Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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 October 13, 1998 until May 19, 2004.

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Devnagari - December 25 - 1924 - Prime Minister of India - 1996 - October 13 - 1998 - May 19 - 2004

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Vajpayee is a native of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and has been active in Indian politics throughout his adult life (as a member of parliament, he has often resided in Delhi). 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 Ranjan Bhattacharya and has two daughters.

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Gwalior - Madhya Pradesh - Indian politics

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He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (Indian People's Union), 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 Minister for External Affairs 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. Serving in both the lower house, the Lok Sabha, and the upper house, the Rajya Sabha, he has represented his home town of Gwalior, and the city of Lucknow in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Bharatiya Jana Sangh - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - Parliament of India - Janata Party - Morarji Desai - Bharatiya Janata Party - Lok Sabha - Rajya Sabha - Gwalior - Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh

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