Which of the following leaders signed the Tashkent Agreement?

The correct answer is Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan.

Key Points

• The Tashkent Agreement was a peace treaty signed by India and Pakistan in 1965 to end the Indo-Pakistani War.
• Lal Bahadur Shastri is the prime minister who signed on Tashkent agreement.
• On January 10, 1966, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan's then-President Muhammad Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Agreement.
• Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan.
• Aleksey Kosygin, the Soviet premier, mediated the agreement.
• The parties agreed that all armed forces would be withdrawn to positions held prior to August 5, 1965.
• In India, the agreement was criticized because it did not include a no-war pact or any commitment to refrain from guerilla warfare in Kashmir.
• Lal Bahadur Shastri died in Tashkent on (11th January 1966) the day after the Tashkent Declaration .

Additional Information

• Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime minister of India.
  • He served as the Prime minister of India from 1964 to 1965.
  • He is popularly called "man of peace".During the 1965 Indo-Pak conflict, he served as Prime Minister of India.
  • On the same day as Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, he was born on October 2nd.
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri popularised the term "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan."
  • He is the first Prime Minister of India to die abroad.
  • In 1966, the Bharat Ratna was bestowed upon him.
    • He was the first posthumous recipient of the Bharat Ratna.
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri's resting spot is known as Vijayghat.