Know your Politician
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh )
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Party Name :
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Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee
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Date of Birth
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25.12.1924
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Place of Birth
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Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
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Marital Status
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Unmarried
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Educational Qualifications
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M.A. (Political Science)
Educated at Victoria (now Laxmibai) College, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) and D.A.V. College, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
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Profession
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Journalist
Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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10, Mall Avenue,
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Lucknow – 226 001 (Uttar Pradesh)
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Present Address |
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6 A – Krishna Menon Marg ,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23015308, 23793877, 9868180920(M)
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Position Held |
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1951
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Founder-Member, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S)
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1957
1957
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Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha
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1957-77
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Leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party
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1966-67
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Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
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1967
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Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1967-70
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Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
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1968-73
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President, Bhartiya Jana Sangh
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1971
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Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1977
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Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1977-79
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Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs
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1977-80
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Founder- Member, Janata Party
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1980-86
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President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)
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1980-84, 1986 and 1993-96
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Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
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1988-89
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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1988-90
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Member, House Committee
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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1990-91
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Chairman, Committee on Petitions
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1991-93
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Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
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1991-93
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Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
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1993-96
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Chairman, Committee on External Affairs
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Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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16 May 1996- 31 May 1996
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Prime Minister of India; and in charge of other subjects not
allocated to any other Cabinet Minister
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1996-97
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Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
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1997-98
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Chairman, Committee on External Affairs
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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1998-99
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Prime Minister of India; Minister of External Affairs; and also incharge of
Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term)
Leader, B.J.P., Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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13 Oct.1999- May 2004
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Prime Minister of India and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not
specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister
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2004
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Re-elected to 14 Lok Sabha (10th term)
Chairman, B.J.P. and N.D.A. Parliamentary Party
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Book Published
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(i) Lok Sabha Mein Atalji (a collection of speeches); (ii) Mrityu Ya Hatya; (iii) Amar Balidan, (iv) Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency);
(v) New Dimensions of India`s Foreign Policy (a collection of speeches delivered as External Affairs Minister during 1977-79); (vi) Jana Sangh Aur Musalman; (vii) Three Decades in Parliament
(Speeches in three volumes); (viii) Amar Aag Hai(a collection
of poems) 1994; (ix) Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen; (x) Four Decades in Parliament (English)-4
Volumes of Speeches in
Parliament, 1957-95
(xi) 21 Poems; (xii) Gathbandhan ki Rajneeti; (xiii) Bindu bindu vichaar; (xiv) Shakti se shanti; (xv) Rajneeti ki raptili raahein; (xvi) Decisive days; (xvii) Kuch lekh kuch bhashan; and (xviii) Na dainyam na palayanam
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Editor, (i) Rashtra-Dharma (monthly); (ii) Panchajanya (weekly); and Swadesh and Veer Arjun,
both dailies
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Member, National Integration Council since 1961; President, (i) All India Station Masters
and Assistant Station Masters Association, 1965-70; (ii) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
Samarak Samiti, 1968-84; (iii) Deendayal Dham, Farah, Mathura, U.P.; (iv) Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards and (v) Krishna Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Trust, Gwalior
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Special Interests
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International affairs; upliftment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and women
and child welfare; economic development
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, writing, travelling, cooking and watching movies
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; Member, (i) Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa, 1965;
(ii) Parliamentary Delegations to Australia, 1967, European Parliament, 1983, and Canada,
1987; (iii) Indian Delegations to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meetings
held in Canada, 1966 and 1994, Zambia 1980, Isle of Man 1984; (iv) Indian
Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974, Sri Lanka, 1975,
Switzerland, 1984; (v) Indian Delegation to the UN General Assembly, 1988,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996; and (vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation
to Bulgaria, 1997; Leader, Indian Delegation to Human Rights Commission Meeting,
Geneva, 1993; and Delegation of Standing Committees of External Affairs to Gulf
countries- Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait ; As Prime Minister travelled extetrsively across the globe, for various international conferences and goodwill visits notable among which are United Nations General Assembly Session, SARRC Summit, CHOGM Summit, Indo -EU Summit , ASEAN Summit NAM Summit, G-8 Border Dialogue and bilateral visits to many countries
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Other Information
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Participated in Freedom Struggle and went to jail in 1942; detained during Emergency
in 1975-77; was awarded Padma Vibhushan by President of India in recognition
of his services to the Nation; Conferred, (i)Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by
Kanpur University,1993; (ii) Lok Manya Tilak Puruskar, 1994; (iii) Bharat Ratna
Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian, 1994
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Reference: Loksabha