Background
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior, India. Son of Krishna Bihari Vajpayee.
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior, India. Son of Krishna Bihari Vajpayee.
As a student he had been an activist in India's struggle for freedom. He edited Rashtradharma (a Hindi monthly), Panchjanya (a Hindi weekly) and the dailies Swadesh and Veer Arjun. Student, Victoria College, Gwalior. Student, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kanpur, India. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Kanpur University, 1993.
Member Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, 1941, Indian National Congress, 1942-1946, Lok Sabha, 1957-1962, 67-84, member for New Delhi, 1977-1984, 91—. Member Rajya Sabha, 1962-1967, 1986. Founding member Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1951—1977, parliamentary leader, 1957-1977.
President Bharatiya Janata Party, 1980-1986, parliamentary leader, 1980-1984, 86. Chairman Committee of Government Assurance, 1966—1967. Minister External Affairs, 1977—1979.
Member House Committee, 1988—1990, Business Advisory Committee, 1988—1990. Chairman Committee on Petitions, 1990—1991, Public Accounts Committee, 1991—1993, Committee on External Affairs, 1993—1996, 1998. Leader opposition Lok Sabha, 1993-1998.
Prime minister India, 1996, 1998—2004. Minister Health and Family Welfare, Atomic Energy, and Agriculture, 1998—2004. Chairman National Security Council, 1998—2004.
Retired, 2005
Chair public accounts committee Committee Lok Sabha, 1969-1970, 91-93. Member National Integration Council, since 1961. Former editor Rastradharma (monthly), Panchjanya (weekly), Swadesh and Veer Arjun (dailies).
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)
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 Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asia-Pacific Region. (2003)
"My poetry is a declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the despirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory."