Atal Bihari Vajpayee is one of the pioneers of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a highly respected veteran politician. Vajpayee entered politics with the BJP, paving the way for him to serve as the Prime Minister of India three times. Vajpayee is famous for his prominence in Indian and world politics. After his arrest during the 1975 National Emergency, Vajpayee became one of the Prime Ministers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, shouldering the responsibilities of the Sangh and leading the party to victory in the 1977 general elections. He was the first Indian politician to address the United Nations in Hindi. Be it Pokhran II in 1998 or the Lahore Bus Yatra in 1999, Vajpayee was the perfect embodiment of anger and non-violence. Besides being a politician, he was also a great poet and writer. When he addressed Parliament, the entire chamber was captivated. His poems, speeches and writings inspired hundreds of politicians in the country and continue to inspire those up and coming. Check out Atal Bihari Vajpayee wiki, wife, girlfriend, family, ethnicity, biography, career, facts, salary, net worth and more.
Biography/Wiki
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior, Gwalior State, British India (now Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh) to a Brahmin family. His grandfather Pandit Shyam Lal Vajpayee lived in Bateshwar in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) and later moved to Morena in Gwalior. His father was a poet and school teacher in Morena. His first exposure to politics was during the Quit India Movement in 1942, when he was arrested by the British government and imprisoned for 23 days.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he was young
He became a volunteer in Arya Kumar Sabha (Youth Wing of Arya Samaj) in Gwalior. In 1939, he became a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. and influenced by Babasaheb Apte.
Babasaheb Apte
In the early 1940s, he attended the RSS’s officer training camp and became a full-time staff member of the RSS in 1947. In 1948, when the RSS was banned for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, he received support from the RSS and worked for the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJS). He soon became the national secretary of the BJS in the northern region of the country. He was close to party leader Shyama Prashad Mukherjee and became his assistant and follower. In 1951, Vajpayee continued fasting to death in Kashmir to protest against the poor treatment of non-Kashmiri tourists. Mukherjee died in jail during the strike. During the 1957 general election, the then Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru was so impressed by Atal’s oratory skills that Nehru predicted that Vajpayee would one day become the Prime Minister of India. After the death of Pt. In 1968, the responsibilities of the Jana Sangh fell on the shoulders of Deendayal Upadhyaya, who was appointed the national president of the party.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee takes oath in RSS
family
Vajpayee was born to Krishna Bihari Vajpayee and Urmila Mishra. He has six siblings; three brothers and three sisters. His brothers are Prem Bihari Vajpayee, Avadh Bihari Vajpayee, Suda Bihari Vajpayee and his sisters are Urmila Mishra, Kamala Devi and Vimala Mishra.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (upper right) with his family
Atal Bihari Vajpayee never married. However, the media has been raising questions about his relationship with Rajkumari Kaul (who died in May 2014). He adopted Namita Bhattacharya as his daughter. He used to live with his daughter, son-in-law Ranjan and granddaughter Niharika. Generally, his family members call him Baap Ji.
Namita Bhattacharya
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Namita (left) and family
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya
Profession
Vajpayee excelled in this study. He received his primary education in Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Gorkhi, Bara, Gwalior. Vajpayee was admitted to Victoria College (now Laxmibai College) in Gwalior to continue his studies and graduated with honors in English, Hindi and Sanskrit. He received his Master’s degree in Political Science from DAV College, Kanpur, with first class distinction.
His political career began in the early 1950s when he joined the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. In 1957, he contested the Indian general election for the first time from Mathura and Balrampur Lok Sabha constituencies. However, he lost the election to Mathura Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh However, victory was achieved from Balrampur.
Vajpayee was one of the leading opponents of the Indian National Congress during the Emergency from 1975 to 1977 and was arrested along with several other opposition leaders. In the 1977 general election, the BJP won a huge victory, and Vajpayee took charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Morarji Desai government. When the Bharatiya Janata Party was formed in 1980, Vajpayee served as its first president. In 1995, at a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the then party chairman Advani announced that Vajpayee would become the Prime Minister of India.
In the 1996 general election, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formed a government and Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India for the first time, but his government only lasted 13 days.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as the 10th Prime Minister of India by then President Shankar Dayal Sharma
In the 1998 general election, Vajpayee contested from Lucknow constituency and won. On March 19, 1998, Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India again, but the AIADMK led by Jayalalithaa withdrew its support for the government, and the government was dissolved on October 12, 1999.
After the victory in the Kargil War, the New Democratic Alliance led by the PPP won 303 seats in the 1999 general election, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister for the third time.
After losing the 2004 general election, Vajpayee announced his retirement from politics.
dispute
He and several of his colleagues were arrested in 1975 during the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
In 1992, he was criticized by many for his role in the Babri Masjid demolition case. He and his party members strongly supported the construction of the temple.
personal life and interests
Vajpayee was an avid dog lover. He loved Indian folk dance and music. He is also a nature lover. His favorite destination is Manali (Himachal Pradesh). He likes to watch movies and listen to music. He is a fan of Indian actress Hema Malini.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his dog
health problems/death
In 2001, Vajpayee underwent knee replacement surgery at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. In 2009, Vajpayee suffered a stroke during a speech. On August 16, 2018, Vajpayee passed away due to geriatric diseases at the age of 93.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee suffered a stroke in 2009
He was cremated at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal near Rajghat, New Delhi, which is also his final resting place. 
Awards/Honors
In 1992, he was awarded Padma Shri. In 1993, Kanpur University awarded him a doctorate in literature. In 2015, he was awarded the “Bharat Ratna”, India’s highest civilian honor, by the Indian government. In the same year, he was awarded Bangladesh Liberation War Honors by the Bangladesh government.
President Pranab Mukherjee awards Bharat Ratna Award to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
fact
- Vajpayee was born on Christmas Day.
- He was a Vistarak (trainee Pracharak) member and started working for Deendayal Upadhyaya’s newspapers Panchjanya (Hindi weekly), Rashtradharma (Hindi monthly) and daily Veer Arjun & Swadesh.
- He studied law in the same law college (DAV College, Kanpur) with his father and even shared a room in the hostel.
- He had to give up his law studies due to the Partition riots of 1947.
- In 1977, when he entered the Ministry of External Affairs office, he found that Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait was missing, and he told the staff: I want it back.
- On February 19, 1999, he took a bus to Lahore to establish strong relations with Pakistan. The bus journey is known as Sada-e-Sarhad.
Lahore Bus Yatra by Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Not only is he India’s most respected and beloved politician, he is also the only elected member of Parliament from four Indian states: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat.
- After his retirement, former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called him the Bhishma Pitama of Indian politics.
- He loves to eat non-veg. His favorite dish is shrimp. His favorite non-vegetarian restaurant is Karim’s in Old Delhi.
Karim Restaurant in Old Delhi
- He is a great writer and poet. He wrote many books, some of the famous works are National Integration (1961), Indian Foreign Policy: New Dimensions (1977), Meri Ikiawana Kavitem ( 1995), “Twenty-One Poems” (2003), etc.
- He is one of the longest-serving MPs. He served as an MP (Member of Parliament) for 47 years (11 times as a member of the House of Commons and 2 times as a member of the House of Federation).
- On December 24, 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a 100-rupee coin in his honor.
Rs 100 coin issued in memory of Atal Bihari Vajapyee
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