Atal Bihari Vajpayee - ITINERARY
1942-1951: As a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was already politically active by the age of 16. He participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was arrested with his brother for 23 days.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian statesman 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, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004.
Here's a look at the timeline of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's life.
Birth -25 December 1924 Vajpayee was born into a Hindu Brahmin family on 25 December 1924 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Post-graduate - M.A Political Science, DAV College, Kanpur
1942 - Participated in Quit India Movement
1947: Sangh Pracharak
1951- Associated with Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1957 - Elected to Lok Sabha for first time from Balrampur, U.P
1962 - Member of Rajya Sabha
1968 - Chief of Jan Sangh
1975 - Imprisoned in Bengaluru Jail during emergency
1977 - Became External Affairs Minister
1977 - 4 October - Delivered speech in Hindi in United Nations
1980- Founder member of Bharatiya Janata Party
1980 - Became First President of BJP
1992- Awarded Padma Vibhushan
1993- Made Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
1996 - Became PM on 16th May for first time
1998- 19 MArch: Elected PM for second time
1998- Pokhran atomic test done successfully in May
1999- Bus journey to Lahore on 19th February
1999 -Won the Kargil War
1999 - Elected PM for third time on 13th October
2001- Indo-Pak Agra Summit on 14 July
Vajpayee administration brought in the Prevention of Terrorism Act in 2002
2015- Awarded Bharat Ratna
2018- Passed away in New Delhi
Awards
1992 - IND Padma Bhushan BAR.png Padma Vibhushan
1993 - D. Lit. from Kanpur University
1994 - Lokmanya Tilak Award
1994 - Outstanding Parliamentarian Award
1994 - Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant Award
2015 - Bharat Ratna Ribbon.svg Bharat Ratna
2015 - Bangladesh Liberation War Honour(Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona)
PM Modi hands over Bangladesh Liberation War Honour to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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