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Atal Bihari Vajpayee 25 December 1924[1] – 16 August 2018[2]) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India: first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, and finally, for a full term from 1999 to 2004. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he was the first Indian prime minister who was not a member of the Indian National Congress party to have served a full five-year term in office.
He was a member of the Indian Parliament for over four decades, having been elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, ten times, and twice to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. He served as the Member of Parliament for Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh until 2009 when he retired from active politics due to health concerns. Vajpayee was among the founding members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), of which he was the president from 1968 to 1972. The BJS merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party, which won the 1977 general election. Vajpayee became the Minister of External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Morarji Desai. He resigned in 1979, and the Janata alliance collapsed soon after. The erstwhile members of the BJS formed the BJP in 1980, with Vajpayee as its first president.
During his tenure as prime minister, India carried out the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. Vajpayee sought to improve diplomatic relations with Pakistan, travelling to Lahore by bus to meet with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. After the 1999 Kargil War with Pakistan, he sought to restore relations through engaging with President Pervez Musharraf, inviting him to India for a summit at Agra.
He was conferred India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee in 2015. The administration of Narendra Modi declared in 2014 that Vajpayee's birthday, 25 December, would be marked as Good Governance Day. He died on 16 August 2018 due to age-related illness.
Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee the iconic leader of BJP is the first Non-National Congress person who was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India for a complete 5-year term (1998-2004). The 10th PM of India served as a Prime minister for 13 days in 1996. Apart from Prime minister he served as the minister of external affairs, elected to the Lok Shaba for ten times, represented Rajya Shaba twice and served as the Member of Parliament for Lucknow, UP. He retired from active politics in the year 2009 due to health concerns.
India’s highest civilian honor “Bharat Ratna” was awarded to him on Mach 27 2015 at his residence by the President of India. In the year 2014, the government of India declared his birthday 25th December as the “Good Governance Day”. At the age of 93 (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018), he died due to prolonged illness.
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