Father’s Name | Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee |
Mother’s Name | Smt. Krishna Devi Vajpayee |
Date of Birth | 25 December 1924 |
Born Place | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
Died | 16 August 2018 (aged 93) New Delhi, India |
Resting Place | Sadaiv Atal |
Political Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (1980–2018) |
Children | 1 |
Education | Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence (B.A.) DAV College, Kanpur (M.A.) |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan (1992) Bharat Ratna (2015) |
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) |
1998 | Atal Ji again became Prime Minister for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999. |
1999 | In 1999 general elections BJP-led NDA won 303 seats out of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha securing a comfortable and stable majority. On 13 October 1999, Sri Vajpayee Ji took oath as Prime Minister of India for the third time. |