Thursday, September 28, 2017

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the 10th Prime Minister of India and the oldest living former Indian Prime Minister. He is the first Prime Minister from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve a full tenure of 5 years as the Prime Minister of India. During his tenure, A.P.J Abdul Kalam served as the President of India.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on 25th December,1924(currently 92 years).He was one amongst the founder members of BJP. Vajpayee was elected to Lok sabha 10 times and twice to Rajya Sabha. He served as Member of Parliament for Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh. He retired from active politics in 2009 owing to health issues.

 Recently, his name was removed from the Lucknow's voter list as he  I was not voted a single election since 2004. As per the rules  if a person doesn't live at local address for over 6 months his name will be struck off the voter list. Vajpayee was awarded The Bharat Ratna in 2015,the highest civilian honor in India. He was also awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1992. His birthday 25th December is declared as "Good Governance Day".

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