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</ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lahore_summit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lahore_summit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2.2 Lahore summit </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lahore_summit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-AIADMK's_withdrawal_from_coalition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AIADMK's_withdrawal_from_coalition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2.3 AIADMK's withdrawal from coalition </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AIADMK's_withdrawal_from_coalition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kargil_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kargil_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2.4 Kargil War </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kargil_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prime_Minister_(1999–2004)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prime_Minister_(1999–2004)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Prime Minister (1999–2004) </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Prime_Minister_(1999–2004)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Prime Minister (1999–2004) subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Prime_Minister_(1999–2004)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1999–2002" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1999–2002"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 1999–2002 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1999–2002-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2001_attack_on_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2001_attack_on_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2 2001 attack on Parliament </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2001_attack_on_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2002_Gujarat_violence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2002_Gujarat_violence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 2002 Gujarat violence </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002_Gujarat_violence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2002–2004" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2002–2004"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4 2002–2004 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002–2004-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Policies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Policies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.5 Policies </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Policies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2004_general_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004_general_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 2004 general election </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004_general_election-sublist" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A" title="أتال بيهاري فاجبايي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أتال بيهاري فاجبايي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%80" title="অটল বিহাৰী বাজপায়ী – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="অটল বিহাৰী বাজপায়ী" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">অসমীয়া</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target">अवधी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vacpai" title="Atal Bihari Vacpai – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Atal Bihari Vacpai" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%80" title="অটল বিহারী বাজপেয়ী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অটল বিহারী বাজপেয়ী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%96" title="Атал Біхары Ваджпаі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Атал Біхары Ваджпаі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bih%C3%A1r%C3%AD_V%C3%A1d%C5%BEpej%C3%AD" title="Atal Bihárí Vádžpejí – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Atal Bihárí Vádžpejí" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target">डोटेली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B6%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%AF" title="Ατάλ Μπιχάρι Βατζπαγί – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ατάλ Μπιχάρι Βατζπαγί" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Behari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Behari Vajpayee – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Atal Behari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="آتال بیهاری واجپایی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آتال بیهاری واجپایی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">Fiji Hindi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%9F%E0%AA%B2_%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%80" title="અટલ બિહારી વાજપેયી – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="અટલ બિહારી વાજપેયી" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target">ગુજરાતી</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target">गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%83%88_%EB%B9%84%ED%95%98%EB%A6%AC_%EB%B0%94%EC%A7%80%ED%8C%8C%EC%9D%B4" title="아탈 비하리 바지파이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아탈 비하리 바지파이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AC_%D4%B2%D5%AB%D5%B0%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%BB%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB" title="Ատալ Բիհարի Վաջպայի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ատալ Բիհարի Վաջպայի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%98%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%92%27%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99" title="אטאל ביהארי ואג'פאיי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אטאל ביהארי ואג'פאיי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF" title="ಅಟಲ್ ಬಿಹಾರಿ ವಾಜಪೇಯಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅಟಲ್ ಬಿಹಾರಿ ವಾಜಪೇಯಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%98" title="ატალ ბიჰარი ვაჯპაი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ატალ ბიჰარი ვაჯპაი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%88" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेई – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेई" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target">कॉशुर / کٲشُر</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atals_Bih%C4%81ri_V%C4%81d%C5%BEpej%C4%AB" title="Atals Bihāri Vādžpejī – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Atals Bihāri Vādžpejī" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF" title="അടൽ ബിഹാരി വാജ്പേയി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അടൽ ബിഹാരി വാജ്പേയി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटलबिहारी वाजपेयी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="अटलबिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%89" title="اتال بيهارى فاجبايى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اتال بيهارى فاجبايى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="آتال بیهاری واجپایی – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="آتال بیهاری واجپایی" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target">مازِرونی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BF%D0%B8" title="Атал Важпи – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Атал Важпи" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC" title="アタル・ビハーリー・ヴァージペーイー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アタル・ビハーリー・ヴァージペーイー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%85%E0%AC%9F%E0%AC%B3_%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80_%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%87%E0%AD%9F%E0%AD%80" title="ଅଟଳ ବିହାରୀ ବାଜପେୟୀ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଅଟଳ ବିହାରୀ ବାଜପେୟୀ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target">ଓଡ଼ିଆ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88" title="ਅਟਲ ਬਿਹਾਰੀ ਵਾਜਪਾਈ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਅਟਲ ਬਿਹਾਰੀ ਵਾਜਪਾਈ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%B9%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="اٹل بہاری واجپائی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="اٹل بہاری واجپائی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="اتل بهاري واجپای – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="اتل بهاري واجپای" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target">پښتو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Behari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Behari Vajpayee – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Atal Behari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B8,_%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Ваджпаи, Атал Бихари – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ваджпаи, Атал Бихари" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80" title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target">संस्कृतम्</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9E_%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A4_%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%BD%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%A4" title="ᱚᱴᱚᱞ ᱵᱤᱦᱟᱨᱤ ᱵᱟᱡᱽᱯᱮᱭᱤ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱚᱴᱚᱞ ᱵᱤᱦᱟᱨᱤ ᱵᱟᱡᱽᱯᱮᱭᱤ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%B9%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="اٹل بہاری واجپائی – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="اٹل بہاری واجپائی" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target">سرائیکی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee 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href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%9F%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B8" title="Атал Бихари Ваџпаји – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Атал Бихари Ваџпаји" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D" title="அடல் பிகாரி வாச்பாய் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அடல் பிகாரி வாச்பாய்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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Bihari Vajpayee" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%97" title="Атал Бігарі Ваджпаї – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Атал Бігарі Ваджпаї" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%B9%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="اٹل بہاری واجپائی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="اٹل بہاری واجپائی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi 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R. Narayanan">K. R. Narayanan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (starting in 2002)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Vice President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" title="K. 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Shejwalkar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gwalior_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)">Gwalior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 1967–1971</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Subhadra_Joshi" title="Subhadra Joshi">Subhadra Joshi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Chandra Bhal Mani Tiwari</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balrampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Balrampur Lok Sabha constituency">Balrampur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 1957–1962</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Subhadra Joshi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balrampur" title="Balrampur">Balrampur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 1986–1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 1962–1967</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Party political offices </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party">President of the Bharatiya Janata Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 1980–1986</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Office established</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh">President of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 1968–1972</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deendayal_Upadhyaya" title="Deendayal Upadhyaya">Deendayal Upadhyaya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">(1924-12-25)25 December 1924 <a href="/wiki/Gwalior" title="Gwalior">Gwalior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_State" title="Gwalior State">Gwalior State</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, India)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">16 August 2018(2018-08-16) (aged 93) <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, India <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Monuments</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Ghat_and_associated_memorials" title="Raj Ghat and associated memorials">Sadaiv Atal</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (from 1980)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> (1977–1980)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> (1951–1977)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist" style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maharani_Laxmi_Bai_Govt._College_of_Excellence" title="Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. 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non-<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> prime minister to serve a full term in the office. Vajpayee was one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">RSS</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Hindutva" title="Hindutva">Hindu nationalist</a> volunteer organisation. He was also a <a href="/wiki/Hindi_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi poetry">Hindi poet</a> and a writer.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Indian Parliament</a> for over five decades, having been elected ten times to the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, the lower house, and twice to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, the upper house. He served as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow constituency</a>, retiring from active politics in 2009 due to health concerns. He was among the founding members of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a>, of which he was president from 1968 to 1972. The BJS merged with several other parties to form the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>, which won the <a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election" title="1977 Indian general election">1977 general election</a>. In March 1977, Vajpayee became the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> in the cabinet of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a>. He resigned in 1979, and the Janata alliance collapsed soon after. Former members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh formed the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> in 1980, with Vajpayee its first president. During <a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee">his tenure as prime minister</a>, India carried out the <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a> nuclear tests in 1998. Vajpayee sought to improve <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="India–Pakistan relations">diplomatic relations with Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lahore_Declaration" title="Lahore Declaration">travelling to Lahore</a> by bus to meet with Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">1999 Kargil War</a> with Pakistan, he sought to restore relations through engagement with President <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a>, inviting him to India for a summit at <a href="/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a>. Vajpayee's government introduced many <a href="/wiki/Economic_development_in_India" title="Economic development in India">domestic economic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure-based_development" title="Infrastructure-based development">infrastructural reforms</a>, including encouraging the private sector and foreign investments, reducing <a href="/wiki/Government_waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Government waste">governmental waste</a>, encouraging research and development and privatisation of some government owned corporations.<a href="#cite_note-auto5-5">[5]</a> During his tenure, India's security was threatened by a number of violent incidents including <a href="/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack" title="2001 Indian Parliament attack">2001 Indian Parliament attack</a> and <a href="/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots" title="2002 Gujarat riots">2002 Gujarat riots</a> which ultimately caused his defeat in <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004 general election</a>. Vajpayee was conferred with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> in 1992, India's second highest civilian award by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. The administration of <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> declared in 2014 that Vajpayee's birthday, 25 December would be marked as <a href="/wiki/Good_Governance_Day" title="Good Governance Day">Good Governance Day</a>. In 2015, he was honoured India's highest civilian honour - <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a>, by the then <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a>. He died in 2018 due to age-related illness. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> Vajpayee was born into a <a href="/wiki/Kanyakubja_Brahmin" title="Kanyakubja Brahmin">Kanyakubja Brahmin</a> family on 25 December 1924 in <a href="/wiki/Gwalior" title="Gwalior">Gwalior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> His mother was Krishna Devi and his father was Krishna Bihari Vajpayee.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEN_P2018-8">[8]</a> His father was a school teacher in Gwalior.<a href="#cite_note-nytobit-9">[9]</a> His grandfather, Shyam Lal Vajpayee, had migrated to <a href="/wiki/Morena" title="Morena">Morena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> from his ancestral village of <a href="/wiki/Bateshwar,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Bateshwar, Uttar Pradesh">Bateshwar</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Agra_district" title="Agra district">Agra district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEN_P2018-8">[8]</a> Later he shifted to <a href="/wiki/Gwalior" title="Gwalior">Gwalior</a> from Morena for better opportunities. Vajpayee did his primary schooling at the Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Gwalior and high school education from the Gorkhi School, Gwalior.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> In 1934, he was admitted to the Anglo-Vernacular Middle (AVM) School in <a href="/wiki/Badnagar" title="Badnagar">Barnagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ujjain_district" title="Ujjain district">Ujjain district</a>, after his father joined as headmaster. He subsequently attended Gwalior's Victoria College, (now <a href="/wiki/Maharani_Laxmi_Bai_Govt._College_of_Excellence" title="Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence">Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence</a>) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Hindi, English and <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>. He completed his post-graduation with a Master of Arts in political science from <a href="/wiki/DAV_College,_Kanpur" title="DAV College, Kanpur">DAV College, Kanpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agra_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Agra University">Agra University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-11">[11]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_works_as_activist">Early works as activist</h2></div> His activism started in <a href="/wiki/Gwalior" title="Gwalior">Gwalior</a> with Arya Kumar Sabha, the youth wing of the <a href="/wiki/Arya_Samaj" title="Arya Samaj">Arya Samaj</a> movement, of which he became the general secretary in 1944. He also joined the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a> (RSS) in 1939 as a swayamsevak, or volunteer. Influenced by <a href="/wiki/Babasaheb_Apte" title="Babasaheb Apte">Babasaheb Apte</a>, he attended the Officers Training Camp of the RSS during 1940 to 1944, becoming a pracharak (RSS terminology for a full-time worker) in 1947. He gave up studying law due to the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition</a> riots. He was sent to Uttar Pradesh as a vistarak (a probationary pracharak) and soon began working for the newspapers of <a href="/wiki/Deendayal_Upadhyaya" title="Deendayal Upadhyaya">Deendayal Upadhyaya</a>: Rashtradharma (a Hindi monthly), <a href="/wiki/Panchjanya_(magazine)" title="Panchjanya (magazine)">Panchjanya</a> (a Hindi weekly), and the dailies Swadesh and Veer Arjun.