If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed.

In a public meeting held at the Ram Lila grounds in Delhi a few days after the ceasefire he complained against a BBC report which claimed that Shastri's identity as a Hindu meant that he was ready for a war with Pakistan. "

During his tenure as Prime Minister Shastri visited many countries including Russia Yugoslavia England Canada and Burma. R.

The war was formally ended in the Tashkent Agreement of 10 January 1966; he died the following day still in Tashkent of a heart attack. His slogan of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" ("Hail the soldier Hail the farmer") became very popular during the war and is remembered even today.