{"id":168555,"date":"2024-10-02T15:35:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T10:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=168555"},"modified":"2024-10-02T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T10:05:23","slug":"lal-bahadur-shastri-jayanti-2024-date-history-and-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/lal-bahadur-shastri-jayanti-2024-date-history-and-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti 2024, Date, History and Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As India prepares to commemorate the&nbsp;<strong>120th birth anniversary<\/strong>&nbsp;of one of its most revered leaders, Lal Bahadur Shastri, on October 2, 2024, the nation reflects on the enduring legacy of a man whose principles and leadership continue to inspire generations. Sharing his birth date with Mahatma Gandhi, Shastri\u2019s life exemplified the values of&nbsp;<strong>simplicity<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>integrity<\/strong>, and unwavering&nbsp;<strong>dedication to public service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Role in India\u2019s Freedom Struggle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by&nbsp;<strong>Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s<\/strong>&nbsp;call for non-violent resistance, Shastri became actively involved in the&nbsp;<strong>Indian independence movement<\/strong>. His participation in key nationalist campaigns included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Non-Cooperation Movement<\/strong>\u00a0(1921)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Civil Disobedience Movement<\/strong>\u00a0(1930)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Quit India Movement<\/strong>\u00a0(1942)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>During these struggles, he faced multiple imprisonments, using his time in jail to study and strengthen his resolve for the nation\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As India prepares to commemorate the&nbsp;120th birth anniversary&nbsp;of one of its most revered leaders, Lal Bahadur Shastri, on October 2, 2024, the nation reflects on the enduring legacy of a man whose principles and leadership continue to inspire generations. Sharing his birth date with Mahatma Gandhi, Shastri\u2019s life exemplified the values of&nbsp;simplicity,&nbsp;integrity, and unwavering&nbsp;dedication to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":168556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5244],"tags":[2298],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-168555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-october-2024","tag-important-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168557,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168555\/revisions\/168557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168555"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=168555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}