Atal

Bihari
Vajpayee
Purpose of my life: To play my part sincerely in every aspect of my life.
And to see India take its place as a great nation
 Personal Profile

Father's Name Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee

Date of Birth 25 December 1924
Place of Birth Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
Marital Status Unmarried
Educational Qualification M.A. (Political Science)
Educated at Victoria (now Laxmibai) College, Gwalior
D.A.V. College, Kanpur (Uttar
Pradesh)
Profession Journalist and Social Worker
Permanent Address A-302, Laplaz, Lucknow (Uttar
Pradesh)
Present Address 6-A, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi-
 Eleventh Prime Minister of India
First for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to
2004.
A leader of thecentre-rightBharatiya Janata
Party(BJP),.
first Prime Minister from outside theIndian
National Congressparty to serve a full five-year
term.
Elected to theLok Sabha(the lower house
ofIndia's Parliament) nine times
Twice to the Rajya Sabha
He also served as theMember of Parliamentfor
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, until 2009,
 Vajpayee was one amongst the founder
members of erstwhileBharatiya Jana Sangh
Vajpayee restarted the Jana Sangh as the
Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.
As foreign minister, that year Vajpayee
became the first person to deliver a speech
to theUnited Nations General Assemblyin
Hindi.
The BJP became the political voice of
theRam Janmabhoomi Mandir Movement
 In May 1998, India conducted five
underground nuclear tests
inPokhrandesert inRajasthan.
24 yrs after India conducted its first
nuclear testPokhran-Iin 1974. This
test is calledPokhran-II.
The tests were held just a month
after the government had been in
power.
In spite of the intense international
criticism and the steady decline in
foreign investment and trade, the
nuclear tests were popular
domestically.
 In late 1998 and early 1999, Vajpayee began
a push for a full-scale diplomatic peace
process with Pakistan.
The historic inauguration of the Delhi-Lahore
bus service in February 1999,
 Anarmed
conflictbetweenIndiaandPakistantook place
between May and July 1999
The cause of the war was the infiltration of
Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into
positions
In Operation Vijay, launched in June 1999,
Kargil War over 500 Indian soldiers were killed in the
three-month long Kargil War.
It is estimated around 600-4,000 Pakistani
militants and soldiers died as well.
Almost 70% of the territory was recaptured by
India under Ataljis prime ministerial period.
Vajpayee introduced many domestic
economic and infrastructural
reforms, including
encouraging the private sector
and foreign investments
reducing governmental waste
encouraging research and
development and privatization of
some government owned
corporations.
Vajpayee's pet projects were
theNational Highway Development
Projectand Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana.
Awards 1992, Padma Vibhushan Award.

1993, D.Lit from Kanpur University.

1994, Lokmanya Tilak Award.

1994, Best Parliamentarian Award.

1994, Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant

Award.

2014/24/12, Declared to be awarded with

BharatRatna
 Wishing our
beloved former
prime minister,
much happiness
and health,
on his birthday,

being
celebrated as

National Good Governance Day

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