Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. A Padma-Vibhushan awardee, he was the first head of government from outside the Congress party to serve a full five-year term from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The leader has also received the highest honour, Bharat Ratna in 2015 and his birthday was declared 'Good Governance Day'. Other than his political views, Vajpayee is well praised for his poetry.
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Lucknow: Narendra Modi will be in Lucknow on Friday, becoming the first prime minister to visit this Uttar Pradesh capital in 11 years and help revive memories of the time when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was
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New Delhi: Soon after his return from foreign tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight visited former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's house here and greeted him on his 91st birthday.Modi drove straight to 6A Krishna
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birthday, saying he "provided exceptional leadership to India at a crucial time". "Birthday greetings to our beloved Atal ji.
Agra: A train connecting Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ancestral village Bateshwar with Etawah was today flagged off, 16 years after the former prime minister had laid the foundation stone for this project. The train was flagged off
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