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Bottom left: Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first non-Congress prime minister to complete a full 5 year term. Bottom center: Manmohan Singh was the first prime minister from a minority religion. Bottom right: Narendra Modi is the only prime minister to be born in independent India and is the longest-serving non-Congress prime minister.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian statesman and poet who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India, first in 1996 and again from 1998 to 2004. Places and institutions named after him include: Places and institutions named after him include:
The BJP's Atal Bihari Vajpayee took over as prime minister on 16 May 1996. Narasimha Rao, Abdul Kalam and R Chidambaram went to meet the new prime minister "so that", in Kalam's telling, "the smooth takeover of such a very important programme can take place". [67]
Atal Bihari Vajpayee [1] (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician, poet, and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004. [2]
Manmohan Singh continued the pragmatic foreign policy that was started by P.V. Narasimha Rao and continued by Bharatiya Janata Party's Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Singh continued the peace process with Pakistan initiated by his predecessor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Exchange of high-level visits by top leaders from both countries have highlighted his tenure.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for third time on 13 October 1999. He headed his Third Vajpayee Ministry . Here is the list of ministers in his ministry.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Union Minister of Finance; In office 21 April 1997 – 1 May 1997: Prime Minister: Himself: Preceded by: P. Chidambaram: Succeeded by: P. Chidambaram: Union Minister of External Affairs; In office 1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998: Prime Minister: H. D. Deve Gowda Himself: Preceded by: Sikander Bakht: Succeeded by: Atal Bihari ...
On 6 April 1980, Advani along with few of the erstwhile members of the Jana Sangh quit the Janata Party and formed the Bharatiya Janata Party with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the first president. [24] Though the previous government lasted briefly from 1977 till 1980 and was marred with factional wars, the period saw a rise in support for the RSS ...