Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister of India at the time of the Tashkent Agreement, which was signed on January 10, 1966, by Shastri and Pakistani President Mohammad Ayub Khan. The agreement, brokered by the Soviet Union, aimed to end the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and called for the withdrawal of troops and a return to normalcy in diplomatic relations. Shastri tragically died of a heart attack only hours after signing the accord.
Who was the Prime Minister of India at the time of Tashkent agreement ?
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