hi friends ,
- born 25 December 1924
- Vajpayee was born to Krishna Devi and Krishna Bihari Vajpayee on 25 December 1924 in Gwalior
- Vajpayee did his schooling from the Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Gorkhi, Bara, Gwalior
- Vajpayee attended Gwalior's Victoria College
- He completed his post-graduation with an M.A. in Political Science from DAV College, Kanpur
- Vajpayee's first exposure to politics was in August 1942, when he and his elder brother Prem were arrested for 23 days during the Quit India Movement
- In 1957, Vajpayee lost to Raja Mahendra Pratap in Mathura for the Lok Sabha
8 ) pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was so impressed with atalji that he predicted that Vajpayee would some day become prime minister - from 1975 to 1977 Vajpayee was arrested during emergency.
- in 1977 victory of janta party , he became minister of external affair
- During his tenure, he became first person to deliver speech in hindi at United Nations General Assembly .
12)Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India between 1996 and 2004 in three non-consecutive terms IN 1996 ,1998-1999,1999-2004.
13)He was a member of the Indian Parliament for over four decades ,BEING elected 10 times in loksabha & 2 times in rajya sabha.
to be continued in my next post....
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RIP ATALJI