognise Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi, and make out that some others, Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Consul General, Kewal Singh were of the entourage. He let them in. Then came an ordinary looking man, dark-complexioned, in a plain white shirt and dhoti (South Indian style). He didn’t... gathered so from a book on Kamaraj), smiled and entered the Play Ground and took his seat. It made a very interesting, if not prophetic, photo of the Mother, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kamaraj and the Consul General of Pondicherry — i.e. one Prime Minister, two future Prime Ministers, a Chief Minister and a Consul General — all lined up with the Mother! Charu-da was a man ...
... Fighting continued until a UN-sponsored ceasefire took hold on September 23." During the war, the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram sent an open message to the Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The message ran like this: "It is for the sake and the triumph of truth that India is fighting and must fight until India and Pakistan have once more become One because that is the truth... though it was quite clear then that had it continued, Pakistan would have been beaten back and the Kashmir dispute would have been resolved once for all. Instead, the Indian Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and the Pakistani General Ayub Khan met in Tashkent at the invitation of Russian Premier, Alexi Kosygin, and agreed to withdraw troops on both sides. The Tashkent Declaration committed both ...
... a stalemate, and the Security Council of the U.N. called for a ceasefire. It organized a peace conference in January 1966 at Tashkent, under Russian aegis, between the Indian prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and the Pakistani president, Muhammad Ayub Khan. Shastri died of a heart attack immediately after an agreement was reached. He was succeeded as prime minister by Nehru’s daughter, Indira Gandhi ...
... him and was with the Mother. She was visibly touched by the Mother’s affectionate way of welcome.’ 70 (In the years to come, the Mother would have a close relationship with Indira Gandhi.) Lal Bahadur Shastri, who would succeed Nehru as prime minister, and Kamaraj Nadar, a prominent Tamil politician, were also present. During the third visit of Nehru to the Union Territory, on 13 June 1963, ‘his call ...
... to create a tamasic dullness, which should not be mistaken for mental silence. 23 September 1964 Sweet Mother, I heard that an astrologer has predicted that in six months' time Lal Bahadur Shastri will no longer be Prime Minister and that he will be replaced by Indira Gandhi, but only for a fortnight. Then a period of chaos in the Government will follow. After that, a young man will appear ...
... × Indira Gandhi will come to power in early 1966, after the death of the present Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri. ...
... On 29 September 1955, when he came on an official visit to Pondicherry, Nehru paid an unscheduled visit to the Playground. This time, there were with him his daughter, Indira Gandhi, and Lal Bahadur Shastri, both future Prime Ministers, as also Kamaraj, then Chief Minister of Madras. Although Nehru himself could afford only a few minutes, his daughter spent a longer time with the Mother and the ...
... Jawaharlal Nehru—came to Pondicherry. This was his second visit. He was accompanied by his daughter Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Chief Minister of Madras Mr. Kamaraj Nadar, and the Union Minister Shree Lal Bahadur Shastri. A photograph was taken of them together with the Mother in the Playground. Mr. Nehru visited the Playground for a short time despite his heavy schedule, and Mrs. Gandhi spent a considerable ...
... Revolutionary unrest against the military caste. Confiscation of British and American assets. × Lal Bahadur Shastri. × S.M. (a confidant of the Government of India) came on July 16. It was therefore early July ...
... the greatness of India's future." Cent. Ed., 26.404-405 × Four days later, on the 22nd, Lal Bahadur Shastri will announce a cease-fire. × China has given India three days to dismantle its military posts ...
... Sri Aurobindo And The Mother The Mother with Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamaraj, Indira Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri at the playground of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry 5 The Mother Continues Sri Aurobindo's Work I am only realising what He has conceived. I am only the protagonist and the continuator of His work. This is what ...
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