Biography of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee a stateman of India. He was served as tenth prime minister of India. He was known for his rules. He was served three times as prime minister of India. He has important role in India's development. He gave his life in india development. He was a member of Bhartiya Janta Party. He was also regarded as a writer and poet.

Birth

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on 25 December, 1924 in Gwaliar, Gwaliar State, British India (present in Madhya Pradesh). 

Death

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was died on 16 August 2018, in New Delhi, Delhi, India at age of 83 years.

Education

Atal Bihari Vajpayee learnt in many schools.

1). Vajpayee completed his schooling from Saraswati Shishu Mandir Gwalior.

2). He joined Anglo-Vernacular Middle school, barnagar, Ujjain in year 1934.

3). He completed his degree in bachelors of art (BA) with Hindi, English and Sanskrit from Gwaliar Victoria College (in present- Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence).

4). He completed his masters of Arts from Dayanand Anglo Vaidik Mahavidyalaya (DAV).

Books

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also a writer. He wrote many books. Books written by Atal Bihari Vajpayee are:

1). National integration (1971).

Achievements

Atal Bihari Vajpayee has an important role in India's dsbdlllk ki.

1). He became prime minister of India for three terms, with a full term from 1999 to 2004.

2). He became minister of external affairs for a time interval 26 March 1977 to 28 July 1979.

3). He became member of parliament, rajya sabha for two times, for first time from 1962 to 1967 and from 1986 to 1991.

4). He became member of parliament, lok sabha for five terms. 

5). He founded bhartiya janta party in year 1980 and served as it's president till 1986.

6). He became 11th president of akhil bhartiya jana sangh in 1968 and served till 1972.

7). He was founder of sarva shiksha abhiyan; which is a foundation which made education a fundamental right for children's of age 6 to 14 years.

Awards

#National awards

1. Padma Vibhushan (in 1992).
2. Bharat Ratna (in 2015).

#International awards

1. Order of Ouissam Alaouite (on 13 February 1999).
2. Bangladesh Liberation War Honour (2016).

Other honours

1). Doctor of letters from Kanpur University 1993.

2). Bharat Ratan pandit Govind Ballabh pant (1994).

3). Lokmanya tilak award (1994).

4). Outstanding parliamentarian award (1994).

5). Vajpayee was ranked number 9 in Outlook magazines poll for The Greatest Indian.

6). In October 2018 four newly discovered Himalayan peaks near Gangotri are named after his name as Atal 1, Atal 2, Atal 3, Atal 4. 

7). Naya Raipur was renamed as Atal Nagar in August, 2018.

Family

Krishna Bihari Vajpayee and Krishna Devi was parents of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee was renamed a bachelor for his whole life. He adopted a girl (child) from his friend Rajkumari Kaul and her husband professor B.N. Kaul. His daughter's name was Nimita  Bhattacharya.