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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born in 1924, was a phenomenal politician and a remarkable Parliamentarian who served India as a three terms Prime Minister. first for a small duration of 13 days in 1996, then for 13 months from 1998 , and finally, for a full period from 1999 to 2004.
He was the first Prime minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), He was a member of the Indian Parliament for decades, having been elected to the Lok Sabha, as well as Rajya shava, and the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. Vajpayeeji was a founding members of Jana Sangh,BJS .
The BJS later merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party, won the 1977 general election. Vajpayee became the Minister of External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Morarji Desai.
He resigned in 1979, became of the newly formed the BJP in 1980, with Vajpayee as its first president.He was a phenomenal successful Prime Minister of India during whose tenure, India carried out the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. Vajpayee tried tostrengthen diplomatic relations with Pakistan.
He also travelling to Lahore by bus to meet with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. After Kargil War , he tried to improve relations with Pakistan.He was felicited by India's highest national honour, the Bharat Ratna.