<a href="#cite_note-:1-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaffrelot1996131–132-13">[13]</a> By 1942, at the age of 16 years, Vajpayee became an active member of the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a> (RSS) and joined it shakha in <a href="/wiki/Gwalior" title="Gwalior">Gwalior</a> along with his elder brother. Although the RSS had chosen not to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Quit_India_Movement" title="Quit India Movement">Quit India Movement</a>, in August 1942, Vajpayee and his elder brother Prem were arrested for 24 days during the Quit India Movement. He was released after giving a written statement that while he was a part of the crowd, he did not participate in the militant events in Bateshwar on 27 August 1942. Throughout his life, including after he became prime minister, Vajpayee has labelled the allegation of participation in the Quit India Movement to be a false rumour.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career_(1947–1975)">Early political career (1947–1975)</h2></div> In 1951, Vajpayee was seconded by the RSS, along with <a href="/wiki/Deendayal_Upadhyaya" title="Deendayal Upadhyaya">Deendayal Upadhyaya</a>, to work for the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a>, a Hindu right-wing political party associated with the RSS. He was appointed as a national secretary of the party in charge of the Northern region, based in Delhi. He soon became a follower and aide of party leader <a href="/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee" title="Syama Prasad Mukherjee">Syama Prasad Mukherjee</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1957_Indian_general_election" title="1957 Indian general election">1957 Indian general election</a>, Vajpayee contested elections to the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, the lower house of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Parliament">Indian Parliament</a>. He lost to <a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Pratap" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahendra Pratap">Raja Mahendra Pratap</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mathura" title="Mathura">Mathura</a>, but was elected from <a href="/wiki/Balrampur" title="Balrampur">Balrampur</a>. He was influenced by <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> to the extent that he mirrored his style, diction, and tone of his speeches.<a href="#cite_note-S_2005-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Varshney_1973-16">[16]</a> Nehru's influence was also evident in Vajpayee's leadership.<a href="#cite_note-Rediff.com-17">[17]</a> In the Lok Sabha his oratorial skills so impressed Prime Minister Nehru that he predicted that Vajpayee would someday become the prime minister of India.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> On the occasion of <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Death and state funeral of Jawaharlal Nehru">Nehru's death</a> on 27 May 1964, Vajpayee termed him as "the orchestrator of the impossible and inconceivable" and likened him to Hindu god <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Mukhopadhyay_2015-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-C._Chari_for_Perspective_Publications_2004_p.-22">[22]</a> Vajpayee's oratorial skills won him the reputation of being the most eloquent defender of the Jana Sangh's policies.<a href="#cite_note-Guha_Scroll-23">[23]</a> After the death of Upadhyaya, the leadership of the Jana Sangh passed to Vajpayee.<a href="#cite_note-Scroll_14-06-29-24">[24]</a> He became the national president of the Jana Sangh in 1968,<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> running the party along with <a href="/wiki/Nanaji_Deshmukh" title="Nanaji Deshmukh">Nanaji Deshmukh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balraj_Madhok" title="Balraj Madhok">Balraj Madhok</a> and <a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scroll_14-06-29-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Janata_Party_and_the_BJP_(1975–1995)">Janata Party and the BJP (1975–1995)</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atlaji_addressing_political_rally_with_kaushal_ji_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Atlaji_addressing_political_rally_with_kaushal_ji_.jpg/220px-Atlaji_addressing_political_rally_with_kaushal_ji_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Atlaji_addressing_political_rally_with_kaushal_ji_.jpg/330px-Atlaji_addressing_political_rally_with_kaushal_ji_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Atlaji_addressing_political_rally_with_kaushal_ji_.jpg/440px-Atlaji_addressing_political_rally_with_kaushal_ji_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1845" data-file-height="2184" /></a><figcaption>Vajpayee addressing a political rally in 1977.</figcaption></figure> Vajpayee was arrested along with several other opposition leaders during the <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">Internal Emergency</a> imposed by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> in 1975.<a href="#cite_note-nytobit-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoomi_Kapoor201646-26">[26]</a> Initially interned in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, Vajpayee appealed his imprisonment on the grounds of bad health, and was moved to a hospital in Delhi.<a href="#cite_note-Nag-27">[27]</a> In December 1976, Vajpayee ordered the student activists of the <a href="/wiki/Akhil_Bharatiya_Vidyarthi_Parishad" title="Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad">ABVP</a> to tender an unconditional apology to Indira Gandhi for perpetrating violence and disorder.<a href="#cite_note-:5-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The ABVP student leaders refused to obey his order.<a href="#cite_note-:5-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Gandhi ended the state of emergency in 1977.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> A coalition of parties, including the BJS, came together to form the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>, which won the <a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election" title="1977 Indian general election">1977 general elections</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC1-32">[32]</a> <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a>, the chosen leader of the alliance, became the prime minister. Vajpayee served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">minister of external affairs</a>, or foreign minister, in Desai's cabinet.<a href="#cite_note-IE_18-08-16-33">[33]</a> As foreign minister, Vajpayee became the first person in 1977 to deliver a speech to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> in Hindi.<a href="#cite_note-IE_18-08-16-33">[33]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Officials_of_India_welcome_Jimmy_Carter_and_Rosalynn_Carter_during_an_arrival_ceremony_in_New_Delhi,_India_-_NARA_-_177371.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Officials_of_India_welcome_Jimmy_Carter_and_Rosalynn_Carter_during_an_arrival_ceremony_in_New_Delhi%2C_India_-_NARA_-_177371.jpg/220px-Officials_of_India_welcome_Jimmy_Carter_and_Rosalynn_Carter_during_an_arrival_ceremony_in_New_Delhi%2C_India_-_NARA_-_177371.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Officials_of_India_welcome_Jimmy_Carter_and_Rosalynn_Carter_during_an_arrival_ceremony_in_New_Delhi%2C_India_-_NARA_-_177371.jpg/330px-Officials_of_India_welcome_Jimmy_Carter_and_Rosalynn_Carter_during_an_arrival_ceremony_in_New_Delhi%2C_India_-_NARA_-_177371.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Officials_of_India_welcome_Jimmy_Carter_and_Rosalynn_Carter_during_an_arrival_ceremony_in_New_Delhi%2C_India_-_NARA_-_177371.jpg/440px-Officials_of_India_welcome_Jimmy_Carter_and_Rosalynn_Carter_during_an_arrival_ceremony_in_New_Delhi%2C_India_-_NARA_-_177371.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2958" data-file-height="1995" /></a><figcaption>Foreign Minister Vajpayee (far right) and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> (third from right, front row) with US President <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> during his 1978 visit to India.</figcaption></figure> In 1979, Desai and Vajpayee resigned, triggering the collapse of the Janata Party.<a href="#cite_note-Nag-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> The erstwhile members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh came together to form the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) in 1980, with Vajpayee as its first President.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Leading up to <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Bluestar</a>, there were several protests by <a href="/wiki/Sangh_Parivar" title="Sangh Parivar">Sangh Parivar</a>, including a march led by <a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">LK Advani</a> and Vajpayee of the Bhartiya Janta Party to protest against the lack of government action and to demand that the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> be sent into the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Temple" title="Golden Temple">Golden Temple</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> The 1984 general elections were held in the wake of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi%27s_assassination" class="mw-redirect" title="Indira Gandhi's assassination">Indira Gandhi's assassination</a> by her Sikh bodyguards. While he had won the 1977 and the 1980 elections from New Delhi, Vajpayee shifted to his home town Gwalior for the election.<a href="#cite_note-Mint_Elections-38">[38]</a> Vidya Razdan was initially tipped to be the Congress candidate. Instead, <a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_Scindia" title="Madhavrao Scindia">Madhavrao Scindia</a>, scion of the <a href="/wiki/Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scindia">Gwalior royal family</a>, was brought in on the last day of filing nominations.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Vajpayee lost to Scindia, managing to secure only 29% of the votes.<a href="#cite_note-Mint_Elections-38">[38]</a> Under Vajpayee, the BJP moderated the Hindu-nationalist position of the Jana Sangh, emphasising its connection to the Janata Party and expressing support for <a href="/wiki/Gandhian_Socialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhian Socialism">Gandhian Socialism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Malik_and_Singh-40">[40]</a> The ideological shift did not bring it success and Indira Gandhi's assassination generated sympathy for the Congress, leading to a massive victory at the polls. The BJP won only two seats in parliament.<a href="#cite_note-Malik_and_Singh-40">[40]</a> Vajpayee offered to quit as party president following BJP's dismal performance in the election,<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> but stayed in the post until 1986.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1986 from Madhya Pradesh,<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> and was briefly the leader of the BJP in Parliament.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> In 1986, <a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> took office as president of the BJP.<a href="#cite_note-IndiaToday_Elections-45">[45]</a> Under him, the BJP returned to a policy of hardline Hindu nationalism.<a href="#cite_note-Malik_and_Singh-40">[40]</a> It became the political voice of the <a href="/wiki/Ram_Janmabhoomi" title="Ram Janmabhoomi">Ram Janmabhoomi</a> Mandir Movement, which sought to build a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhya</a>. The temple would be built at a site believed to be the birthplace of Rama after demolishing a 16th-century mosque, called the <a href="/wiki/Babri_Masjid" title="Babri Masjid">Babri Masjid</a>, which then stood there.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> The strategy paid off for the BJP; it won 86 seats in the Lok Sabha in the <a href="/wiki/1989_Indian_general_election" title="1989 Indian general election">1989 general election</a>, making its support crucial to the government of <a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Malik_and_Singh-40">[40]</a> In December 1992, a group of religious volunteers led by members of the BJP, the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a> (RSS) and the <a href="/wiki/Vishva_Hindu_Parishad" title="Vishva Hindu Parishad">Vishwa Hindu Parishad</a> (VHP), <a href="/wiki/Babri_Masjid_demolition" class="mw-redirect" title="Babri Masjid demolition">tore down the mosque</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Caravan_Babri-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-Guha_Scroll-23">[23]</a> He served as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, for various terms starting at Balrampur from 1957–1962. He served again from Balrampur from 1967–1971, then from Gwalior from 1971–1977, and then from New Delhi from 1977–1984. Finally, he served from Lucknow from 1991–2009.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prime_minister_(1996_and_1998–99)">Prime minister (1996 and 1998–99)</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_term:_May_1996">First term: May 1996</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">First Vajpayee ministry</a></div> During a BJP conference in Mumbai in November 1995, BJP President Advani declared that Vajpayee would be the party's prime ministerial candidate in the forthcoming elections. Vajpayee himself was reported to be unhappy with the announcement, responding by saying that the party needed to win the election first.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> The BJP became the single largest party in Parliament in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996 general election</a>, helped by religious polarisation across the country as a result of the demolition of the Babri Masjid.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuha2007633-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEM._L._Ahuja1998208-51">[51]</a> Indian president <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a> invited Vajpayee to form the government.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMuller2012628-52">[52]</a> Vajpayee was sworn in as the 10th prime minister of India,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChitkaraŚarmā1997268-53">[53]</a> but the BJP failed to muster a majority among members of the Lok Sabha. Vajpayee resigned after 16 days, when it became clear that he did not have enough support to form a government.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChitkaraŚarmā1997268-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESumantra_Bose201379-54">[54]</a> In this short period, he also created and administered the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_term:_1998–1999">Second term: 1998–1999</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Second Vajpayee ministry</a></div> After the fall of the two <a href="/wiki/Third_Front_(India)" title="Third Front (India)">United Front</a> governments between 1996 and 1998, the Lok Sabha was dissolved and fresh elections were held. The <a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998 general elections</a> again put the BJP ahead of others. A number of political parties joined the BJP to form the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA), and Vajpayee was sworn in as the prime minister.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> The coalition was an uneasy one,<a href="#cite_note-BBC1-32">[32]</a> as apart from the <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(1966%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiv Sena (1966–2022)">Shiv Sena</a>, none of the other parties espoused the BJP's Hindu-nationalist ideology.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuha2007662-56">[56]</a> Vajpayee has been credited for managing this coalition successfully, while facing ideological pressure from the hardline wing of the party and from the RSS.<a href="#cite_note-Nag-27">[27]</a> Vajpayee's government lasted 13 months until mid-1999 when the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (AIADMK) under <a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a> withdrew its support.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The government lost the ensuing vote of confidence motion in the Lok Sabha by a single vote on 17 April 1999.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner2016818-58">[58]</a> As the opposition was unable to come up with the numbers to form the new government, the Lok Sabha was again dissolved and fresh elections were held.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nuclear_tests">Nuclear tests</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a></div> In May 1998, India conducted <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">five underground nuclear tests</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pokhran" title="Pokhran">Pokhran</a> desert in <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, 24 years after its first nuclear test, operation <a href="/wiki/Smiling_Buddha" title="Smiling Buddha">Smiling Buddha</a> in 1974. Two weeks later, Pakistan responded with its own nuclear tests making it the newest nation with declared nuclear capability.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuha2007673–675-60">[60]</a> While some nations, such as France, endorsed India's right to defensive nuclear power,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAjai_K._Rai2009162-61">[61]</a> others including the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain and the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> imposed sanctions on information, resources and technology to India. In spite of intense international criticism and steady decline in foreign investment and trade, the nuclear tests were popular domestically. In effect, the international sanctions imposed failed to sway India from weaponising its nuclear capability. US sanctions against India and Pakistan were eventually lifted after just six months.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lahore_summit">Lahore summit</h4></div> In late 1998 and early 1999, Vajpayee began a push for a full-scale diplomatic peace process with Pakistan. With the historic inauguration of the Delhi-Lahore bus service in February 1999, Vajpayee initiated a new peace process aimed towards permanently resolving the Kashmir dispute and other conflicts with Pakistan. The resultant <a href="/wiki/Lahore_Declaration" title="Lahore Declaration">Lahore Declaration</a> espoused a commitment to dialogue, expanded trade relations and mutual friendship and envisaged a goal of denuclearised South Asia. This eased the tension created by the 1998 nuclear tests, not only within the two nations but also in South Asia and the rest of the world.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AIADMK's_withdrawal_from_coalition">AIADMK's withdrawal from coalition</h4></div> The AIADMK had continually threatened to withdraw from the coalition and national leaders repeatedly flew down from Delhi to Chennai to pacify the AIADMK general secretary <a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a>. However, in May 1999, the AIADMK withdrew from NDA, and the Vajpayee administration was reduced to a caretaker status pending <a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">fresh elections scheduled for October 1999</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kargil_War">Kargil War</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BSF_Role_in_Kargil_War-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSF_Role_in_Kargil_War-3.jpg/220px-BSF_Role_in_Kargil_War-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSF_Role_in_Kargil_War-3.jpg/330px-BSF_Role_in_Kargil_War-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSF_Role_in_Kargil_War-3.jpg/440px-BSF_Role_in_Kargil_War-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="392" /></a><figcaption>Prime Minister Vajpayee with Indian troops and other dignitaries at Kargil after the war in 1999</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></div> In May 1999 some Kashmiri shepherds discovered the presence of militants and non-uniformed Pakistani soldiers (many with official identifications and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>'s custom weaponry) in the Kashmir Valley, where they had taken control of border hilltops and unmanned border posts. The incursion was centred around the town of <a href="/wiki/Kargil" title="Kargil">Kargil</a>, but also included the <a href="/wiki/Batalik" title="Batalik">Batalik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Akhnoor" title="Akhnoor">Akhnoor</a> sectors and artillery exchanges at the <a href="/wiki/Siachen_Glacier" title="Siachen Glacier">Siachen Glacier</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuha2007675–678-67">[67]</a> The Indian army responded with Operation Vijay, which launched on 26 May 1999. This saw the Indian military fighting thousands of militants and soldiers in the midst of heavy artillery shelling and while facing extremely cold weather, snow and treacherous terrain at the high altitude.