ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee (born 25 December 1924) is an Indian .

He was the Prime Minister of India.

At first instance, he was the Prime Minister just for days in 1996.

At the second instance, he was the Prime Minister for the from 1998 to 2004.

He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He was the first Prime Minister from outside the party to serve a full five-year term.

He has been parliamentarian for over .

He was elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of India's Parliament) .

He was elected to the Rajya Sabha (upper house).

In 2009 he retired from active politics due to .

He was one amongst the founder members of erstwhile , which he had also headed.

He was also the Minister of External Affairs in the cabinet of .

When Janata government , Vajpayee restarted the Jana Sangh as the in 1980.

He was conferred the, , India's highest civilian honour, on 24 December 2014.

His birthday, 25 december, was declared as " Day".