Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician. He served as the 10th Prime Minister of India for six years from 1998 through 2004. He was also serving as Prime Minister from May 1996 through June 1996. He founded the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Vajpayee was born on 25 December 1924 in Gwalior, United Provinces, British India (now Madhya Pradesh, India). He studied at Victoria College (now Laxmibai College) and at DAV College, Kanpur. Vajpayee was never married and had no children.
Vajpayee, who had dementia and diabetes, died at a New Delhi hospital from multiple organ failure on 16 August 2018, aged 93.

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Other websites

 Profile Govt. of India
 Profile at BBC News
 Annotated Bibliography for Atal Bihari Vajpayee from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues 
 BJP website 
 A. B. Vajpayee  at BJP leaders, India
 Atalji's life journey poems and songs collection 
 Read few poems of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Hindi Script 
 In India's Spotlight, He Was Both Director and Audience – NYTimes

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