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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Profile: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Biography - Atal Bihari Vajpayee Age, Latest News, Photo, Video, Birthday, Speech

Height: 5.6 ft DOB: 25 December 1924

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. A Padma-Vibhushan awardee, he was the first head of government from outside the Congress party to serve a full five-year term from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The leader has also received the highest honour, Bharat Ratna in 2015 and his birthday was declared 'Good Governance Day'. Other than his political views, Vajpayee is well praised for his poetry.

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Jaswant not quitting yet, to file nomination from Barmer

Politics | Mar 23, 2014, 02:49 PM IST

Jodhpur: Upset over denial of ticket, former Union Minister and BJP veteran Jaswant Singh today said he has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections as an independent from the Barmer seat and will file

jaswant attacks bjp leadership

Jaswant attacks BJP leadership

Politics | Mar 22, 2014, 06:37 PM IST

Jodhpur : Angry over denial of ticket to him in the Lok Sabha elections, Jaswant Singh today attacked the BJP leadership, saying there was need to differentiate between “real” and “fake” BJP as whatever was

chidambaram move shows cong has lost will to fight polls bjp

Chidambaram move shows Cong has lost will to fight polls: BJP

Politics | Mar 21, 2014, 11:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Taking potshots at Congress, rival BJP today claimed that the decision of Finance Minister P Chidambaram to opt out of the Lok Sabha poll race indicated the state of affairs in the party

lucknow poll will be fought on vajpayee s legacy

Lucknow poll will be fought on Vajpayee's legacy

Politics | Mar 20, 2014, 04:27 PM IST

Lucknow: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's name evokes a lot of respect here and the contest for Lucknow, from where BJP president and former state chief minister Rajnath Singh is contesting this time, will

trinamool is an anarchy that works kabir suman

Trinamool is an anarchy that works: Kabir Suman

Politics | Mar 17, 2014, 02:14 PM IST

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress “is an anarchy with an autocrat” at the helm but it's an “anarchy which works”, says rebel MP Kabir Suman, describing a party wobbling in its efforts to create ripples at

vajpayee s niece karuna shukla says atal advani era in bjp

Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla says, Atal, Advani era in BJP has ended

Politics | Mar 17, 2014, 09:32 AM IST

Bhopal: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla, who quit BJP and joined Congress recently, on Sunday  said the era of veteran leaders like Vajpayee and L K Advani in the saffron party

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Congress leaders speak as if they come from Mars: Modi

Politics | Mar 01, 2014, 11:42 AM IST

Hubli: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today slammed Congress and its leaders for their attitude towards various problems faced by the country, especially women's issues, saying "they speak as though they have come from

modi urges people to vote for the country not the party

Modi urges people to vote for the country, not the party

Politics | Jan 12, 2014, 10:33 PM IST

Panaji: In an apparent reference to the media blitzkrieg around the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi supported decentralisation of power here today, while toeing his “vote for the country,

interesting facts to know about former pm atal bihari

Interesting facts to know about former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Politics | Jun 18, 2014, 06:58 AM IST

New Delhi: The veteran politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee created a niche for himself through his subtle and calm approach. Loaded with four decade long experiences in the field of politics Vajpayee was able to create

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PDP, like AAP, brought in new moral factor in politics: Mufti

Politics | Dec 15, 2013, 07:03 PM IST

Jammu: Asserting that PDP in 2002, like Aam Aadami Party (AAP) now, had introduced a new moral factor in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today recalled how the party

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Can't Disclose Modi-Vajpayee Letters of 2002 Riots: PMO

Politics | Dec 15, 2013, 05:54 PM IST

New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has refused to disclose communication exchanged between former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the 2002 Gujarat riots even after 11 years.Responding to an

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Fearing bad luck, Vajpayee got his house number changed

Politics | Nov 29, 2013, 11:17 AM IST

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee got his bungalow number changed from 8 to 6-A, Krishna Menon Marg, as the number 8 was considered unlucky, a response to an RTI query reveals. RTI

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Vajpayee did not follow Raj Dharma in Gujarat: Manish Tewari

Politics | Nov 17, 2013, 09:26 PM IST

New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not follow Raj Dharma after the 2002 Gujarat riots in which more than 1,000 Muslims were killed.

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Rajnath Singh criticises UPA for failing to control inflation

Politics | Nov 15, 2013, 07:58 PM IST

Morena (MP): BJP President Rajnath Singh blamed the Congress-led UPA government here today for failing to control rising inflation and claimed that during NDA rule, inflation was unable to raise its head for six years

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Jyotiraditya blames Atal, Sushma for backwardness of Vidisha

Politics | Sep 30, 2013, 09:20 PM IST

Raisen (MP): Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today said Vidisha-Raisen region in Madhya Pradesh remained backward despite it being represented earlier by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Scindia also alleged that Leader of Opposition in Lok

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Will Modi toe the RSS line?

Politics | Sep 15, 2013, 09:42 AM IST

New Delhi: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cadres burst firecrackers and beat drums to celebrate Narendra Modi's nomination as the party's prime ministerial candidate, it was in the quiet environs of the Rashtriya

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Delhi finance secretary Shakti Sinha wants to quit

India | Aug 12, 2013, 07:30 AM IST

New Delhi, Aug 12 : Delhi Finance Secretary Shakti Sinha, who once served as joint secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sunday said he has sought voluntary retirement from service due to personal

amartya sen offers to return bharat ratna if vajpayee asks

Amartya Sen offers to return Bharat Ratna, if Vajpayee asks

Politics | Jul 25, 2013, 05:21 PM IST

New Delhi, Jul 25:  A major slugfest erupted today over BJP MP Chandan Mitra's demand for stripping nobel laureate Amartya Sen of the Bharat Ratna award and the economist offering to return it if Atal

interesting facts to know about former pm atal bihari

Interesting facts to know about former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Politics | Jul 20, 2013, 10:22 AM IST

New Delhi: The veteran politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee created a niche for himself through his subtle and calm approach. Loaded with four decade long experiences in the field of politics Vajpayee was able to create

modi comfortable in first big outing invokes vajpayee

Modi comfortable in first big outing, invokes Vajpayee

Politics | Jun 24, 2013, 10:37 AM IST

Madhopur (Punjab), June 24: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's first major public outing as a national-level leader of the BJP may have been given a miss by the party's top brass but he surely did