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMyra201727–66-68">[68]</a> Over 500 Indian soldiers were killed in the three-month-long Kargil War, and it is estimated around 600–4,000 Pakistani militants and soldiers died as well.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERodrigo2006-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> India pushed back the Pakistani militants and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Light Infantry">Northern Light Infantry</a> soldiers. Almost 70% of the territory was recaptured by India.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMyra201727–66-68">[68]</a> Vajpayee sent a "secret letter" to U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> that if Pakistani infiltrators did not withdraw from the Indian territory, "we will get them out, one way or the other".<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> After Pakistan suffered heavy losses, and with both the United States and China refusing to condone the incursion or threaten India to stop its military operations, General <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a> was <a href="/wiki/Recalcitrant" class="mw-redirect" title="Recalcitrant">recalcitrant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a> asked the remaining militants to stop and withdraw to positions along the LoC.<a href="#cite_note-auto-74">[74]</a> The militants were not willing to accept orders from Sharif but the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Light Infantry">NLI</a> soldiers withdrew.<a href="#cite_note-auto-74">[74]</a> The militants were killed by the Indian army or forced to withdraw in skirmishes which continued even after the announcement of withdrawal by Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-auto-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prime_Minister_(1999–2004)">Prime Minister (1999–2004)</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Third Vajpayee ministry</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999–2002">1999–2002</h3></div> The <a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999 general elections</a> were held in the aftermath of the Kargil operations. The BJP-led NDA won 303 seats out of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, securing a comfortable and stable majority.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> On 13 October 1999, Vajpayee took oath as the prime minister of India for the third time.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> A national crisis emerged in December 1999, when <a href="/wiki/Indian_Airlines_flight_814_hijacking" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking">Indian Airlines flight IC 814</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kathmandu" title="Kathmandu">Kathmandu</a> to New Delhi was hijacked by five terrorists and flown to <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>-ruled Afghanistan.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> The hijackers made several demands including the release of certain terrorists like <a href="/wiki/Masood_Azhar" title="Masood Azhar">Masood Azhar</a> from prison. Under pressure, the government ultimately caved in. <a href="/wiki/Jaswant_Singh" title="Jaswant Singh">Jaswant Singh</a>, the then minister of external affairs, flew with the terrorists to Afghanistan and exchanged them for the passengers.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_6_November_2001-5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Vladimir_Putin_6_November_2001-5.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Putin_6_November_2001-5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Vladimir_Putin_6_November_2001-5.jpg/330px-Vladimir_Putin_6_November_2001-5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Vladimir_Putin_6_November_2001-5.jpg/440px-Vladimir_Putin_6_November_2001-5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>Vajpayee with Russian president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> on 6 November 2001</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Bill_Clinton_and_Prime_Minister_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_shake_hands_after_signing_a_vision_statement,_Hyderabad_House,_New_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/President_Bill_Clinton_and_Prime_Minister_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_shake_hands_after_signing_a_vision_statement%2C_Hyderabad_House%2C_New_Delhi.jpg/220px-President_Bill_Clinton_and_Prime_Minister_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_shake_hands_after_signing_a_vision_statement%2C_Hyderabad_House%2C_New_Delhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/President_Bill_Clinton_and_Prime_Minister_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_shake_hands_after_signing_a_vision_statement%2C_Hyderabad_House%2C_New_Delhi.jpg/330px-President_Bill_Clinton_and_Prime_Minister_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_shake_hands_after_signing_a_vision_statement%2C_Hyderabad_House%2C_New_Delhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/President_Bill_Clinton_and_Prime_Minister_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_shake_hands_after_signing_a_vision_statement%2C_Hyderabad_House%2C_New_Delhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="265" /></a><figcaption>Vajpayee meeting U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_House" title="Hyderabad House">Hyderabad House</a> on 21 March 2000</figcaption></figure> In March 2000, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, the President of the United States, paid a state visit to India.<a href="#cite_note-:6-79">[79]</a> This was the first state visit to India by a U.S. president in 22 years, since President Jimmy Carter's visit in 1978.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> President Clinton's visit was hailed as a significant milestone in relations between the two nations.<a href="#cite_note-:6-79">[79]</a> Vajpayee and Clinton had wide-ranging discussions on bilateral, regional and international developments.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> The visit led to expansion in trade and economic ties between India and the United States.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes_Obit-82">[82]</a> A vision document on the future course of Indo-U.S. relations was signed during the visit.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Domestically, the BJP-led government was influenced by the RSS, but owing to its dependence on coalition support, it was impossible for the BJP to push items like building the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, repealing <a href="/wiki/Article_370_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Article 370 of the Constitution of India">Article 370</a> which gave a special status to the state of Kashmir, or enacting a <a href="/wiki/Uniform_civil_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniform civil code">uniform civil code</a> applicable to adherents of all religions. On 17 January 2000, there were reports of the RSS and some BJP hard-liners threatening to restart the Jan Sangh, the precursor to the BJP, because of their discontent over Vajpayee's rule. Former president of the Jan Sangh Balraj Madhok had written a letter to the then-RSS chief <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Singh_(RSS)" title="Rajendra Singh (RSS)">Rajendra Singh</a> for support.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> The BJP was, however, accused of "saffronising" the official state education curriculum and apparatus, saffron being the colour of the RSS flag of the RSS, and a symbol of the Hindu nationalism movement.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Home Minister L. K. Advani and the Human Resource Development Minister (now called Education Minister)<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> <a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a> were indicted in the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Demolition_of_the_Babri_Masjid" title="Demolition of the Babri Masjid">Babri Mosque demolition</a> case for inciting a mob of activists. Vajpayee himself came under public scrutiny owing to his controversial speech one day prior to the mosque demolition.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> These years were accompanied by infighting in the administration and confusion regarding the direction of government.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Vajpayee's weakening health was also a subject of public interest, and he underwent a major knee-replacement surgery at the <a href="/wiki/Breach_Candy_Hospital" title="Breach Candy Hospital">Breach Candy Hospital</a> in Mumbai to relieve intense pressure upon his legs.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In March 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Tehelka" title="Tehelka">Tehelka</a> group released a sting operation video named <a href="/wiki/Operation_West_End" title="Operation West End">Operation West End</a> which showed BJP president <a href="/wiki/Bangaru_Laxman" title="Bangaru Laxman">Bangaru Laxman</a>, senior army officers and NDA members accepting bribes from journalists posing as agents and businessmen.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> The Defence Minister <a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a> was forced to resign following the <a href="/wiki/Barak_Missile_scandal" title="Barak Missile scandal">Barak Missile scandal</a> involving the botched supplies of coffins for the soldiers killed in Kargil, and the findings of an inquiry commission that the government could have prevented the Kargil invasion.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Vajpayee initiated talks with Pakistan and invited Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf to <a href="/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a> for a <a href="/wiki/Agra_summit" class="mw-redirect" title="Agra summit">joint summit</a>. President Musharraf was believed to be the principal architect of the Kargil War in India.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> By accepting him as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a>, Vajpayee chose to move forward leaving behind the Kargil War. But after three days of much fanfare, which included Musharraf visiting his birthplace in Delhi, the summit failed to achieve a breakthrough as President Musharraf declined to leave aside the issue of Kashmir.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001_attack_on_Parliament">2001 attack on Parliament</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack" title="2001 Indian Parliament attack">2001 Indian Parliament attack</a></div> On 13 December 2001, a group of masked, armed men with fake IDs stormed <a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_House_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Parliament House (India)">Parliament House</a> in Delhi.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> The terrorists managed to kill several security guards, but the building was sealed off swiftly and security forces cornered and killed the men who were later proven to be Pakistan nationals.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJ._N._Dixit2003-97">[97]</a> Vajpayee ordered Indian troops to mobilise for war, leading to an estimated 500,000<a href="#cite_note-ParliamentAttackBrinkWar-98">[98]</a> to 750,000<a href="#cite_note-BBC_2002-99">[99]</a> Indian soldiers positioned along the international border between India and Pakistan under Operation Parakram. Pakistan responded by mobilising its own troops along the border leading to the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">2001-2002 military standoff</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ParliamentAttackBrinkWar-98">[98]</a> A terrorist attack on an army garrison in Kashmir in May 2002 further escalated the situation. As the threat of war between two nuclear capable countries and the consequent possibility of a nuclear exchange loomed large, international diplomatic mediation focused on defusing the situation.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> In October 2002, both India and Pakistan announced that they would withdraw their troops from the border.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_2002-99">[99]</a> The Vajpayee administration brought in the <a href="/wiki/Prevention_of_Terrorism_Act,_2002" title="Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002">Prevention of Terrorism Act</a> in 2002. The act was aimed at curbing terrorist threats by strengthening powers of government authorities to investigate and act against suspects.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> It was passed in a joint session of the parliament, amidst concerns that the law would be misused.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Another political disaster hit his government between December 2001 and March 2002 with the VHP and the Government engaging in a major standoff in <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhya</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Ram_Janmabhoomi" title="Ram Janmabhoomi">Ram temple</a>. On the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the <a href="/wiki/Babri_Masjid" title="Babri Masjid">Babri mosque</a>, the VHP wanted to perform a shila daan, or a ceremony laying the foundation stone of the cherished temple at the disputed site.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Thousands of VHP activists amassed and threatened to overrun the site and forcibly perform the ceremony.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> A threat of communal violence and breakdown of law and order owing to the defiance of the government by a religious organisation hung over the nation. The incident, however, ended peacefully with a symbolic handover of a stone at a different location 1 km away from the disputed site.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002_Gujarat_violence">2002 Gujarat violence</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots" title="2002 Gujarat riots">2002 Gujarat riots</a></div> In February 2002, a train filled with Hindu pilgrims returning to Gujarat from <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhya</a> stopped in the town of <a href="/wiki/Godhra" title="Godhra">Godhra</a>. A scuffle broke out between Hindu activists and Muslim residents, and the train was set on fire, leading to the deaths of 59 people. The charred bodies of the victims were displayed in public in the city of <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Hindu_Parishad" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwa Hindu Parishad">Vishwa Hindu Parishad</a> called for a statewide strike in Gujarat. These decisions stoked anti-Muslim sentiments.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> Blaming Muslims for the deaths, rampaging Hindu mobs killed thousands of Muslim men and women, destroying Muslim homes and places of worship. The violence raged for more than two months, and more than 1,000 people died.<a href="#cite_note-NYT_Riots-109">[109]</a> Gujarat was being ruled by a BJP government, with <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> as the chief minister. The state government was criticised for mishandling the situation.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> It was accused of doing little to stop the violence, and even being complicit in encouraging it.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Riots-109">[109]</a> Vajpayee reportedly wanted to remove Modi but was eventually prevailed upon by party members to not act against him.<a href="#cite_note-Caravan_Modi-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> He travelled to Gujarat, visiting Godhra, and Ahmedabad, the site of the most violent riots. He announced financial aid for victims and urged an end to the violence.<a href="#cite_note-NYT_2002-114">[114]</a> While he condemned the violence,<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> he did not chastise Modi directly in public. When asked as to what his message to the chief minister in the event of the riots would be, Vajpayee responded that Modi must follow raj dharma, Hindi for ethical governance.<a href="#cite_note-NYT_2002-114">[114]</a> At the meeting of the BJP national executive in Goa in April 2002, Vajpayee's speech generated controversy for its contents which included him saying: "Wherever Muslims live, they don't like to live in co-existence with others."<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">Prime Minister's Office</a> stated that these remarks had been taken out of context.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Vajpayee was accused of doing nothing to stop the violence, and later admitted mistakes in handling the events.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> <a href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" title="K. R. Narayanan">K. R. Narayanan</a>, then <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a>, also blamed Vajpayee's government for failing to quell the violence.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDossani2008154-120">[120]</a> After the BJP's defeat in the 2004 general elections, Vajpayee admitted that not removing Modi had been a mistake.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002–2004">2002–2004</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_speaking_at_a_special_session_to_commorate_200th_session_of_Rajya_Sabha_in_the_Centre_Hall_of_Parliament_on_11_December,_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_speaking_at_a_special_session_to_commorate_200th_session_of_Rajya_Sabha_in_the_Centre_Hall_of_Parliament_on_11_December%2C_2003.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_speaking_at_a_special_session_to_commorate_200th_session_of_Rajya_Sabha_in_the_Centre_Hall_of_Parliament_on_11_December%2C_2003.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_speaking_at_a_special_session_to_commorate_200th_session_of_Rajya_Sabha_in_the_Centre_Hall_of_Parliament_on_11_December%2C_2003.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>Prime Minister Vajpayee speaking at a special session to commorate 200th session of <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> in 2003.</figcaption></figure> In late 2002 and 2003 the government pushed through economic reforms.<a href="#cite_note-ChinaDailyEconomy2004-122">[122]</a> The country's GDP growth exceeded 7% every year from 2003 to 2007, following three years of sub-5% growth.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Increasing foreign investment,<a href="#cite_note-ChinaDailyEconomy2004-122">[122]</a> modernisation of public and industrial infrastructure, the creation of jobs, a rising high-tech and IT industry and urban modernisation and expansion improved the nation's international image. Good crop harvests and strong industrial expansion also helped the economy.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> In May 2003, he announced before the parliament that he would make one last effort to achieve peace with Pakistan. The announcement ended a period of 16 months, following the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, during which India had severed diplomatic ties with Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> Although diplomatic relations did not pick up immediately, visits were exchanged by high-level officials and the military standoff ended. The Pakistani President and Pakistani politicians, civil and religious leaders hailed this initiative as did the leaders of the United States, Europe and much of the world. In July 2003, Prime Minister Vajpayee visited China and met with various Chinese leaders. He recognised <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> as a part of China, which was welcomed by the Chinese leadership, and which, in the following year, recognised <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> as part of India. <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93India_relations" title="China–India relations">China–India relations</a> improved greatly in the following years.