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Atal Bihari Vajpayee. a. ^ At the time of graduation, both were affiliated with Agra University. 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 ...
Jun 1, 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).
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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 · 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...
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,...
Aug 16, 2018 · Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who presided over clandestine nuclear tests that confirmed India as a nuclear power but soured relations with rival Pakistan, died Thursday...