Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Date of Birth:	December 25, 1924
Place of Birth:	Gwalior, MP
Prime Minister of India
Tenure Order:	10th Prime Minister
Political party:	BJP
First Term
Took Office:	May 16, 1996
Left Office:	June 1, 1996
Predecessor:	Narasimha Rao
Successor:	Deve Gowda
Second Term
Took Office:	March 19, 1998
Left Office:	May 22, 2004
Predecessor:	I. K. Gujral
Successor:	Dr. Manmohan Singh

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (often wrongly spelt Behari; अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी in Devnagari) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from 1998 until May 19, 2004. jpg version of image:vajpayee. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; Indian Peoples Party) is one of the largest political parties in India. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (June 28, 1921 - December 23, 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... Haradanahalli Dodde Deve Gowda (born 18 May 1933) was the eleventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India (1996–1997) and the 14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka (1994–1996). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Inder Kumar Gujral (born 4 December 1919) was the twelfth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... Manmohan Singh (Gurmukhi: ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ, Devanagari: मनमोहन सिंह) is the fourteenth prime minister of India. ... च् + छ = च्छ Devanagari in Unicode The Unicode range for Devanagari is U+0900 . ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Vajpayee is a native of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh state and has been active in Indian politics throughout his adult life. Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ...

He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a party linked to the Hindu organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of which he was the president between 1968 and 1973. He was first elected to the Parliament of India in 1957 and was the leader of the Jana Sangh political party up to the formation of the Janata Party in 1977. He served as the Foreign Minister in the government of Morarji Desai from March 1977 to July 1979. In 1980, he left the Janata Party,and helped form the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was leader of the BJP parliamentary party between 1980 and 1984, 1986 and between 1993 and 1996. He was the leader of the Opposition in the 11th Lok Sabha. Bharatiya Jana Sangh is the old name of Bharatiya Janata Party of India. ... RSS The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is a Hindu nationalist organization which bases itself on the principles of Hindutva. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Parliament House, New Delhi The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Janata Party was a Indian political party, formed in 1977 through the fusion of four major opposition parties, namely the Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Organisation), Bharatiya Jan Sangh and the Socialist Party. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (February 29, 1896 – April 10, 1995) was an Indian politician. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; Indian Peoples Party) is one of the largest political parties in India. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. ...

First Tenure

Even though it lacked the majority the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), headed by Vajpayee, emerged as the single largest party in Lok Sabha elections of 1996. President of India invited BJP to form the government and to prove its majority within 14 days. Thus, Vajpayee became the Prime Minister for the first time. The BJP government was unable to prove its majority and lasted only for 13 days. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; Indian Peoples Party) is one of the largest political parties in India. ... The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. ... Standard of the President of India The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and first citizen of India and the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces. ...

Second Tenure

He became Prime Minister for the second time in 1998, but that government only lasted for 13 months, since the AIADMK withdrew support to the government. Then the polls for the 13th Lok Sabha were held, in which he was re-elected on October 13, 1999, at the head of a coalition government controlled by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), of which the BJP was a major component. NDA controlled a majority of 303 Members of the Indian Parliament, in a house of 545 members. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is a regional political party in India. ... The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a coalition in India. ... The Parliament of India is bicameral. ...

His prime ministership saw a lot of action. On December 24, 1999, Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 was hijacked, with nearly 200 passengers and crew, while on a flight from Kathmandu to Delhi. December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Indian Airlines (Hindi: इंडियन एयरलाइन्स) is Indias state owned primarily domestic airline. ... This article is about the city. ... Delhi (दिल्ली or Dillī in Hindi and Bengali and دیلی in Urdu) is a term that refers to either the State of Delhi or the National Capital Territory (NCT) of the Republic of India. ...

Under his leadership, India steadly recorded great economic growth at 7-8%. Under his prime ministership, India gradually broke away with socialism and embraced capitalism and free market economy. In 2004, Vajpayee made peace overtures to Pakistan in hopes of settling their long-running dispute over Kashmir. He called an early election in hopes of winning another term but was defeated and resigned as both prime minister and party leader on May 12, 2004. The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Capitalism has been defined in various ways (see Capitalism). ... A market economy is a term used to describe an economy where economic decisions, such as pricing of goods and services, are made in a decentralized manner by the economys participants and manifested by trade. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is well-known for being a poet, and has published a book of poetry. He is a bachelor, and has adopted daughters of Mrs & Mr. B. N. Kaul: Nandita (Nanyee) and Namita (Goonoo). Nandita is a doctor in US and Namita lives in Delhi. Namita is married to Rajan Bhattacharya and has two daughters.

When in office he ordered a series of two days of underground nuclear testing in the desert regions of Rajasthan (a northwestern state of India that borders Pakistan, India's arch rival).

Vajpayee with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Vajpayee made peace overtures to Pakistan and attempted to resolve the Kashmir dispute.

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Life after Elections 2004

After the NDA lost the elections in 2004, he refused the post of Leader of the Opposition and was instead elected leader of the NDA. Lal Krishna Advani, his deputy when he was Prime Minister was elected leader of the opposition. Also India became the nuclear power during his rule. (Redirected from 2004 elections to the Lok Sabha (India)) Legislative elections were held in India, the worlds largest democracy, in four phases between April 20 and May 10, 2004. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest opposition party in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician. ...

Vajpayee has frequently threatened to resign from politics and there is great speculation in the media about whether he actually intends to carry out the threat. This speculation has intensified in the recent weeks with the public announcement by the RSS that they would like to see a younger generation head the BJP. RSS is an abbreviation for: RSS, a group of XML based web-content distribution and republication (Web syndication) formats primarily used by news sites, weblogs (blogs), and podcasts. ...

During the last few years Vajpayee has been dogged by problems with his knee and underwent knee replacement surgery for the same. An x-ray of a human knee In human anatomy, the knee is the leg joint connecting the femur and the tibia. ... An x-ray of a human knee In human anatomy, the knee is the leg joint connecting the femur and the tibia. ...

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (June 28, 1921 - December 23, 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Haradanahalli Dodde Deve Gowda (born 18 May 1933) was the eleventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India (1996–1997) and the 14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka (1994–1996). ... Inder Kumar Gujral (born 4 December 1919) was the twelfth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Manmohan Singh (Gurmukhi: ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ, Devanagari: मनमोहन सिंह) is the fourteenth prime minister of India. ...