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policies">Policies</h3></div> Vajpayee's government introduced many domestic economic and infrastructural reforms, including encouraging the private sector and foreign investments, reducing governmental waste, encouraging research and development and privatisation of some government owned corporations.<a href="#cite_note-auto5-5">[5]</a> Among Vajpayee's projects were the <a href="/wiki/National_Highways_Development_Project" title="National Highways Development Project">National Highways Development Project</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pradhan_Mantri_Gram_Sadak_Yojana" title="Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana">Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana</a>.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-128">[128]</a> In 2001, the Vajpayee government launched the <a href="/wiki/Sarva_Shiksha_Abhiyan" title="Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan">Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan</a> campaign, aimed at improving the quality of education in primary and secondary schools.<a href="#cite_note-auto3-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto2-130">[130]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2004_general_election">2004 general election</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_casting_his_vote_at_a_polling_booth_in_Lucknow,_Uttar_Pradesh_on_May_5,_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_casting_his_vote_at_a_polling_booth_in_Lucknow%2C_Uttar_Pradesh_on_May_5%2C_2004.jpg/220px-The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_casting_his_vote_at_a_polling_booth_in_Lucknow%2C_Uttar_Pradesh_on_May_5%2C_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_casting_his_vote_at_a_polling_booth_in_Lucknow%2C_Uttar_Pradesh_on_May_5%2C_2004.jpg/330px-The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_casting_his_vote_at_a_polling_booth_in_Lucknow%2C_Uttar_Pradesh_on_May_5%2C_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_casting_his_vote_at_a_polling_booth_in_Lucknow%2C_Uttar_Pradesh_on_May_5%2C_2004.jpg/440px-The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_casting_his_vote_at_a_polling_booth_in_Lucknow%2C_Uttar_Pradesh_on_May_5%2C_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="632" /></a><figcaption>Prime Minister Vajpayee casting his vote at a polling booth in <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, during the 2004 general election.</figcaption></figure> In 2003, news reports suggested a tussle within the BJP with regard to sharing of leadership between Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> BJP president <a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a> had suggested that Advani must lead the party politically at the 2004 general elections, referring to Vajpayee as vikas purush, Hindi for development man, and Advani as loh purush, iron man.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> When Vajpayee subsequently threatened retirement, Naidu backtracked, announcing that the party would contest the elections under the twin leadership of Vajpayee and Advani.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> The NDA was widely expected to retain power after the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004 general election</a>. It announced elections six months ahead of schedule, hoping to capitalise on economic growth, and Vajpayee's peace initiative with Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_2004-136">[136]</a> The <a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> was dissolved before the completion of its term. The BJP hoped to capitalise on a perceived 'feel-good factor' and BJP's recent successes in the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>. Under the "<a href="/wiki/India_Shining" title="India Shining">India Shining</a>" campaign, it released ads proclaiming the economic growth of the nation under the government.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> However, the BJP could only win 138 seats in the 543-seat parliament,<a href="#cite_note-Economist_2004-139">[139]</a> with several prominent cabinet ministers being defeated.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian_2004-136">[136]</a> The NDA coalition won 185 seats. The Indian National Congress, led by <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a>, emerged as the single largest party, winning 145 seats in the election. The Congress and its allies, comprising many smaller parties, formed the <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a>, accounting for 220 seats in the parliament.<a href="#cite_note-Economist_2004-139">[139]</a> Vajpayee resigned as prime minister.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> The UPA, with the outside support of communist parties, formed the next government with <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> as the prime minister.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-premiership">Post-premiership</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Bajpayee_and_the_BJP_President,_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_coming_out_from_the_polling_booth_after_casting_their_vote_for_the_Presidential_election_at_Parliament_House,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_19,_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Atal_Bihari_Bajpayee_and_the_BJP_President%2C_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_coming_out_from_the_polling_booth_after_casting_their_vote_for_the_Presidential_election_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_19%2C_2007.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Atal_Bihari_Bajpayee_and_the_BJP_President%2C_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_coming_out_from_the_polling_booth_after_casting_their_vote_for_the_Presidential_election_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_19%2C_2007.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Atal_Bihari_Bajpayee_and_the_BJP_President%2C_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_coming_out_from_the_polling_booth_after_casting_their_vote_for_the_Presidential_election_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_19%2C_2007.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1429" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>Vajpayee and <a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> (left) during the voting for <a href="/wiki/2007_Indian_presidential_election" title="2007 Indian presidential election">2007 Indian Presidential election</a></figcaption></figure> In December 2005, Vajpayee announced his retirement from active politics, declaring that he would not contest in the next general election. In a famous statement at the BJP's silver jubilee rally at Mumbai's <a href="/wiki/Shivaji_Park" title="Shivaji Park">Shivaji Park</a>, Vajpayee announced that "Henceforth, <a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a> will be the <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Ram</a>-<a href="/wiki/Lakshmana" title="Lakshmana">Lakshman</a> [the two godly brothers much revered and worshipped by Hindus of the BJP."<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> Vajpayee was referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a> Pitamah of Indian politics by former prime minister Manmohan Singh during a speech in the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, a reference to the character in the Hindu epic <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a> who was held in respect by two warring sides.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> Vajpayee was hospitalised at <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi">All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi</a> (AIIMS) for a chest infection and fever on 6 February 2009. He was put on ventilator support as his condition worsened but he eventually recuperated and was later discharged.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> Unable to participate in the campaign for the <a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009 general election</a> due to his poor health, he wrote a letter urging voters to back the BJP.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> His protege <a href="/wiki/Lalji_Tandon" title="Lalji Tandon">Lalji Tandon</a> was able to retain the <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)">Lucknow</a> seat in that election even though the NDA suffered electoral reverses all over the country. It was speculated that Vajpayee's non-partisan appeal contributed to Lalji's success in Lucknow in contrast to that BJP's poor performance elsewhere in <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-146">[146]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Place</th> <th>Party</th> <th>Remark </th></tr> <tr> <td>1951 </td> <td>Founding-Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957–1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balrampur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Lok_Sabha" title="2nd Lok Sabha">2nd Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td>1st Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957–1977 </td> <td>Leader </td> <td>Bharatiya Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962–1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td>1st Term (Resigned on 25 February 1967) Elected to Lok Sabha </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966–1967 </td> <td>Chairman </td> <td>Committee on Government Assurances </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balrampur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_Lok_Sabha" title="4th Lok Sabha">4th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td>2nd Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967–70 </td> <td>Chairman, </td> <td>Public Accounts Committee </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968–1973 </td> <td>President </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)">Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_Lok_Sabha" title="5th Lok Sabha">5th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a> </td> <td>3rd Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)">New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/6th_Lok_Sabha" title="6th Lok Sabha">6th Lok Sabha</a> (4th term) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td>(4th term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977–1979 </td> <td>Union Cabinet Minister, </td> <td>External Affairs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977–1980 </td> <td>Founding Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)">New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_Lok_Sabha" title="7th Lok Sabha">7th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>(5th term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1986 </td> <td>President, </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1984, 1986 and 1993–1996 </td> <td>Leader </td> <td>Parliamentary Party </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Madhya_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>2nd Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1989 </td> <td>Member, </td> <td>General Purposes Committee </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1990 </td> <td>Member, </td> <td>House Committee Member, Business Advisory Committee </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1991 </td> <td>Chairman, </td> <td>Committee on Petitions </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)">Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_Lok_Sabha" title="10th Lok Sabha">10th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>(6th term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–1993 </td> <td>Chairman, </td> <td>Public Accounts Committee </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1996 </td> <td>Chairman, </td> <td>Committee on External Affairs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1996 </td> <td>Leader of Opposition, </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)">Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>7th Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 May 1996 – 31 May 1996 </td> <td>Prime Minister of India; and in charge of other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet Minister </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–1997 </td> <td>Leader of Opposition, </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–1998 </td> <td>Chairman, </td> <td>Committee on External Affairs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)">Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Lok_Sabha" title="12th Lok Sabha">12th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>8th Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–1999 </td> <td>Prime Minister of India; Minister of External Affairs; and also incharge of Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)">Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>9th Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Leader, </td> <td>Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 Oct.1999- May 2004 </td> <td>Prime Minister of India and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament India">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)">Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>10th Term </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>Chairman, </td> <td>Parliamentary Party </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> & <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance (India)</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> Vajpayee remained a bachelor for his entire life.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> He adopted and raised Namita Bhattacharya as his own child, the daughter of longtime friend <a href="/wiki/Rajkumari_Kaul" title="Rajkumari Kaul">Rajkumari Kaul</a> and her husband B. N. Kaul. His adopted family lived with him.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Unlike purist <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmins</a> who shun meat and alcohol, Vajpayee was known to be fond of <a href="/wiki/Whisky" title="Whisky">whisky</a> and meat.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> He was a noted poet, writing in Hindi. His <a href="#Published_works">published works</a> include Kaidi Kaviraj Ki Kundalian, a collection of poems written during the 1975–1977 emergency, and Amar aag hai.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> With regard to his poetry he wrote <blockquote>"My poetry is a declaration of war, not an <a href="/wiki/Exordium_(rhetoric)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exordium (rhetoric)">exordium</a> to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the despirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory."<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayees_Funeral_Procession.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayees_Funeral_Procession.jpg/220px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayees_Funeral_Procession.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayees_Funeral_Procession.jpg/330px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayees_Funeral_Procession.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayees_Funeral_Procession.jpg/440px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayees_Funeral_Procession.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Vajpayee's funeral procession moving to <a href="/wiki/Raj_Ghat_and_associated_memorials" title="Raj Ghat and associated memorials">Smriti Sthal near Raj Ghat</a> for last rites</figcaption></figure> Vajpayee had a stroke in 2009 which impaired his speech.<a href="#cite_note-:3-153">[153]</a> His health had been a major source of concern; reports said he was reliant on a wheelchair and failed to recognise people. He also had <a href="/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia">dementia</a> and long-term <a href="/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus" class="mw-redirect" title="Diabetes mellitus">diabetes</a>. For many years, he had not attended any public engagements and rarely ventured out of the house, except for checkups at the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institutes_of_Medical_Sciences" title="All India Institutes of Medical Sciences">All India Institutes of Medical Sciences</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:3-153">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> On 11 June 2018, Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS in critical condition following a kidney infection.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> He was officially declared dead there at 5:05 pm <a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a> on 16 August 2018 at the age of 93.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-TheHinduDeath-158">[158]</a> Some sources claim that he had died on the previous day.<a href="#cite_note-ndtvDeath-159">[159]</a><a href="#cite_note-PuneMirrordeath-160">[160]</a> On the morning of 17 August, Vajpayee's body, draped with the <a href="/wiki/Indian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian flag">Indian flag</a>, was taken to the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters where party workers paid their tributes until 1 pm. Later that afternoon at 4 pm, Vajpayee was cremated with full state honours at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal near <a href="/wiki/Raj_Ghat_and_associated_memorials" title="Raj Ghat and associated memorials">Raj Ghat</a>, and his pyre was lit by his foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> Thousands of people and many dignitaries attended his funeral procession, including Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> and President <a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a>.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> On 19 August, his ashes were immersed in <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganga river</a> at <a href="/wiki/Haridwar" title="Haridwar">Haridwar</a> by Kaul.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reactions_and_tributes">Reactions and tributes</h3></div> India reacted to Vajpayee's death with grief and thousands of tributes poured in through social media platforms. Thousands of people paid their respects during his funeral procession.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> A seven-day state mourning was announced by the central government throughout India. The national flag flew half-mast during this period.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>: Former Afghan President <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">Hamid Karzai</a> was among several foreign dignitaries present at former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's funeral in New Delhi. He recalled that the departed leader was "the first to offer us civilian planes, <a href="/wiki/Airbus" title="Airbus">Airbuses</a> at the time we were starting out".<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>: Bangladesh Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a> expressed "deep shock" at the demise of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said it is a day of great sadness for the people of Bangladesh. Paying tribute to Vajpayee, Hasina termed him as "one of the most famous sons of India" and a highly respected person in Bangladesh.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>: Bhutan king <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck">Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck</a> attended the funeral ceremony in New Delhi.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>: In a statement, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China">ministry of foreign affairs</a> said the Indian leader was an "outstanding Indian statesman and had made outstanding contributions to the development of Sino-Indian relations". "China expresses its deep condolences on his death and sincere condolences to the Indian government and people and the relatives of Mr. Vajpayee. Premier <a href="/wiki/Li_Keqiang" title="Li Keqiang">Li Keqiang</a> has sent a condolence message to the leaders of India," the statement said.