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Wife clears Shastri’s Fiat loan with pension, car preserved

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC · How we work

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Lalita Shastri Repays Loan

Lal Bahadur Shastri bought a Fiat for about Rs 12,000, borrowing Rs 7,000 from Punjab National Bank.
He died in Tashkent on January 11 1966, leaving the car loan unpaid.
Wife Lalita Shastri refused government aid and cleared the loan using her family pension.
The Fiat now sits at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial in Delhi as a modesty symbol.

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Lalita Shastri Repays Loan

Lal Bahadur Shastri bought a Fiat for about Rs 12,000, borrowing Rs 7,000 from Punjab National Bank.
He died in Tashkent on January 11 1966, leaving the car loan unpaid.
Wife Lalita Shastri refused government aid and cleared the loan using her family pension.
The Fiat now sits at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial in Delhi as a modesty symbol.

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