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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha; In office 1991–2009: Preceded by: Mandhata Singh: Succeeded by: Lalji Tandon: Constituency: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: In office 1977–1984: Preceded by
Aug 16, 2018 · New Delhi: 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.
3 days ago · 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 forerunner of the BJP.
May 24, 2023 · On 26 June 1975, the police arrived at a hostel in India's southern city of Bangalore and arrested Atal Behari Vajpayee, a prominent opposition politician.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1939, and in 1951, was seconded to its political wing, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. He steadily rose in its hierarchy and became its ...
Aug 16, 2018 · Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who as India’s prime minister from 1998 to 2004 stunned the world by ending a decades-old moratorium on nuclear weapons tests but nevertheless managed to ease tensions with ...
Mar 19, 1998 · A man of the masses, firm in his political convictions. On October 13, 1999, he took charge as Prime Minister of India for the second consecutive term at the head of a new coalition government, the National Democratic Alliance.
Aug 16, 2018 · Vajpayee served as premier three times. He was a poet and nature lover who tested nuclear bombs. He sparked an arms race with Pakistan, but later launched peace talks and a cross-border bus service.
Aug 16, 2018 · India’s former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died on Thursday at the age of 93, was the moderate face of Hindu nationalism, who set aside his movement’s most cherished rightwing ...
Aug 16, 2018 · Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s tenth prime minister, died Thursday in New Delhi at the age of 93. He will be remembered as the leader who brought India into the world’s nuclear weapons club ...