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>: <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel">Prime Minister of Israel</a> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> conveyed his condolences calling Vajpayee "a true friend of Israel". <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Ministry_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Ministry of Israel">Foreign Ministry of Israel</a> also extended its condolences on the passing of Vajpayee and in a statement described him as "a genuine friend of Israel".<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>: Remembering Vajpayee's visit to Japan in 2001, the Japanese Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinzō Abe">Shinzō Abe</a> said, "On behalf of the Government and people of Japan, I would like to convey my sincerest condolences to the Government and people of India and the bereaved family. His Excellency Vajpayee visited Japan in 2001 as the then-Prime Minister and made significant contributions to the friendship between our two countries as a good friend of Japan. It is him who established the cornerstone of Japan-India relations today". Terming Vajpayee as an eminent leader of India, Abe added, "I pray from the bottom of my heart that his soul may rest in peace".<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>: On 17 August, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mauritius" title="Government of Mauritius">government of Mauritius</a> announced that both Mauritian and Indian flags would fly at half mast in the honour of Vajpayee.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/World_Hindi_Conference" title="World Hindi Conference">World Hindi Conference</a> in Mauritius, PM <a href="/wiki/Pravind_Jugnauth" title="Pravind Jugnauth">Pravind Jugnauth</a> announced that the cyber tower towards which Vajpayee contributed to be set up in Mauritius would be henceforth named as Atal Bihari Vajpayee tower.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>: Pakistan's interim Minister for <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)">Law and Information</a> <a href="/wiki/Syed_Ali_Zafar" title="Syed Ali Zafar">Syed Ali Zafar</a> met External Affairs Minister <a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a> and extended Pakistan's condolence on the death of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Zafar was among the foreign dignitaries who attended Vajpayee's funeral in New Delhi.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> Former Pakistani president <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a> mourned the demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, calling him a great man. He said that Vajpayee's demise was a great loss for both India as well as Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>: Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> sent a message of condolences to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the demise of Vajpayee. Putin termed the former prime minister as "outstanding statesman". "Atal Bihari Vajpayee rightly commanded great respect around the world. He will be remembered as a politician who made a major personal contribution to the friendly relations and privileged strategic partnership between our countries. The President of Russia conveyed words of sincere sympathy and support to the family of the deceased, the Government and the people of India", the message read.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>: Various Sri Lankan leaders paid rich tribute to the three-time PM, hailing him as a "friend of Sri Lanka". In a <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">tweet</a> President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> said: "Today, we have lost a great humanist and a true friend of Sri Lanka. Former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a visionary leader and an ardent defender of democracy. My condolences to his family and millions of his admirers around the world". <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of Opposition</a> <a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a> said that India has lost one of its "most regarded intellectual[s] and [statesmen]". "He served the great country of India with humility and honesty, and he was much loved and respected by millions of people across the world. Former three-time Prime Minister Vajpayee is also an exceptional orator and a leader with a great sense of humor, his speeches within the Indian parliament and outside will always be remembered", he said in a statement, extending his condolences on behalf of the Tamil people of Sri Lanka.<a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pompeo" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Pompeo">Michael Pompeo</a> said Vajpayee recognised early on that the US-India partnership would contribute to the world's economic prosperity and security and the two democracies would continue to benefit from his vision. "On behalf of the people of the United States of America, I extend my heartfelt condolences to the people of India on the recent passing of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee", Pompeo said in a statement yesterday. He recalled Vajpayee's address to the Congress in 2000, when he had famously characterised US-India ties as a "natural partnership of shared endeavours". "Today, our two countries and our bilateral relationship continue to benefit from Prime Minister Vajpayee vision, which helped promote expanded cooperation", Pompeo said. He said the American people stand with the people of India "as we mourn Prime Minister Vajpayee's passing".<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours,_awards_and_international_recognition">Honours, awards and international recognition</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3></div> <ul><li>1993, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">D. Lit.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shahu_Ji_Maharaj_University" title="Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University">Kanpur University</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a></li> <li>1994, Lokmanya Tilak Award<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a></li> <li>1994, <a href="/wiki/Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award" title="Outstanding Parliamentarian Award">Outstanding Parliamentarian Award</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a></li> <li>1994, <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_honours">State honours</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ribbon </th> <th>Decoration </th> <th width="100px">Country </th> <th width="100px">Date </th> <th width="300px">Note </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/100px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/150px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/200px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>The second-highest civilian honour of India. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_l%27Ouissam_Alaouite_Chevalier_ribbon_(Maroc).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ordre_de_l%27Ouissam_Alaouite_Chevalier_ribbon_%28Maroc%29.svg/100px-Ordre_de_l%27Ouissam_Alaouite_Chevalier_ribbon_%28Maroc%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ordre_de_l%27Ouissam_Alaouite_Chevalier_ribbon_%28Maroc%29.svg/150px-Ordre_de_l%27Ouissam_Alaouite_Chevalier_ribbon_%28Maroc%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ordre_de_l%27Ouissam_Alaouite_Chevalier_ribbon_%28Maroc%29.svg/200px-Ordre_de_l%27Ouissam_Alaouite_Chevalier_ribbon_%28Maroc%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ouissam_Alaouite" title="Order of Ouissam Alaouite">Order of Ouissam Alaouite</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> </td> <td>13 February 1999 </td> <td>Grand Cordon, the second-highest civilian honour of Morocco. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg/100px-Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg/150px-Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg/200px-Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td>27 March 2015 </td> <td>The highest civilian honour of India. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Noribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Noribbon.svg/100px-Noribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Noribbon.svg/150px-Noribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Noribbon.svg/200px-Noribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="63" data-file-height="17" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Awards and decorations of the Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War Honour</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> </td> <td>7 June 2015 </td> <td>The second-highest civilian honour of Bangladesh awarded to foreign dignitaries. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a><a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_achievements">Other achievements</h3></div> <ul><li>In 2004, Vajpayee was named one of the <a href="/wiki/Time_100" title="Time 100">100 Most Influential Persons</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time Magazine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a></li> <li>In 2012, Vajpayee was ranked number 9 in <a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)">Outlook</a> magazine's poll of <a href="/wiki/The_Greatest_Indian" title="The Greatest Indian">The Greatest Indian</a>.<a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a></li> <li>In August 2018, Naya Raipur was renamed as <a href="/wiki/Atal_Nagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Atal Nagar">Atal Nagar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a><a href="#cite_note-htorgNews-190">[190]</a></li> <li>In October 2018, four Himalayan peaks near Gangotri glacier named after his name.<a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_works">Published works</h2></div> Vajpayee authored several works of both <a href="/wiki/Hindi_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi poetry">Hindi poetry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prose" title="Prose">prose</a>. Some of his major publications are listed below. In addition to these, various collections were made of his speeches, articles, and slogans.<a href="#cite_note-:4-192">[192]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2000-193">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1977-194">[194]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prose">Prose</h3></div> <ul><li>National Integration (1961)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1961-195">[195]</a></li> <li>New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy (1979)<a href="#cite_note-:4-192">[192]</a></li> <li>Gathbandhan Ki Rajniti<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2004-196">[196]</a></li> <li>Kuchh Lekh, Kuchh Bhashan (1996)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1996-197">[197]</a></li> <li>Bindu-Bindu Vichar (1997)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1997-198">[198]</a></li> <li>Decisive Days (1999)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1999a-199">[199]</a></li> <li>Sankalpakal (1999)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1999b-200">[200]</a></li> <li>Vichar-Bindu (Hindi Edition, 2000)<a href="#cite_note-:4-192">[192]</a></li> <li>India's Perspectives on ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2002-201">[201]</a></li> <li>Na Dainyam Na Palayanam<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1998-202">[202]</a></li> <li>Nayi Chunauti : Naya Avasar<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2011-203">[203]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poetry">Poetry</h3></div> <ul><li>Qaidi Kaviraj Ki Kundaliyan<a href="#cite_note-:4-192">[192]</a></li> <li>Amar Aag Hai (1994)<a href="#cite_note-:4-192">[192]</a></li> <li>Meri Ikyavan Kavitaen (1995)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1995-204">[204]</a> Some of these poems were set to music by <a href="/wiki/Jagjit_Singh" title="Jagjit Singh">Jagjit Singh</a> for his album Samvedna.<a href="#cite_note-singh_music-205">[205]</a></li> <li>Kya Khoya Kya Paya: Atal Bihari Vajapeyi, Vyaktitva Aur Kavitaen (1999)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee1999c-206">[206]</a></li> <li>Values, Vision & Verses of Vajpayee: India's Man of Destiny (2001)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2001a-207">[207]</a></li> <li>Twenty-One Poems (2003)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2001b-208">[208]</a></li> <li>Chuni Hui Kavitaen (2012)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2012-209">[209]</a></li></ul> An English translation of a selection of some of Vajpayee's Hindi poetry was published in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVajpayee2013-210">[210]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Memorials_to_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Category:Memorials to Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Category:Memorials to Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Modi_at_Sadaiv_Atal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Prime_Minister_Modi_at_Sadaiv_Atal.jpg/220px-Prime_Minister_Modi_at_Sadaiv_Atal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Prime_Minister_Modi_at_Sadaiv_Atal.jpg/330px-Prime_Minister_Modi_at_Sadaiv_Atal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Prime_Minister_Modi_at_Sadaiv_Atal.jpg/440px-Prime_Minister_Modi_at_Sadaiv_Atal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="311" /></a><figcaption>Prime Minister Modi at Vajpayee's memorial, <a href="/wiki/Raj_Ghat_and_associated_memorials" title="Raj Ghat and associated memorials">Sadaiv Atal</a></figcaption></figure> The administration of <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> declared in 2014 that Vajpayee's birthday, 25 December, would be marked as <a href="/wiki/Good_Governance_Day" title="Good Governance Day">Good Governance Day</a>.<a href="#cite_note-211">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-212">[212]</a> The world's longest tunnel, <a href="/wiki/Atal_Tunnel" title="Atal Tunnel">Atal Tunnel</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rohtang" class="mw-redirect" title="Rohtang">Rohtang</a>, Himachal Pradesh, on the Leh-Manali Highway was named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.<a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a> The third longest cable-stayed bridge in India over the <a href="/wiki/Mandovi_River" title="Mandovi River">Mandovi River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atal_Setu_(Goa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atal Setu (Goa)">Atal Setu</a> was named in his memory.<a href="#cite_note-214">[214]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Chhattisgarh" title="Government of Chhattisgarh">Government of Chhattisgarh</a> changed the name of <a href="/wiki/Naya_Raipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Naya Raipur">Naya Raipur</a> to <a href="/wiki/Atal_Nagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Atal Nagar">Atal Nagar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-215">[215]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div> The <a href="/wiki/Films_Division_of_India" title="Films Division of India">Films Division of India</a> has produced the short documentary films Pride of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998) and Know Your Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (2003), both directed by Girish Vaidya, which explore different facets of his personality.<a href="#cite_note-216">[216]</a><a href="#cite_note-217">[217]</a> Vajpayee also appears in a cameo in the 1977 Indian <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>-language film <a href="/wiki/Chala_Murari_Hero_Banne" title="Chala Murari Hero Banne">Chala Murari Hero Banne</a> by <a href="/wiki/Asrani" title="Asrani">Asrani</a>.<a href="#cite_note-218">[218]</a> <a href="/wiki/Aap_Ki_Adalat" title="Aap Ki Adalat">Aap Ki Adalat</a>, an Indian talk show which airs on <a href="/wiki/India_TV" title="India TV">India TV</a>, featured an interview with Vajpayee just before the 1999 elections.<a href="#cite_note-219">[219]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pradhanmantri" title="Pradhanmantri">Pradhanmantri</a> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr> 'Prime Minister'), a 2013 Indian documentary television series which aired on <a href="/wiki/ABP_News" title="ABP News">ABP News</a> and covers the various policies and political tenures of Indian PMs, includes the tenureship of Vajpayee in the episodes "Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 13 days government and India during 1996–98", "Pokhran-II and Kargil War", and "2002 Gujarat Riots and Fall of Vajpayee Government".<a href="#cite_note-220">[220]</a> Abhishek Choudhary wrote an original portrait of Hindutva’s first prime minister in VAJPAYEE: The Ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924–1977.<a href="#cite_note-221">[221]</a> The book won the 2023 Tata Literature Live! First Book Award.<a href="#cite_note-222">[222]</a> In 2019, Shiva Sharma and Zeeshan Ahmad, owners of Amaash Films, acquired the official rights of the book The Untold Vajpayee written by Ullekh N P, to make a biopic based on Vajpayee's life from his childhood, college life and finally turning into a politician.<a href="#cite_note-223">[223]</a><a href="#cite_note-224">[224]</a><a href="#cite_note-225">[225]</a> Hindi-language film "<a href="/wiki/Main_Atal_Hoon" title="Main Atal Hoon">Main Atal Hoon</a>", starring <a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Tripathi" title="Pankaj Tripathi">Pankaj Tripathi</a> as Vajpayee, was theatrically released in India on 19 January 2024.<a href="#cite_note-226">[226]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of prime ministers of India">List of prime ministers of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_writers" title="List of Indian writers">List of 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(1. saṃskaraṇa ed.), Dillī: Rājapāla eṇḍa Sanza, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8170283355" title="Special:BookSources/978-8170283355"><bdi>978-8170283355</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/43992648">43992648</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ky%C4%81+khoy%C4%81+ky%C4%81+p%C4%81y%C4%81+%3A+A%E1%B9%ADala+Vih%C4%81r%C4%AB+V%C4%81japey%C4%AB%2C+vyaktitva+aura+kavit%C4%81e%E1%B9%83&rft.place=Dill%C4%AB&rft.edition=1.+sa%E1%B9%83skara%E1%B9%87a&rft.pub=R%C4%81jap%C4%81la+e%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Da+Sanza&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F43992648&rft.isbn=978-8170283355&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2000" class="citation cs2">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2000), Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, selected speeches 2000–2002, India. 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Publications Division., New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8123008349" title="Special:BookSources/978-8123008349"><bdi>978-8123008349</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/45499698">45499698</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prime+Minister+Atal+Bihari+Vajpayee%2C+selected+speeches+2000%E2%80%932002&rft.place=New+Delhi&rft.pub=Publications+Division%2C+Ministry+of+Information+and+Broadcasting%2C+Govt.