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BJP flag being flown in one of its campaign rallies. The name as well as the symbol of the party were selected by the founders. The name "Bharatiya Janata Party" literally translates to "Indian People's Party". The Symbol of the party is the flower Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). [61] Lotus has a cultural significance within India as well as Hinduism ...
Bharatiya Janata Party (5th term) 1980–1986 President, Bharatiya Janata Party: Bharatiya Janata Party: 1980–1984, 1986 and 1993–1996 Leader Parliamentary Party Bharatiya Janata Party: 1986 MP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha: Rajya Sabha: Bharatiya Janata Party: 2nd Term 1988–1989 Member, General Purposes Committee Rajya Sabha: 1988–1990 ...
Lal Krishna Advani (8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist volunteer organization.
Vajpayee became the first president of the BJP upon its formation in 1980. Under him the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the BJS. Vajpayee, often seen as the moderate face of the BJP, later became the first Prime Minister of India not from the Indian National Congress to serve a full ...
Name (Birth–Death) Home state Former Office(s) Term of office Oath administered by (CJI) Election Election Map Vice President Political party Assumed office Left office Time in office Interim Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) Bihar: Minister of Agriculture: 26 January 1950 13 May 1952 12 years, 107 days H. J. Kania: 1950 – Indian National ...
In 1977, it merged with several other left, centre and right parties opposed to the Indian National Congress and formed the Janata Party. [12] In 1980, the members of erstwhile Jan Sangh quit the Janata party after the defeat in the 1980 general elections and formed the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is the direct political successor to the Jan ...
State/UT Portrait Name Took office Ref. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020 (5 years, 2 days)[32]Chandigarh: Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023
In the 2011 Hindi film I Am Kalam, Kalam is portrayed as a positive influence on a poor but bright Rajasthani boy named Chhotu, who renames himself Kalam in honour of his idol. [179] My Hero Kalam is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language biographical film by Shivu Hiremath which portrays his life from childhood to the Pokhran tests. [180]