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Which Indian Prime Minister died in office Overseas?

  1. Morarji Desai

  2. Chandra Shekhar

  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  4. V. P. Singh
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Explanation

Lal Bahadur Shastri died in office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then USSR) on January 11, 1966, a day after signing the Tashkent Declaration with Pakistan. He had gone there for peace talks after the 1965 India-Pakistan war. His death overseas was sudden and unexpected, making him the first Indian PM to die while abroad on official duty.

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