+of+India&rft.date=2000&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F45499698&rft.isbn=978-8123008349&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2001a" class="citation cs2">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2001a), Values, vision & verses of Vajpayee : India's man of destiny, Goyal, Bhagwat S., 1939– (1st ed.), Ghaziabad: Srijan Prakashan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8187996002" title="Special:BookSources/978-8187996002"><bdi>978-8187996002</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/4766656">4766656</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Values%2C+vision+%26+verses+of+Vajpayee+%3A+India%27s+man+of+destiny&rft.place=Ghaziabad&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Srijan+Prakashan&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F4766656&rft.isbn=978-8187996002&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2001b" class="citation cs2">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2001b), Twenty-one poems, Varma, Pavan K., 1953-, New Delhi: Viking, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-670-04917-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-670-04917-2"><bdi>978-0-670-04917-2</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/49619164">49619164</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Twenty-one+poems&rft.place=New+Delhi&rft.pub=Viking&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F49619164&rft.isbn=978-0-670-04917-2&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2002" class="citation cs2">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2002), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JPsg8zyvGHEC">India's Perspectives on ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific Region</a>, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789812306111" title="Special:BookSources/9789812306111"><bdi>9789812306111</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/748241801">748241801</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240329122506/https://books.google.com/books?id=JPsg8zyvGHEC">archived</a> from the original on 29 March 2024, retrieved 8 June 2020</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=India%27s+Perspectives+on+ASEAN+and+the+Asia-Pacific+Region&rft.place=Singapore&rft.pub=Institute+of+Southeast+Asian+Studies+%28ISEAS%29&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F748241801&rft.isbn=9789812306111&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJPsg8zyvGHEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2004" class="citation cs2">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2004), Gaṭhabandhana kī rājanīti, Ghaṭāṭe, Nā. Mā. (Narayana Madhava) (Saṃskaraṇa 1 ed.), Naī Dillī: Prabhāta Prakāśana, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8173154799" title="Special:BookSources/978-8173154799"><bdi>978-8173154799</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/60392662">60392662</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ga%E1%B9%ADhabandhana+k%C4%AB+r%C4%81jan%C4%ABti&rft.place=Na%C4%AB+Dill%C4%AB&rft.edition=Sa%E1%B9%83skara%E1%B9%87a+1&rft.pub=Prabh%C4%81ta+Prak%C4%81%C5%9Bana&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F60392662&rft.isbn=978-8173154799&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2011" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2011), Nayi Chunouti : Naya Avasar (in Hindi), KITABGHAR PRAKASHAN, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9383233595" title="Special:BookSources/978-9383233595"><bdi>978-9383233595</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nayi+Chunouti+%3A+Naya+Avasar&rft.pub=KITABGHAR+PRAKASHAN&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-9383233595&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2012" class="citation cs2">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2012), Chuni Hui Kavitayein, Prabhat Prakashan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9350481639" title="Special:BookSources/978-9350481639"><bdi>978-9350481639</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chuni+Hui+Kavitayein&rft.pub=Prabhat+Prakashan&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-9350481639&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVajpayee2013" class="citation cs2">Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (2013), Selected poems, Shah, Arvind (Poet) (Ed. 1st ed.), New Delhi: Prabhat Prakashan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789350484326" title="Special:BookSources/9789350484326"><bdi>9789350484326</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/861540562">861540562</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Selected+poems&rft.place=New+Delhi&rft.edition=Ed.+1st&rft.pub=Prabhat+Prakashan&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F861540562&rft.isbn=9789350484326&rft.aulast=Vajpayee&rft.aufirst=Atal+Bihari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVoraPalshikar2003" class="citation cs2">Vora, Rajendra; Palshikar, Suhas, eds. (2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rLWICwAAQBAJ">Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices</a>, SAGE Publications India, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789351500193" title="Special:BookSources/9789351500193"><bdi>9789351500193</bdi></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240329122508/https://books.google.com/books?id=rLWICwAAQBAJ">archived</a> from the original on 29 March 2024, retrieved 16 August 2018</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Indian+Democracy%3A+Meanings+and+Practices&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications+India&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9789351500193&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrLWICwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtal+Bihari+Vajpayee" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>L.K. Advani. <a href="/wiki/My_Country_My_Life" title="My Country My Life">My Country My Life</a>. (2008). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-291-1363-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-291-1363-4">978-81-291-1363-4</a>.</li> <li>M.P. Kamal. Bateshwar to Prime Minister House – An Interesting Description of Different Aspects of Atalji's . (2003). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7604-600-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7604-600-8">978-81-7604-600-8</a>.</li> <li>G.N.S. Raghavan. New Era in the Indian Polity, A Study of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the BJP. (1996). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-212-0539-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-212-0539-9">978-81-212-0539-9</a>.</li> <li>P. R Trivedi. Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The man India needs : the most appropriate leader for the twentyfirst century. (2000). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7696-001-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7696-001-4">978-81-7696-001-4</a>.</li> <li>Sujata K. Dass. " prem k jain ". (2004). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7835-277-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7835-277-0">978-81-7835-277-0</a>.</li> <li>Chandrika Prasad Sharma. Poet politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A biography. (1998). <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006FD11E">B0006FD11E</a>.</li> <li>Sheila Vazirani. Atal Bihari Vajpayee; profile & personal views (Know thy leaders). (1967). <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006FFBV2">B0006FFBV2</a>.</li> <li>C.P. Thakur. India Under Atal Behari Vajpayee: The BJP Era. (1999). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7476-250-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7476-250-4">978-81-7476-250-4</a></li> <li>Sita Ram Sharma. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee: Commitment to power. (1998). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-85809-24-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-85809-24-3">978-81-85809-24-3</a>.</li> <li>Bhagwat S. Goyal Values, Vision & Verses of Vajpayee: India's Man of Destiny 2001 <a href="/wiki/Ghaziabad,_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh">Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-87996-00-5" title="Special:BookSources/81-87996-00-5">81-87996-00-5</a>.</li> <li>Darshan Singh. Atal Behari Vajpayee: The arch of India. (2001). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-86405-25-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-86405-25-3">978-81-86405-25-3</a>.</li> <li>Yogesh Atal. Mandate for political transition: Re-emergence of Vaypayee. (2000). <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006FEIHA">B0006FEIHA</a>.</li> <li>Sujata K. Das. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 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Trade</a></li> <li>Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D)</li> <li>Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD)</li> <li>Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, Kolkata</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_economic_zones_in_India" title="List of special economic zones in India">Special Economic Zones</a></li> <li>Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous Bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Commodity Boards</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_and_Processed_Food_Products_Export_Development_Authority" title="Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority">Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority</a></li> <li>Export Inspection Council</li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Export_Credit_Guarantee_Corporation_of_India" title="Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India">Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_Trade_Promotion_Organisation" title="India Trade Promotion Organisation">India Trade Promotion Organisation</a></li> <li>Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advisory Bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Board of Trade (BOT)</li> <li>Inter State Trade Council</li> <li>Council for Trade Development & Promotion</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Export_Promotion_Organisations_in_India" title="List of Export Promotion Organisations in India">Export Promotion Councils</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Engineering_Exports_Promotion_Council" title="Engineering Exports Promotion Council">Engineering Exports Promotion Council</a></li> <li>Project Export Promotion Council of India (PEPC)</li> <li>Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (Chemexcil)</li> <li>Chemicals & Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL)</li> <li>Council for Leather Exports</li> <li>Sports Goods Export Promotion Council</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gem_and_Jewellery_Export_Promotion_Council" title="Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council">Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council</a></li> <li>Shellac Export Promotion Council</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cashew_Export_Promotion_Council_of_India" title="Cashew Export Promotion Council of India">Cashew Export Promotion Council of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_Export_Promotion_Council" title="Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council">Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council</a></li> <li>The Plastics Export Promotion Council</li> <li>Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC)</li> <li>Services Export Promotion Council</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Indian_Export_Organisations" title="Federation of Indian Export Organisations">Federation of Indian Export Organisations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Diamond_Institute" title="Indian Diamond Institute">Indian Diamond Institute</a></li> <li>Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)</li> <li>National Centre for Trade Information</li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_Brand_Equity_Foundation" title="India Brand Equity Foundation">India Brand Equity Foundation</a></li> <li>Price Stabilization Fund Trust</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of India"><img alt="Emblem of India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/47px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/71px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/94px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Promotion_of_Industry_and_Internal_Trade" title="Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade">DPIIT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statutory Bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Intellectual Property Appellate Board</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_and_Explosives_Safety_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation">Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation</a></li> <li>Copyright Office</li> <li>Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>National Council for Cement & Building Materials (NCCBM)</li> <li>Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Design" title="National Institute of Design">National Institute of Design</a></li> <li>National Productivity Council (NPC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quality_Council_of_India" title="Quality Council of India">Quality Council of India</a></li> <li>Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)</li> <li>Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attached & Subordinate offices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Grievance Offices</li> <li>Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks</li> <li>Office of Chief Controller of Accounts (Disclosure of Central Government Accounting Data) <ul><li>Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM)</li></ul></li> <li>Principal Account Office</li> <li>Office of Technical Adviser (Boilers)</li> <li>Tariff Commission</li> <li>Office of the Salt Commissioner</li> <li>Office of the Economic Adviser</li> <li>National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council</li> <li>Office of Chief Controller of Accounts</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Guruprasad Mohapatra(incumbent)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee" title="Syama Prasad Mukherjee">Syama Prasad Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harekrushna_Mahtab" class="mw-redirect" title="Harekrushna Mahtab">Harekrushna Mahtab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nityanand_Kanungo" title="Nityanand Kanungo">Nityanand Kanungo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh" title="Ram Subhag Singh">Ram Subhag Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._C._Dasappa" title="H. C. Dasappa">H. C. Dasappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvan_Narain_Singh" title="Tribhuvan Narain Singh">Tribhuvan Narain Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodaram_Sanjivayya" title="Damodaram Sanjivayya">Damodaram Sanjivayya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._A._Ahmed" class="mw-redirect" title="F. A. Ahmed">F. A. Ahmed</a>(Industrial Development)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a> (Industrial Development & Internal Trade)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moinul_Hoque_Choudhury" title="Moinul Hoque Choudhury">Moinul Hoque Choudhury</a>(Industrial Development)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_Subramaniam" class="mw-redirect" title="C Subramaniam">C Subramaniam</a>(Industrial Development)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a>(Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brij_Lal_Verma" class="mw-redirect" title="Brij Lal Verma">Brij Lal Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy" title="Kasu Brahmananda Reddy">Kasu Brahmananda Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotla_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy">Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Patil" title="Veerendra Patil">Veerendra Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Vengala_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Vengala Rao">J. Vengala Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikandar_Bakht" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikandar Bakht">Sikandar Bakht</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commerce</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I._I._Chundrigar" title="I. I. Chundrigar">I. I. Chundrigar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooverji_Hormusji_Bhabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha">Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha</a> (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshitish_Chandra_Neogy" title="Kshitish Chandra Neogy">Kshitish Chandra Neogy</a> (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>(Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a> (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harekrushna_Mahtab" class="mw-redirect" title="Harekrushna Mahtab">Harekrushna Mahtab</a> (Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_T_Krishnamachari" class="mw-redirect" title="T T Krishnamachari">T T Krishnamachari</a> (Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> (Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a>(Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KC_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="KC Reddy">KC Reddy</a> (Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manubhai_Shah" title="Manubhai Shah">Manubhai Shah</a> (As MoS till 24 January 1966)(Commerce)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bali_Ram_Bhagat" title="Bali Ram Bhagat">Bali Ram Bhagat</a>(Foreign Trade & Supply)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Narayan_Mishra" title="Lalit Narayan Mishra">Lalit Narayan Mishra</a>(MoS)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._P._Chattopadhyay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. P. Chattopadhyay (page does not exist)">D. P. Chattopadhyay</a>(Commerce)(as MoS till 23 December 1976)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Dharia" title="Mohan Dharia">Mohan Dharia</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitendra_Desai" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitendra Desai">Hitendra Desai</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Singh_(politician,_born_1930)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)">Arjun Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Shiv_Shankar" class="mw-redirect" title="P Shiv Shankar">P Shiv Shankar</a> (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a> (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a>(Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy" title="Subramanian Swamy">Subramanian Swamy</a> (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Chidambaram" class="mw-redirect" title="P Chidambaram">P Chidambaram</a>(MoS, IC) (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Chidambaram" class="mw-redirect" title="P Chidambaram">P Chidambaram</a> (MoS, IC) (Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Prasad_Yadav" title="Devendra Prasad Yadav">Devendra Prasad Yadav</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolla_Bulli_Ramaiah" title="Bolla Bulli Ramaiah">Bolla Bulli Ramaiah</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Hegde" title="Ramakrishna Hegde">Ramakrishna Hegde</a>(Commerce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a>(Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anand_Sharma" title="Anand Sharma">Anand Sharma</a>(Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a>(Commerce & Industry)'(MoS, IC)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a>(Commerce & Industry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a>(Commerce and 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href="/wiki/Indian_Telephone_Industries_Limited" title="Indian Telephone Industries Limited">Indian Telephone Industries Limited</a> (ITI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahanagar_Telephone_Nigam_Limited" title="Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited">Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited</a> (MTNL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_Consultants_India_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunications Consultants India Limited">Telecommunications Consultants India Limited</a> (TCIL)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil Service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Telecommunication_Service" title="Indian Telecommunication Service">Indian Telecommunication Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Radio_Regulatory_Service" title="Indian Radio Regulatory Service">Indian Radio Regulatory Service</a></li></ul> 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Subbarayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Kumar_Sen" title="Ashoke Kumar Sen">Ashoke Kumar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Narayan_Sinha" title="Satya Narayan Sinha">Satya Narayan Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh" title="Ram Subhag Singh">Ram Subhag Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Singh" title="Sher Singh">Sher Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemvati_Nandan_Bahuguna" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna">Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy" title="Kasu Brahmananda Reddy">Kasu Brahmananda Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brij_Lal_Varma" title="Brij Lal Varma">Brij Lal Varma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Nandan_Mishra" class="mw-redirect" title="Shyam Nandan Mishra">Shyam Nandan Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhishma_Narain_Singh" title="Bhishma Narain Singh">Bhishma Narain Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._M._Stephen" title="C. 