In some cases, possession can pass to the next generation, as with Shastri's children.

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He had no desire to create a dynasty, and was succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri.

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When the media occasionally question their continued presence there, Shastri's sons claim only to be the memorial's caretakers.

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It consists of Shastri's personal effects arranged in two corner rooms.

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India's second prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died 33 years ago, but his government home - known as a bungalow - remains in his family's possession.

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Two of the prime ministers Mr Subramaniam had worked under, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi, had defended him against all the flak from his critics.

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Three famous names of Indian cricket - Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and S Venkatraghavan, along with the board president and two others, were there in the meeting to hammer out a solution to the crisis.

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But Shastri died soon afterwards in 1966.

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