Talk:Lal Bahadur Shastri

Variety of English
The header of the Talk section claims that the article is written in Indian English with its "own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence)".

This comment is inaccurate,in particular with regard to spellings. The examples must have been given by an American. These spellings are used everywhere in the English-speaking world except in the USA. Dori1951 (talk) 19:08, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of "ji" suffix in name
I have deleted the honorific suffix "ji" in Shastri's name on the three occasions I saw it in the the Early Years section and the one in the Jai Jawan Jai Kisan section. The main reason is better compliance with a NPOV. It is also not widely understood outside the Subcontinent and could be confusing for readers unconnected with the region.

For the same reason I deleted an instance of the use of "Shri" where it did not appear to be a quote. Dori1951 (talk) 19:08, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

In popular culture
A film named "The Taskhent Files" directed by Vivek agnihotri depicts the conspiracies about his death and unfolds several harsh truths about the then Indian government Umang Madhogaria (talk) 15:47, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * Portrait of Lal Bahadur Shastri in the Central Hall of the Parliament.jpg

bharat ratna
lal bahadur shastri was the first bharat ratna(posthumously) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.74.111.57 (talk) 04:58, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

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Legacy
The boxed quote appears five lines after it should, and splits the third paragraph. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 12:09, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

death in lead
According to various intelligence agencies, he was assassinated by the United States through CIA. This claim is based on the confessions of Robert Crowley, the second-in-command of the CIA's Directorate of Operations (responsible for covert operations), as recorded in the book 'Conversation with the Crow' by Gregory Douglas.

These are extensively written at the death portion, which is a popular claim on his death which is important. He is the only prime minster of india which has a popluar claim that cia was behind his death, also from various sources.

discuss here before you remove this from the lead. This has been already written in the death section Afv12e (talk) 15:43, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Chronikhiles Afv12e (talk) 15:43, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Please familiarise yourself with Wikipedia policy on reliable sources, especially those that pertain to news and individuals. I don't believe any of your sources are reliable. Chronikhiles (talk)  06:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * i have removed news9live reference and added other reliable sources, including those used at the 'death' section Afv12e (talk) 02:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)