Lal Bahadur Shastri was the country’s Prime Minister from 1964 to 1966. During Shastri’s brief Prime Ministership, the country faced two major challenges. These challenges were :
1. India was still recovering from the economic implications of the war with China.
2. Failed monsoons, drought and serious food crisis.

Both 1 and 2

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the country’s Prime Minister from 1964 to 1966. During Shastri’s brief Prime Ministership, the country faced two major challenges. While India was still recovering from the economic implications of the war with China, failed monsoons, drought and serious food crisis presented a grave challenge