Prime Minister of India


SHRI ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH)]

Prime Minister's Office


Father's Name Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee 
Date of Birth 25 December 1924 
Place of Birth  Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) 
Marital Status     Unmarried 
Educational Qualifications   M.A. (Political Science)
Educated at Victoria (now Laxmibai) College,  Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) and D.A.V. College, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) 
Profession Journalist and Social Worker
Permanent Address   A-302, Laplaz, Lucknow  (Uttar Pradesh) 
Tel. (0522) 220909
Present Address  7, Race Course Road,
New Delhi-110011
Tel. (011) 3018939, 3011156
 Fax. (011) 3019545
  Positions Held  
  1951    Founder-Member, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S)
  1957       Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha  
  1957-77  Leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party
  1962     Member, Rajya Sabha
  1966-67   Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances 
  1967    Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
  1967-70   Chairman, Public Accounts Committee 
  1968-73    President, B.J.S. 
  1971       Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 
  1977    Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  1977-79    Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs
  1977-80   Founder- Member, Janata Party 
  1980  Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term) 
  1980-86      President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)
  1980-84, 1986 and 1993-96 Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
  1986   Member, Rajya Sabha
Member, General Purposes Committee 
  1988-90    Member, House Committee
Member, Business Advisory Committee
  1990-91  Chairman, Committee on Petitions
  1991   Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term) 
  1991-93   Chairman, Public Accounts Committee 
  1993-96 Chairman, Committee on External Affairs
Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
  1996  Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term) 
  16  May 1996 -31 May 1996

 

Prime Minister of India;   Minister  of   External Affairs  and  also  incharge of Ministries/Departments  of Chemicals and  Fertilizers,  Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Coal, Commerce, Communications,  Environment and Forests, Food Processing  Industries, Human Resource Development, Labour, Mines,  Non-Conventional Energy  Sources,  Personnel,  Public Grievances and  Pension, Petroleum and  Natural Gas, Planning  and Programme  Implementation,  Power, Railways,  Rural Areas  and Employment, Science and Technology, Steel,   Surface Transport, Textiles, Water Resources,Atomic Energy, Electronics, Jammu & Kashmir Affairs, Ocean Development, Space and other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet Minister  

  1996-97 Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
  1997-98   Chairman, Committee on External Affairs
  1998     Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)
  1998-99   Prime Minister of India;  Minister  of External Affairs;  and also  incharge of  Ministries/Department not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister
  1999     Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term)
  13 Oct.1999-  onwards Prime Minister of India and also in charge ofthe Ministries/Departments not
specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister

Books Published

Lok Sabha Mein Atalji (a collection of speeches); Mrityu Ya Hatya, Amar Balidan, Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency); New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy (a collection of speeches delivered as External Affairs Minister during 1977-79); Jana Sangh Aur Musalman; Three Decades in Parliament (Speeches in three volumes); Amar Aag Hai(a collection of poems) 1994; Meri Ekyavan  Kavitayen; Four Decades in Parliament (English)-4 Volumes of Speeches in Parliament, 1957-95  

  Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments

Editor, (i)Rashtra-Dharma-monthly (ii)Panchajanya-weekly;
Swadesh and Veer Arjun, both dailies
 

Social and Cultural Activities   

Member, National Integration Council since 1961; President (i) All India Station Masters and Assistant Station Masters Association, 1965-70; (ii) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Samarak Samiti, 1968-84; (iii) Deendayal Dham, Farah, Mathura, U.P.; and (iv) Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards 

Special Interests

International affairs; uplift of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and woman and child welfare 

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading, writing, travelling and cooking 

Countries Visited

Widely travelled; Member, (i)Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa, 1965;(ii)Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, 1967; European Parliament, 1983; Canada, 1987;(iii) Indian Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meetings held in Canada, 1966 and 1994, Zambia 1980, Isle of Man 1984; (iv)Indian Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974; Sri Lanka, 1975; Switzerland, 1984; (v) Indian Delegation to the UN - General Assembly, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996; and (vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, 1997; Leader, Indian Delegation to Human Rights Commission Meeting, Geneva, 1993; and Delegation of Standing Committees of External Affairs to Gulf countries- Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait 

Other Information

Participated in Freedom Struggle and went to jail in 1942; detained during Emergency in 1975-77; was awarded Padma Vibhushan by President of India in recognition of his services to the Nation; Conferred, (i)Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by Kanpur University,1993; (ii) Lok Manya Tilak Puruskar, 1994; (iii) Bharat Ratna Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian, 1994 


Election Result of Lucknow Lok Sabha Constituency

Electors  :  1552441
Voters  :   753943
Poll Percentage :      48.57% 
Valid Votes  :   753943 

 
Votes polled in favour first four leading candidates
1. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee (B.J.P.)    362709  48.11%
2. Dr Karan Singh    (I.N.C.)  239085  31.71%
3. Shri Bhagwati Singh     (S.P.)   78826    10.46%
4. Shri Ijaharul Haque   (B.S.P.)    43948    5.83%



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