Background
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari was born on December 25, 1926 in Gwalior, India. Son of Krishna Bihari Vajpayee.
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Atal Bihari Bihari VAJPAYEE
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Atal VAJPAYEE, Indian politician. Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh 1941, Indian National Congress 1942-1946; Lok Sabha 1957-1962, 1967-1984 (for New Delhi March 1977-1984), Rajya Sabha 67; Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1951; Janata Party since 1977; National Integration Council 1962, Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Tokyo 1975, Railway Convention Committee 1971-1972.
Education
Student, Victoria College, Gwalior student, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kanpur, India Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Kanpur U., 1993.
Career
Member, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, 1941; member, Indian National Congress, 1942-1946; member, Lok Sabha, 1957-1962, 67-84; member for New Delhi, Lok Sabha, 1977-1984, 91-; member, Rajya Sabha, 1962-1967; founding member, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1951; parliamentary leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1957-1977; president, Bharatiya Janata Party, 1980-1986; parliamentary leader, Bharatiya Janata Party, 1980-1984, 86; minister external affairs, Bharatiya Janata Party, 1977-1979; leader opposition, Lok Sabha, 1993-1998; prime minister, India, since 1998. Chair public accounts committee Committee Lok Sabha, 1969-1970, 91-93. Member National Integration Council, since 1961.
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Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh 1941, Indian National Congress 1942-1946. Lok Sabha 1957-1962, 1967-1984 (for New Delhi March 1977-1984), Rajya Sabha 67. Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1951.
Janata Party since 1977.
National Integration Council 1962, Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Tokyo 1975, Railway Convention Committee 1971-1972.
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Indian