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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]
May 7, 2024 · Atal Bihari Vajpayee (born December 25, 1924, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India—died August 16, 2018, New Delhi, Delhi) was the leader of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and twice served as the prime minister of India (1996; 1998–2004). Vajpayee was first elected to parliament in 1957 as a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), a ...
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- Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a leader of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and twice served as prime minister of India (1996 and 1998–2004). U...
- Although Atal Bihari Vajpayee had earlier been praised for his conciliatory gestures toward India’s Muslim minority, in 2002 his government was cri...
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, in December 2014.
Aug 16, 2018 · India's former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has died at the age of 93. Mr Vajpayee had been on life-support since Wednesday night.
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- August 16, 2018
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first non-Congress leader to serve a full term in power and who ordered nuclear tests to make India a nuclear weapons power, died on Thursday,...
Mar 19, 1998 · Learn about the life and achievements of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who served as India's Prime Minister for two consecutive terms from 1998 to 2004. He was a veteran parliamentarian, a poet, a journalist and a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Aug 16, 2018 · Former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was admitted to AIIMS with a kidney tract infection and chest congestion on June 11, died this evening just past 5 pm. He was 93 ...
May 24, 2023 · By Soutik Biswas,India correspondent. Getty Images. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the prime minister of India thrice - once briefly in 1996 and 1998, and then in 1999. On 26 June 1975, the...
