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| 10th Prime Minister of India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy | L. K. Advani (starting in 2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Shankar Dayal Sharma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | K. R. Narayanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th Minister of External Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Morarji Desai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yashwantrao Chavan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 July 2002 – 22 May 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Maneka Gandhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Oscar Fernandes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 13 October 1999 – 1 September 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | ministry opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jagmohan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 December 1924 Gwalior, Gwalior State, British India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 August 2018 (aged 93) New Delhi, Delhi, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monuments | Sadaiv Atal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (from 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindi pronunciation: [əʈəl bɪɦaːɾiː ʋaːdʒpai]; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician and poet who served three terms as the 10th Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004.[1] He was the first non-Indian National Congress prime minister to serve a full term in the office. Vajpayee was one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He was also a Hindi poet and a writer.[2][3]
He was a member of the Indian Parliament for over five decades, having been elected ten times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, and twice to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. He served as the Member of Parliament from the Lucknow constituency, retiring from active politics in 2009 due to health concerns. He was among the founding members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, of which he was president from 1968 to 1972. The BJS merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party, which won the 1977 general election. In March 1977, Vajpayee became the Minister of External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister, Morarji Desai. He resigned in 1979, and the Janata alliance collapsed soon after. Former members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh formed the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980, with Vajpayee its first president.
During his tenure as prime minister, India carried out the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. Vajpayee sought to improve diplomatic relations with Pakistan, travelling to Lahore by bus to meet with Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. After the 1999 Kargil War with Pakistan, he sought to restore relations through engagement with President Pervez Musharraf, inviting him to India for a summit at Agra. Vajpayee's government introduced many domestic economic and infrastructural reforms, including encouraging the private sector and foreign investments, reducing governmental waste, encouraging research and development and privatisation of some government owned corporations.[4] During his tenure, India's security was threatened by a number of violent incidents including 2001 Indian Parliament attack and 2002 Gujarat riots which ultimately caused his defeat in 2004 general election.
The administration of Narendra Modi declared in 2014 that Vajpayee's birthday, 25 December, would be marked as Good Governance Day. In 2015, he was conferred India's highest civilian honour — Bharat Ratna, by the then-President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. He died in 2018 of age-related illness.
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- ^ Vajpayee, Atal Bihari. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ki Chuninda Kavitayen: Poem collection (in Hindi). Naye Pallav. ISBN 978-81-951525-4-4.
- ^ "अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी की वो 10 कविताएं, जो पत्थरों में भी जान फूंक सकती हैं". Amar Ujala. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Vajpayee, the right man in the wrong party – 4 – New..." archive.is. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2017.