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<li>Hyderabad</li> <li>Haldia</li> <li>Jaipur</li> <li>Imphal</li> <li>Lucknow</li> <li>Mysore</li> <li>Panipat</li> <li>Madurai</li> <li>Raipur</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Bulk Drug Parks</li> <li>Medical Devices Parks</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_PCPIR" title="Tamil Nadu PCPIR">Tamil Nadu PCPIR</a></li> <li>Talcher Fertilizer LTD</li> <li>Ramagundam Fertilizers And Chemicals Limited</li> <li>Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan LTD</li> <li>Paradeep Plastic Park</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">PSUs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Chemicals_and_Pharmaceuticals" title="Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals">Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited</a> (BCPL)</li> <li>Bramhaputra Valley Fertiliser Corporation Limited (BVFCL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FCI_Aravali_Gypsum_and_Minerals_(India)_Limited" title="FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals (India) Limited">FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals (India) Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fertilisers_and_Chemicals_Travancore" title="Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore">Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited</a> (FACT)</li> <li>Fertiliser Association of India (FAI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fertilizer_Corporation_of_India" title="Fertilizer Corporation of India">Fertilizer Corporation of India</a> (FCIL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Antibiotics" title="Hindustan Antibiotics">Hindustan Antibiotics Limited</a> (HAL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Insecticides" title="Hindustan Insecticides">Hindustan Insecticides Limited</a> (HIL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Organic_Chemicals_Limited" title="Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited">Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited</a> (HOCL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_Fertilizers" title="Madras Fertilizers">Madras Fertilizers Limited</a> (MFL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Fertilizers" title="National Fertilizers">National Fertilisers Limited</a> (NFL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Projects_and_Development_India_Limited" title="Projects and Development India Limited">Projects and Development India Limited</a> (PDIL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Chemicals_%26_Fertilizers" title="Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers">Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited</a> (RCF)</li> <li>Bramhaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_State_Fertilizers_and_Chemicals" title="Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals">Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited</a> (GSFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Farmers_Fertiliser_Cooperative" title="Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative">Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative</a> (IFFCO)</li> <li><a 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Environment Education">Centre for Environment Education</a></li> <li>C. P. R. Environmental Education Centre, <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a></li> <li>Centre for Animals and Environment, <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a></li> <li>Centre of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Revitalisation_of_Local_Health_Traditions" title="Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions">Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions</a></li> <li>Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bangalore</li> <li>Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi</li> <li>Centre for Mining Environment, <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad">Dhanbad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1lim_Ali_Centre_for_Ornithology_and_Natural_History" title="Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History">Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_Botanic_Garden_and_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute">Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Centre_for_Sustainable_Coastal_Management" title="National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management">National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>G. B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Forest_Management" title="Indian Institute of Forest Management">Indian Institute of Forest Management</a></li> <li>Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bengaluru</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Forestry_Research_and_Education" title="Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education">Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_Institute_of_India" title="Wildlife Institute of India">Wildlife Institute of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tribunal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Green_Tribunal" title="National Green Tribunal">National Green Tribunal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>CK Mishra (incumbent)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Lal_Bishnoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhajan Lal Bishnoi">Bhajan Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari" title="Ziaur Rahman Ansari">Ziaur Rahman Ansari</a>(As MoS, IC till 25 June 1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilamani_Routray" title="Nilamani Routray">Nilamani Routray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneka_Gandhi" title="Maneka Gandhi">Maneka Gandhi</a>(MoS, IC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Nath" title="Kamal Nath">Kamal Nath</a> (MoS, IC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Pilot" title="Rajesh Pilot">Rajesh Pilot</a> (MoS, IC)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jai_Narain_Prasad_Nishad" title="Jai Narain Prasad Nishad">Jai Narain Prasad Nishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Soz" title="Saifuddin Soz">Saifuddin Soz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> <a href="/wiki/I._K._Gujral" class="mw-redirect" title="I. K. Gujral">I. K. Gujral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._R._Baalu" title="T. R. Baalu">T. R. Baalu</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Bais" title="Ramesh Bais">Ramesh Bais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Raja" title="A. Raja">A. Raja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jairam_Ramesh" title="Jairam Ramesh">Jairam Ramesh</a>(MoS, IC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanthi_Natarajan" title="Jayanthi Natarajan">Jayanthi Natarajan</a>(MoS, IC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Veerappa_Moily" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Veerappa Moily">M. Veerappa Moily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Javdekar" class="mw-redirect" title="Prakash Javdekar">Prakash Javdekar</a>(MoS, IC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Madhav_Dave" title="Anil Madhav Dave">Anil Madhav Dave</a>(MoS, IC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsh_Vardhan_(Delhi_politician)" title="Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)">Dr. Harsh Vardhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Javdekar" class="mw-redirect" title="Prakash Javdekar">Prakash Javdekar</a> (incumbent)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MoS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Sharma" title="Mahesh Sharma">Mahesh Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babul_Supriyo" title="Babul Supriyo">Babul Supriyo</a> (incumbent)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Green_Tribunal_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="National Green Tribunal Act">National Green Tribunal Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil Service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Forest_Service" title="Indian Forest Service">Indian Forest Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Bharatiya_Janata_Party" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="color:black;;background:#FF9933"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:black">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Template talk:Bharatiya Janata Party"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:black">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bharatiya Janata Party"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:black">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Bharatiya_Janata_Party" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party">Party presidents</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> (1980–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (1986–91, 1993–98, 2004–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a> (1991–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushabhau_Thakre" title="Kushabhau Thakre">Kushabhau Thakre</a> (1998–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaru_Laxman" title="Bangaru Laxman">Bangaru Laxman</a> (2000–01)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jana_Krishnamurthi" title="Jana Krishnamurthi">Jana Krishnamurthi</a> (2001–02)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a> (2002–04)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> (2006–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a> (2009–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> (2013–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> (2014–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._P._Nadda" title="J. P. Nadda">J. P. 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Chuba Ao</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._Abdullakutty" title="A. P. Abdullakutty">A. P. Abdullakutty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxmikant_Bajpai" title="Laxmikant Bajpai">Laxmikant Bajpai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Usendi" title="Lata Usendi">Lata Usendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Mansoor" title="Tariq Mansoor">Tariq Mansoor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of prime ministers of India">Prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> (1996; 1998–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> (2014–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (2002–2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Other prominent leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavurao_Deshpande" title="Bhavurao Deshpande">Bhavurao Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel">Anandiben Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Modi" title="Sushil Kumar Modi">Sushil Kumar Modi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakant_Bacchu_Patil" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrakant Bacchu Patil">Chandrakant Bacchu Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Ghosh_(politician)" title="Dilip Ghosh (politician)">Dilip Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamyang_Tsering_Namgyal" title="Jamyang Tsering Namgyal">Jamyang Tsering Namgyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Khurana" title="Madan Lal Khurana">Madan Lal Khurana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahib_Singh_Verma" title="Sahib Singh Verma">Sahib Singh Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manohar_Parrikar" title="Manohar Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshubhai_Patel" title="Keshubhai Patel">Keshubhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Kumar" title="Shanta Kumar">Shanta Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Kumar_Dhumal" title="Prem Kumar Dhumal">Prem Kumar Dhumal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babulal_Marandi" title="Babulal Marandi">Babulal Marandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Munda" title="Arjun Munda">Arjun Munda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._Sadananda_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="D. V. Sadananda Gowda">D. V. Sadananda Gowda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharti" title="Uma Bharti">Uma Bharti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babulal_Gaur" title="Babulal Gaur">Babulal Gaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Bhairon Singh Shekhawat">Bhairon Singh Shekhawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prakash_Gupta" title="Ram Prakash Gupta">Ram Prakash Gupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdambika_Pal" title="Jagdambika Pal">Jagdambika Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nityanand_Swami_(politician)" title="Nityanand Swami (politician)">Nityanand Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagat_Singh_Koshyari" title="Bhagat Singh Koshyari">Bhagat Singh Koshyari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._C._Khanduri" title="B. C. Khanduri">B. C. Khanduri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pokhriyal" title="Ramesh Pokhriyal">Ramesh Pokhriyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trivendra_Singh_Rawat" title="Trivendra Singh Rawat">Trivendra Singh Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulab_Chand_Kataria" title="Gulab Chand Kataria">Gulab Chand Kataria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hriday_Narayan_Dikshit" title="Hriday Narayan Dikshit">Hriday Narayan Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biswabhusan_Harichandan" title="Biswabhusan Harichandan">Biswabhusan Harichandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaru_Dattatreya" title="Bandaru Dattatreya">Bandaru Dattatreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draupadi_Murmu" class="mw-redirect" title="Draupadi Murmu">Draupadi Murmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajubhai_Vala" title="Vajubhai Vala">Vajubhai Vala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalraj_Mishra" title="Kalraj Mishra">Kalraj Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwarilal_Purohit" title="Banwarilal Purohit">Banwarilal Purohit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamilisai_Soundararajan" title="Tamilisai Soundararajan">Tamilisai Soundararajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Sinha" title="Manoj Sinha">Manoj Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Yediyurappa" title="B. S. Yediyurappa">B. S. Yediyurappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party">Current chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pema_Khandu" title="Pema Khandu">Pema Khandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Deo_Sai" title="Vishnu Deo Sai">Vishnu Deo Sai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Sawant" title="Pramod Sawant">Pramod Sawant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupendrabhai_Patel" title="Bhupendrabhai Patel">Bhupendrabhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayab_Singh_Saini" title="Nayab Singh Saini">Nayab Singh Saini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Yadav" title="Mohan Yadav">Mohan Yadav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Charan_Majhi" title="Mohan Charan Majhi">Mohan Charan Majhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Lal_Sharma" title="Bhajan Lal Sharma">Bhajan Lal Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Biren_Singh" title="N. Biren Singh">N. Biren Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manik_Saha" title="Manik Saha">Manik Saha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Singh_Dhami" title="Pushkar Singh Dhami">Pushkar Singh Dhami</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_deputy_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian deputy chief ministers">Current deputy chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chowna_Mein" title="Chowna Mein">Chowna Mein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanthungo_Patton" title="Yanthungo Patton">Yanthungo Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Pathak" title="Brajesh Pathak">Brajesh Pathak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Prasad_Maurya" title="Keshav Prasad Maurya">Keshav Prasad Maurya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samrat_Chaudhary" class="mw-redirect" title="Samrat Chaudhary">Samrat Chaudhary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Sinha" title="Vijay Kumar Sinha">Vijay Kumar Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Sao" title="Arun Sao">Arun Sao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sharma_(politician)" title="Vijay Sharma (politician)">Vijay Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Shukla_(politician)" title="Rajendra Shukla (politician)">Rajendra Shukla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Devda" title="Jagdish Devda">Jagdish Devda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diya_Kumari" title="Diya Kumari">Diya Kumari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chand_Bairwa" title="Prem Chand Bairwa">Prem Chand Bairwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Vardhan_Singh_Deo" title="Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo">Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravati_Parida" title="Pravati Parida">Pravati Parida</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current national spokespersons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Baluni" title="Anil Baluni">Anil Baluni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Mayukh" title="Sanjay Mayukh">Sanjay Mayukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sambit_Patra" title="Sambit Patra">Sambit Patra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhanshu_Trivedi" title="Sudhanshu Trivedi">Sudhanshu Trivedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain" title="Syed Shahnawaz Hussain">Syed Shahnawaz Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Pratap_Rudy" title="Rajiv Pratap Rudy">Rajiv Pratap Rudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Kohli" title="Nalin Kohli">Nalin Kohli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Chandrasekhar" title="Rajeev Chandrasekhar">Rajeev Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li>Gaurav Bhatia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Zafar_Islam" title="Syed Zafar Islam">Syed Zafar Islam</a></li> <li>Tom Vadakkan</li> <li>Sanju Verma</li> <li>Gopal Krishna Agarwal</li> <li>Iqbal Singh Lalpura</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._P._Singh_(politician)" title="R. P. Singh (politician)">R. P. Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparajita_Sarangi" title="Aparajita Sarangi">Aparajita Sarangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heena_Gavit" title="Heena Gavit">Heena Gavit</a></li> <li>Guruprakash</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mmhonlumo_Kikon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mmhonlumo Kikon">Mmhonlumo Kikon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raju_Bista" title="Raju Bista">Raju Bista</a></li> <li>K. K. Sharma</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current general secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Singh_(Indian_politician)" title="Arun Singh (Indian politician)">Arun Singh</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dushyant_Kumar_Gautam" title="Dushyant Kumar Gautam">Dushyant Kumar Gautam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarun_Chugh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarun Chugh (page does not exist)">Tarun Chugh</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Tawde" title="Vinod Tawde">Vinod Tawde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Bansal" title="Sunil Bansal">Sunil Bansal</a></li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Radha_Mohan_Das_Agarwal" title="Radha Mohan Das Agarwal">Radha Mohan Das Agarwal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._L._Santhosh" title="B. L. Santhosh">B. L. Santhosh</a> (Organisation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Prakash" title="Shiv Prakash">Shiv Prakash</a> (Organisation)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current national secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijaya_Rahatkar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vijaya Rahatkar (page does not exist)">Vijaya Rahatkar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arvind_Menon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arvind Menon (page does not exist)">Arvind Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaja_Munde" title="Pankaja Munde">Pankaja Munde</a></li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Narendra Singh">Narendra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alka_Gujar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alka Gujar (page does not exist)">Alka Gujar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Dhurve" title="Om Prakash Dhurve">Om Prakash Dhurve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rituraj_Sinha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rituraj Sinha (page does not exist)">Rituraj Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Prasad_Tasa" title="Kamakhya Prasad Tasa">Kamakhya Prasad Tasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Singh_Nagar" title="Surendra Singh Nagar">Surendra Singh Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anil_Antony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anil Antony (page does not exist)">Anil Antony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjinder_Singh_Sirsa" title="Manjinder Singh Sirsa">Manjinder Singh Sirsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Dhankar" title="Om Prakash Dhankar">Om Prakash Dhankar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party">Political wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Executive_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party">National Executive Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Yuva_Morcha" title="Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha">Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BJP_Mahila_Morcha" title="BJP Mahila Morcha">BJP Mahila Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BJP_IT_Cell" title="BJP IT Cell">BJP IT Cell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_units_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party">State Units</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_presidents_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of state presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party">State Presidents</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sangh_Parivar" title="Sangh Parivar">Related organisations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhil_Bharatiya_Vidyarthi_Parishad" title="Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad">Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Mazdoor_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh">Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Kisan_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Kisan Sangh">Bharatiya Kisan Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swadeshi_Jagaran_Manch" class="mw-redirect" title="Swadeshi Jagaran Manch">Swadeshi Jagaran Manch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishva_Hindu_Parishad" title="Vishva Hindu Parishad">Vishva Hindu Parishad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindutva" title="Hindutva">Hindutva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integral_humanism_(India)" title="Integral humanism (India)">Integral humanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party">Electoral history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party_in_the_Parliament_of_India" title="Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India">Party leaders in the Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party">Rajya Sabha members</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Recipients_of_Bharat_Ratna_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bharat_Ratna" title="Template:Bharat Ratna"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bharat_Ratna" title="Template talk:Bharat Ratna"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bharat_Ratna" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bharat Ratna"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Recipients_of_Bharat_Ratna_Award" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Recipients of <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> Award</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1954–1960</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/C._V._Raman" title="C. V. Raman">C. V. Raman</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagwan_Das" title="Bhagwan Das">Bhagwan Das</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._Visvesvaraya" title="M. Visvesvaraya">M. Visvesvaraya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Ballabh_Pant" title="Govind Ballabh Pant">Govind Ballabh Pant</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve" title="Dhondo Keshav Karve">Dhondo Keshav Karve</a> (1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1961–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bidhan_Chandra_Roy" title="Bidhan Chandra Roy">Bidhan Chandra Roy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Purushottam_Das_Tandon" title="Purushottam Das Tandon">Purushottam Das Tandon</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pandurang_Vaman_Kane" title="Pandurang Vaman Kane">Pandurang Vaman Kane</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._V._Giri" title="V. V. Giri">V. V. Giri</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Kamaraj" title="K. Kamaraj">K. Kamaraj</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vinoba_Bhave" title="Vinoba Bhave">Vinoba Bhave</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Ghaffar_Khan" title="Abdul Ghaffar Khan">Abdul Ghaffar Khan</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">B. R. Ambedkar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel" title="Vallabhbhai Patel">Vallabhbhai Patel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Abul Kalam Azad">Abul Kalam Azad</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._R._D._Tata" title="J. R. D. Tata">J. R. D. Tata</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/C._Subramaniam" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Subramaniam">C. Subramaniam</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan" title="Jayaprakash Narayan">Jayaprakash Narayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amartya_Sen" title="Amartya Sen">Amartya Sen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Bordoloi" title="Gopinath Bordoloi">Gopinath Bordoloi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._N._R._Rao" title="C. N. R. Rao">C. N. R. Rao</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Malaviya" title="Madan Mohan Malaviya">Madan Mohan Malaviya</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanaji_Deshmukh" title="Nanaji Deshmukh">Nanaji Deshmukh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021–2040</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karpoori_Thakur" title="Karpoori Thakur">Karpoori Thakur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a>, and <a href="/wiki/M._S._Swaminathan" title="M. S. Swaminathan">M. S. 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Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasaraswati" title="Balasaraswati">T. Balasaraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Gandharva" title="Kumar Gandharva">Kumar Gandharva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Gujral" title="Satish Gujral">Satish Gujral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal" title="Gangubai Hangal">Gangubai Hangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._F._Husain" title="M. F. Husain">M. F. 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N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Satchidananda_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotha Satchidananda Murthy">Kotha Satchidananda Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir" class="mw-redirect" title="Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir">Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Dulal_Nagchaudhuri" title="Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri">Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. Parameswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Raj" title="K. N. Raj">K. N. Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rangarajan" title="C. Rangarajan">C. Rangarajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramoji_Rao" title="Ramoji Rao">Ramoji Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hormasji_Maneckji_Seervai" title="Hormasji Maneckji Seervai">Hormasji Maneckji Seervai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajaram_Shastri" title="Rajaram Shastri">Rajaram Shastri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._L._Shrimali" title="K. L. Shrimali">Kalu Lal Shrimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govindbhai_Shroff" title="Govindbhai Shroff">Govindbhai Shroff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh" title="Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh">Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premlila_Vithaldas_Thackersey" title="Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey">Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Hussain_Zaidi" title="Bashir Hussain Zaidi">Bashir Hussain Zaidi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autar_Singh_Paintal" title="Autar Singh Paintal">Autar Singh Paintal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Sankaran" title="Balu Sankaran">Balu Sankaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Teertha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwesha Teertha">Vishwesha Teertha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaggi Vasudev">Jaggi Vasudev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Public affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chelliah" title="Raja Chelliah">Raja Chelliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Daphtary" title="C. K. Daphtary">Chandra Kisan Daphtary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niren_De" title="Niren De">Niren De</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Deshmukh" title="C. D. Deshmukh">C. D. Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lancelot_Dias" title="Anthony Lancelot Dias">Anthony Lancelot Dias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee" title="Kazi Lhendup Dorjee">Kazi Lhendup Dorjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar" title="P. B. Gajendragadkar">P. B. Gajendragadkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gilman" title="Benjamin Gilman">Benjamin Gilman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isma%C3%AFl_Omar_Guelleh" title="Ismaïl Omar Guelleh">Ismaïl Omar Guelleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Krishna_Iyer" title="V. R. Krishna Iyer">V. R. Krishna Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain" title="Lakshmi Chand Jain">Lakshmi Chand Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Nath_Jha" title="Aditya Nath Jha">Aditya Nath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anerood_Jugnauth" title="Anerood Jugnauth">Anerood Jugnauth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung" title="Mehdi Nawaz Jung">Mehdi Nawaz Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kelkar" title="Vijay Kelkar">Vijay Kelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna" title="Hans Raj Khanna">Hans Raj Khanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Khare" title="V. N. Khare">V. N. Khare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai" title="Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai">Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jivraj_Narayan_Mehta" title="Jivraj Narayan Mehta">Jivraj Narayan Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. Krishna Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirendranath_Mukherjee" title="Hirendranath Mukherjee">Hirendranath Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Mukherjee" title="Ajoy Mukherjee">Ajoy Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmaja_Naidu" title="Padmaja Naidu">Padmaja Naidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Narain" title="Govind Narain">Govind Narain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fali_Sam_Nariman" title="Fali Sam Nariman">Fali Sam Nariman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosei_Norota" title="Hosei Norota">Hosei Norota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanabhoy_Palkhivala" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanabhoy Palkhivala">Nanabhoy Palkhivala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Parasaran" title="K. Parasaran">K. Parasaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar" title="Hari Vinayak Pataskar">Hari Vinayak Pataskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Pillai" title="N. R. Pillai">Naryana Raghvan Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._G._Ranga" title="N. G. Ranga">N. G. Ranga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Narayana_Reddy" title="Ravi Narayana Reddy">Ravi Narayana Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._Venugopal_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Y. Venugopal Reddy">Y. Venugopal Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mohammed_Sadiq" title="Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq">Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Sahgal" title="Lakshmi Sahgal">Lakshmi Sahgal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Setalvad" title="M. C. Setalvad">M. C. Setalvad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Singh" title="Nagendra Singh">Nagendra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu" title="Walter Sisulu">Walter Sisulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soli_Sorabjee" title="Soli Sorabjee">Soli Sorabjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Sundaram" title="Kalyan Sundaram">Kalyan Sundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi" title="Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi">Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._N._Venkatachaliah" title="M. N. Venkatachaliah">M. N. Venkatachaliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">Kottayan Katankot Venugopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji Wangchuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Science and engineering</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Aatre" title="V. K. Aatre">V. K. Aatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" title="Norman Borlaug">Norman Borlaug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar" title="Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajagopala_Chidambaram" title="Rajagopala Chidambaram">Rajagopala Chidambaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Correa" title="Charles Correa">Charles Correa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Dhawan" title="Satish Dhawan">Satish Dhawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kakodkar" title="Anil Kakodkar">Anil Kakodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Kasturirangan" title="Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan">Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har_Gobind_Khorana" title="Har Gobind Khorana">Har Gobind Khorana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Singh_Kothari" title="Daulat Singh Kothari">Daulat Singh Kothari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair" title="G. Madhavan Nair">G. Madhavan Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roddam_Narasimha" title="Roddam Narasimha">Roddam Narasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. Pachauri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Peary_Pal" title="Benjamin Peary Pal">Benjamin Peary Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Pal" title="Yash Pal">Yash Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._G._Patel" title="I. G. Patel">I. G. Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Venkatraman Ramakrishnan">Venkatraman Ramakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Ramanathan" title="K. R. Ramanathan">K. R. Ramanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ramanna" title="Raja Ramanna">Raja Ramanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Rao" title="C. R. Rao">C. R. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._N._R._Rao" title="C. N. R. Rao">C. N. R. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palle_Rama_Rao" title="Palle Rama Rao">Palle Rama Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udupi_Ramachandra_Rao" title="Udupi Ramachandra Rao">Udupi Ramachandra Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai" title="Vikram Sarabhai">Vikram Sarabhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man_Mohan_Sharma" title="Man Mohan Sharma">Man Mohan Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obaid_Siddiqi" title="Obaid Siddiqi">Obaid Siddiqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Sreedharan" title="E. Sreedharan">E. Sreedharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Srinivasan" title="M. R. Srinivasan">M. R. Srinivasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._C._George_Sudarshan" title="E. C. George Sudarshan">George Sudarshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Swaminathan" title="M. S. Swaminathan">M. S. Swaminathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Kapany" title="Narinder Singh Kapany">Narinder Singh Kapany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Social work</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandurang_Shastri_Athavale" title="Pandurang Shastri Athavale">Pandurang Shastri Athavale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaki_Devi_Bajaj" title="Janaki Devi Bajaj">Janaki Devi Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirabehn" title="Mirabehn">Mirabehn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay" title="Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay">Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgabai_Deshmukh" title="Durgabai Deshmukh">Durgabai Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanaji_Deshmukh" title="Nanaji Deshmukh">Nanaji Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Deshpande" title="Nirmala Deshpande">Nirmala Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Dharia" title="Mohan Dharia">Mohan Dharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._N._Dhebar" title="U. N. Dhebar">U. N. Dhebar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerian_Gracias" title="Valerian Gracias">Valerian Gracias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Heggade" title="Veerendra Heggade">Veerendra Heggade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav" title="Mary Clubwala Jadhav">Mary Clubwala Jadhav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaganvihari_Lallubhai_Mehta" title="Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta">Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Mehta" title="Usha Mehta">Usha Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Joshi" title="Nirmala Joshi">Sister Nirmala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Sengupta" title="Nellie Sengupta">Nellie Sengupta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hillary" title="Edmund Hillary">Edmund Hillary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kom" title="Mary Kom">Mary Kom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Trade and industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhirubhai_Ambani" title="Dhirubhai Ambani">Dhirubhai Ambani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._D._Birla" title="G. D. Birla">Ghanshyam Das Birla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Sekhar_Ganguly" title="Ashok Sekhar Ganguly">Ashok Sekhar Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV" title="Aga Khan IV">Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Mittal" title="Lakshmi Mittal">Lakshmi Mittal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Manibhai_Naik" class="mw-redirect" title="Anil Manibhai Naik">Anil Manibhai Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Narayana_Murthy" title="N. R. Narayana Murthy">N. R. Narayana Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Narasimham" title="M. Narasimham">M. Narasimham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_Raj_Singh_Oberoi" title="Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi">Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azim_Premji" title="Azim Premji">Azim Premji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prathap_C._Reddy" title="Prathap C. Reddy">Prathap C. Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._D._Tata" title="J. R. D. Tata">J. R. D. 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