Person of the day : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Atal bihari Vajpayee

Personal details

Name : Atal bihari Vajpayee

Father name : Krishna Bihari Vajpayee

Mother name : Krishna Dev

Born : 25 December 1924 (age 91)Gwalior State

Nationality: Indian

Political party : Bharatiya Janata Party (1980–present)

Other political affiliations : Janata Party (1977—1980) , 
Bharatiya Jana Sangh (before 1977)

Alma mater Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Profession Poet , Journalist , Political activist

Religion Hinduism

Awards

• 1992, Padma Vibhushan

• 1993, D. Lit. from Kanpur University

• 1994, Lokmanya Tilak Award

• 1994, Best Parliamentarian Award

• 1994, Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant Award

• 2015, Bharat Ratna

• 2015, Liberation War award (Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona)

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, 1986 and 1993–96 – Leader, B.J.P. 
Parliamentary Party

• 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 – 31 May 1996 – Prime Minister of India

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

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

• 13 Oct.1999 to 13 May 2004– Prime Minister of India 
and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not 
specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister

• 2004 – Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (10th term)

Works

Social and political

• National Integration. (1961).

• Dynamics of an Open Society. (1977).

• New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy. (1979).

• Heal the Wounds: Vajpayee's Appeal on Assam Tragedy to the Parliament. (1983).

• When Will atrocities on Harijans stop?: A.B. Vajpayee's 
speech in Rajya Sabha (1988).

• Kucha Lekha, Kucha Bhashana. (1996).

• Sekyularavada: Bharatiya parikalpana (Da. Rajendra 
Prasada Smaraka vyakhyanamala) (1996).

• Bindu-bindu Vicara. (1997).

• Rajaniti Ki Rapatili Rahem. (1997).

• Na Dainyam Na Palayanam (Hindi Edition). (1998).

• Back to Square One. (1998).

• Decisive Days. (1999).

• Sakti Se Santi. (1999).

• Vicara-bindu (Hindi Edition). (2000). 

• Nayi Chunauti, Naya Avasara (Hindi Edition). (2002). 

• India's Perspectives on ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific Region. (2003).

Books

• Atal Bihari Vaj mem tina dasaka. (1992).

• Pradhanamantri Atala Bihari Vajapeyi, chune hue 
bhashana. (2000).

• Values, vision & verses of Vajpayee: India's man of 
destiny. (2001).

• India's foreign policy: New dimensions. (1977).

• Assam problem: Repression no solution. (1981).

Poetry

• Twenty-One Poems. (2003).

• Kya khoya kya paya: Atal Bihari Vajapeyi, vyaktitva 
aura kavitaem (Hindi Edition). (1999). 

• Meri ikyavana kavitaem. (1995).

• Meri ikyavana kavitaem (Hindi Edition). (1995).

• Sreshtha kabita. (1997).

• Nayi Disha – an album with Jagjit Singh (1999)

• Samvedna – an album with Jagjit Singh (2002)

Speeches

• Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, selected speeches. (2000).

• President's addresses, 1980–1986. (2000).

• Presidential address. (1986).

• Presidential address: Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha 
session, Bhagalpur (Bihar), 5 6 & 7 May 1972. (1972).

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pokhran