Atal Bihari Vajpayee born 25 December 1924 is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he is the first Prime Minister from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve a full five-year term. At age 92, Vajpayee is currently the oldest living former India Prime Minister. A parliamentarian for over four decades, Vajpayee was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Parliament of India ten times, and twice to the Rajya Sabha upper house. He also served as the Member of Parliament for Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, until 2009, when he retired from active politics due to health concerns. Vajpayee was one amongst the founder members of erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which he had also headed. He was also the Minister of External Affairs in the cabinet of Morarji Desai. When Janata government collapses, Vajpayee restarted the Jana Sangh as the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.On 25 December 2014, the office of President of India announced the Bharat Ratna award, India’s highest civilian honor, to Vajpayee. In a special gesture, the President of India conferred Bharat Ratna to Atal Bihari Vajpayee in his residence on 27 March 2015. His birthday, 25 December, was declared “Good Governance Day”.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Wiki |Biography.
| Name | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
|---|---|
| Date Of Birth | 25 December 1924 |
| Age | 92 years |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Weight | 76 kg |
| Profession | Writer, Politician, Poet |
| Social and political Work | National Integration (1961) Dynamics of an Open Society (1977) New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy (1979) Heal the Wounds: Vajpayee's appeal on Assam tragedy to the Parliament (1983) Kucha Lekha, Kucha Bhashana (1996) Sekyularavada: Bharatiya Parikalpana (Da. Rajendra Prasada Smaraka Vyakhyanamala) (1996) Bindu-Bindu Vicara (1997) Rajaniti ki Rapatili Rahem (1997) Back to Square One (1998) Decisive Days (1999) Sakti Se Santi (1999) Vicara-Bindu (Hindi Edition, 2000) Nayi Chunauti, Naya Avasara (Hindi Edition, 2002) India's Perspectives on ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific Region (2003) |
| Awards | 1992, Padma Vibhushan 1993, D. Lit. from Kanpur University 1994, Lokmanya Tilak Award 1994, Outstanding Parliamentarian Award 1994, Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant Award 2015, Bharat Ratna 2015, Bangladesh Liberation War honour (Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona) |
| Writer | Books :- India's Foreign Policy: New Dimensions (1977) Assam Problem: Repression no Solution (1981) Atal Bihari Vaj Mem Tina Dasaka (1992) Pradhan Mantri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ke Chune Hue Bhashana (2000) Values, Vision & Verses of Vajpayee: India's Man of Destiny (2001) Poetry Meri Ikyavana Kavitaem (1995) Meri Ikyavana Kavitaem (Hindi Edition, 1995) Sreshtha Kabita (1997) Nayi Disha – An Album with Jagjit Singh (1995) Kya Khoya Kya Paya: Atal Bihari Vajapeyi, Vyaktitva Aur Kavitaem (Hindi Edition, 1999) Samvedna – An Album with Jagjit Singh (1995) Twenty-One Poems (2003) |
| School | Government Higher secondary school, Gorkhi, Bara, Gwalior |
| College | Victoria College (now Laxmi Bai College), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Educational Qualifications | Graduation with distinction in Hindi, English and Sanskrit from Gwalior's Victoria College (now Laxmi Bai College) M.A. in Political Science from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kanpur |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Home Town | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Hobbies | Doing Poetry, Cooking, Listening to Indian Music, Reading, Travelling |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Fathers Name | Krishna Bihari Vajpayee (poet and school master) |
| Mothers Name | Krishna Devi |
| Brother Name | Avadh Bihari Vajpayee, Prem Bihari Vajpayee, Suda Bihari Vajpayee |
| Sister Name | Urmila Mishra, Vimala Mishra, Kamala Devi |
| Daughter Name | Namita Bhattacharya (Foster) |
| Girlfriend/Boyfriend | Not Known |
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