Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Prime minister of India

11th Prime Minister of India (1st tenure)

In officeMay 16, 1996 – June 1, 1996

Preceded by :- P.V. Narasimha Rao

Succeeded by :- H.D. Deve Gowda

11th Prime Minister of India (2nd Tenure)

In officeMarch 19, 1998 – May 22, 2004

Preceded by :- I. K. Gujral

Succeeded by :- Manmohan Singh

Born :- December 25, 1924 (age 84) Gwalior State, India

Political party :- Bharatiya Janata Party

Occupation :- Politician , Poet

Religion :- Hindu

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Website :- http://www.atalbiharivajpayee.in

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (born December 25, 1924), is an Indian statesman, who served as the eleventh Prime Minister of India. After a brief stint as Prime Minister in 1996, Vajpayee headed a coalition government from March 19, 1998 until May 19, 2004. He continued to served as an MP from Lucknow until 2009. He has since retired from active politics.

Education and personal life

He earned a masters degree in political science from the Victoria College (now Laxmibai College) and DAV College.[1] He is well-known for being a poet, eminent journalist, and has published a book of poetry. He is a bachelor, and has adopted daughters of Mrs & Mr. B. N. Kaul: Nandita (Nanni) and Namita (Gunu). Nandita is a doctor in US and Namita lives in Delhi. Nandita is married to Ashok Nanda, a software engineer and Namita is married to Ranjan Bhattacharya and has a daughter. He is the first and thus far, only, bachelor Prime Minister of India