12-1-5 When Lal BahadurJumped in to the River

12-1-5 When Lal BahadurJumped in to the River 

During his school days,one day Lal Bahadur Shastri,with a group of his friends,went across the river to attend the fair. After wandering all day at the fair,the other friends left the fair ground and took the boat to get across the river to reach their homes.But Lal Bahadur did not deliberately accompany them.When all his friends had left,and under the cover of dusk ,Lal Bahadur jumped into the river and swam across half a mile to the other bank. 

The truth was that Lal Bahadur had no money to pay the boat man and was too  sensitive and proud to let his friends know it.

It is however not true that at any time Lal Bahadur swam his way to school because he did not have money to pay for the boat fare.This was actually a distortion of the above incident.

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