Atal bihari vajpayee biography

Father's Name               Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee 

Date of Birth                 25 December 1924 

Place of Birth                Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) 

Marital Status                Unmarried 

Educational Qualifications        

                      M.A. (Political Science)

                      Educated at Victoria (now Laxmibai) College,

                      Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) and D.A.V. College, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession  

                      Journalist and Social Worker 

Permanent Address  

                      A-302, La Place, Lucknow 

                      (Uttar Pradesh)   

                      Tel. (0522) 220909

Present Address 

                      7, Race Course Road,

                      New Delhi-110011

                      Tel. (011) 3018939, 3011156

                      Fax. (011) 3019545

Positions Held  

1951                      Founder-Member, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S)

1957                      Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha  

1957-77                 Leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party

1962                      Member, Rajya Sabha

1966-67                Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances 

1967                      Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1967-70                Chairman, Public Accounts Committee 

1968-73                President, B.J.S. 

1971                      Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 

1977                      Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1977-79                Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs

1977-80                Founder- Member, Janata Party 

1980                      Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term) 

1980-86                President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)

1980-84,               Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party

1986 and

1993-96

1986                     Member, Rajya Sabha

                             Member, General Purposes Committee 

1988-90                Member, House Committee

                             Member, Business Advisory Committee 

1990-91                Chairman, Committee on Petitions

1991                      Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term) 

1991-93                Chairman, Public Accounts Committee 

1993-96                Chairman, Committee on External Affairs

                              Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

                

1996                      Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term) 

16 May 1996-      Prime Minister of India; and other subjects not 

31 May 1996       allocated to any other Cabinet Minister       

1996-97                Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

1997-98                Chairman, Committee on External Affairs

1998                      Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)

1998-99                 Prime Minister of India;  Minister  of External Affairs;  and also  incharge of 

                              Ministries/Department not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister

1999                      Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term)

13 Oct.1999-         Prime Minister of India and also in charge ofthe Ministries/Departments not

onwards                 specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister

Books Published

Lok Sabha Mein Atalji (a collection of speeches); Mrityu Ya Hatya, Amar Balidan,
Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency);
New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy (a collection of speeches delivered as
External Affairs Minister during 1977-79); Jana Sangh Aur Musalman; Three
Decades in Parliament (Speeches in three volumes); Amar Aag Hai(a collection
of poems) 1994; Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen; Four Decades in Parliament (English)-4
Volumes of Speeches in Parliament, 1957-95

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments
Editor, (i)Rashtra-Dharma-monthly (ii)Panchajanya-weekly; Swadesh and Veer Arjun,
both dailies

Social and Cultural Activities
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.; and
(iv) Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards

Special Interests

International affairs; uplift of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and woman
and child welfare

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading, writing, travelling and cooking

Countries Visited

Widely travelled; Member, (i)Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa, 1965;
(ii)Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, 1967; European Parliament, 1983; Canada,
1987;(iii) Indian Delegation 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

Other Information

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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Election Result of Lucknow Lok Sabha Constituency

Electors : 1552441
Voters : 753943
Poll Percentage : 48.57%
Valid Votes : 753943

Votes polled in favour first four leading candidates

1. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee             (B.J.P.)     362709     48.11%
2. Dr Karan Singh                               (I.N.C.)    239085     31.71%
3. Shri Bhagwati Singh                        (S.P.)         78826     10.46%
4. Shri Ijaharul Haque                         (B.S.P.)      43948       5.83%