Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born Dec. 15, 1924, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India) Leader of India's pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and prime minister of India in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004. Politically active as a teenager, he was briefly jailed by British colonial authorities. He was first elected to parliament in 1957 as a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a forerunner of the BJP. He served as foreign minister in the late 1970s and helped formally establish the BJP in 1980. In 1992 he was one of the few Hindu leaders to speak out against the destruction of the historic Babri Masjid mosque by anti-Muslim extremists. Elected prime minister in May 1996, he was unable to form a government and resigned after 13 days. In 1998 and 1999 he was again elected prime minister as head of a BJP-led coalition. In May 1998 nuclear weapons tests ordered by Vajpayee drew international condemnation and economic sanctions. In 2000 his government began an extensive program of divestment of public funds from several key state-run industries. Under his leadership India achieved steady economic growth and became a world leader in information technology. In 2004 his coalition was defeated in parliamentary elections, and he resigned from office.
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The prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, inaugurated on February 8 an 18km-long rail link over the River Sarayu connecting Faizabad with Katra.(India)
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 3/1/2004; 34 words
; The prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, inaugurated on February 8 an 18km-long rail link over the River Sarayu connecting Faizabad with Katra. The line will provide an alternative route between Lucknow and Gorakhpur.
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India's Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (World in Brief: India).
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 6/1/2002; 57 words
; India's Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, took part in a ceremony last month to celebrate 150 years of railways operating in India. The Fairy Queen--built in 1855 and reputedly...
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India's prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will inaugurate the second section of the Delhi metro on October 2.(Delhi)
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 10/1/2003; 49 words
; India's prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will inaugurate the second section of the Delhi metro on October 2. The 4.5km, four-station Trinagar--Tis Hazari section takes...
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Vajpayee's alliance flops at polls
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/25/2002; 33 words
; PROVISIONAL RESULTS indicate that the ruling alliance of the Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has been voted out of power in three of four states, including Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous.
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Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 2/13/2000; 150 words
; ...Newspapers Sunday. The Hindu: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has once again rejected any American role in resolving...problems." The Times of India: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday assured a high-level Congress delegation...
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Renaissance man ; The original reconciler, Atal Bihari Vajpayee has redeemed the ideology of his parivar with his political dharma. India's most beloved politician has redefined power and leadership by taking permanent residency in the popular conscience.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 4/21/2008; ; 681 words
; ...MINISTER, 1924 Even in his autumnal stillness, Atal Bihari Vajpayee defies definition. With a mischievous glint in...stability. He has changed the syntax of leadership. Atal Bihari Vajpayee embodies the renaissance of the right, and as...
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Trip delay.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 8/31/2000; 39 words
; INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has delayed a trip to the United States by two days on the advice of his doctors. A foreign ministry spokesman said Vajpayee would now leave for New York on September 7 because of recurring pain in his knees.
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INDIA: VAJPAYEE ON NUCLEAR PROGRAMME.(Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/8/2003; 82 words
; Rejecting Pakistan's suggestion for de-nuclearization of South Asia, India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday asserted that India's nuclear programme was not Pakistan-specific, while the reverse was the case with Islamabad's...
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URGENT: Vajpayee Sworn In as Indian Prime Minister
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 3/19/1998; 36 words
; Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was sworn in here Thursday morning as prime minister of India. The sworn-in ceremony was held in the presidential palace at 9:30 in in New Delhi, the capital of India.
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INDIA: INDIA TO FUND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION CENTER IN MONGOLIA.(Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre for Excellence in Information and Communication Technology to be set up at the Information and Communication Technology Institute)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 9/13/2001; 65 words
; ...Minister for IT and Telecommunications, Mr Pramod Mahajan announced while visiting Monogolia. The center, titled Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre for Excellence in Information and Communication Technology in Mongolia, will be set up at the Information...
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