Jawaharlal Nehru died in office on 27 May 1964 and left a void.

[16] Prime Minister Shastri died in Tashkent due to a heart attack the day after signing the Tashkent Declaration. Then Congress Party President K. Kamaraj was instrumental in making Shastri Prime Minister on 9 June. Shastri's sudden death immd. after signing the Tashkent Pact with Pakistan has raised many questions in the minds of Indian citizans. The prime minister of India goes to Tashkent for pact and never comes back is something not been accepted easily by Indian citizens. Shastri's sudden death has led to persistent conspiracy theories that he was poisoned. There are still serious doubts which are been taken on his death. His son Sunil Shastri asks govt to unravel mystery behind Lal Bahadur Shastri's death. Raising doubts about the dark blue spots and cut marks on the abdomen of his father's body after his death in 1966, Shastri's son Sunil asked that when the postmortem was not conducted, then how the cut marks appeared. Shastri was known for his honesty and humility throughout his life. He was the first person to be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, and a memorial "Vijay Ghat" was built for him in Delhi.