Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
VAJPAYEE, SHRI ATAL BIHARI
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH)]
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
3, Race Course Road,
New Delhi-110001
Tel. (011) 3018939
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, Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
1986 and
1993-96
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- Prime Minister of India; Minister of External
31 May 1996 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 Pensions,
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)
19 March 1998 Prime Minister of India; Minister of External
onwards Affairs; and also incharge of Ministries/Department
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
Total electorate 15,11,309
Total votes polled 7,54,251
Votes polled in favour of the candidates
(1) Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee (B.J.P.) 4,31,738
(2) Shri Muzaffar Ali (S.P.) 2,15,475
(3) Dr. Dauji Gupta (B.S.P.) 56,887
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