Atal Bihari Vajpayee Age, Death, Caste, Biography, Wife, Children, Family & More

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Bio/Wiki
Nickname : Atal Ji, Baap Ji
Profession(s) : Politician, Statesman, Poet, Author

Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)

in centimeters- 168 cm
in meters- 1.68 m
in feet inches- 5’ 6”
Eye Colour : Black
Hair Colour  : Grey

Personal Life
Date of Birth : 25 December 1924
Birthplace : Gwalior State, British India (Now, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Date of Death : 16 August 2018
Place of Death  : AIIMS, New Delhi
Cremation Site & Resting Place : Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, near Rajghat, New Delhi
Rashtriya Smriti Sthal

Age (at the time of death) : 93 Years
Death Cause : Age related ailments
Zodiac sign : Capricorn
Signature

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Signature

Nationality : Indian
Hometown : Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India (His ancestral village is in Agra, Uttar Pradesh)
School : Government Higher Secondary School, Gorkhi, Bara, Gwalior
College(s)/University : Victoria College (now, Laxmi Bai College), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Educational Qualification(s) : Graduation with distinction in Hindi, English, and Sanskrit from Gwalior's Victoria College (now, Laxmi Bai College)
M.A. in Political Science from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kanpur
Religion : Hinduism
Caste : Brahmin
Food Habit : Non-Vegetarian
Address (at the time of death) : 6-A, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi – 110011
Hobbies : Doing Poetry, Cooking, Listening to Indian Music, Reading, Travelling

Awards, Honours, Achievements

1992: Awarded with Padma Vibhushan (the second highest civilian award in India)
1994: Given the Best Parliamentarian Award
2015: Awarded with Bharat Ratna (the highest civilian award in India)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee With Bharat Ratna

Politics
Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Political Journey

1951: Joined Bharatiya Jana Sangh (a newly formed Hindu right-wing political party) and was appointed as the National Secretary of the Northern Territory.

1957: Won Lok Sabha elections from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and lost to Raja Mahendra Pratap.  However, he was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh.

1968: Became National President of Jana Sangh.

1977: Became foreign minister in Morarji Desai's cabinet.

1980: Established Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with its allies and became its first national president.

1996: On May 16, he became the 10th Prime Minister of India.

19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004: again served as Prime Minister of India.

2005: Retired from all political activities.

Controversies

• In 1975, he was arrested along with other leaders during the Internal Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.
• He was also criticized to incite the public for the demolition of "Babri Mosque" in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status : Unmarried
Affair/Girlfriend : Rajkumari Kaul (Died in May 2014)

Family
Wife/Spouse : N/A
Children Son- None
Daughter- Namita Bhattacharya (Foster)

Granddaughter- Niharika

Son-in-law- Ranjan Bhattacharya (Businessman, Bureaucrat)

Parents

Father- Krishna Bihari Vajpayee (a Poet and School Teacher)
Mother- Krishna Devi (Homemaker)

Siblings

Brothers- Avadh Bihari Vajpayee (Deputy Secretary in the Madhya Pradesh Government), Prem Bihari Vajpayee (worked in the state co-operative department), Suda Bihari Vajpayee (ran a book publishing firm)
Sisters- Urmila Mishra (Homemaker), Vimala Mishra (Homemaker), Kamala Devi (Homemaker)

Favourite Things
Politician(s) : Syama Prasad Mukherjee, P. V. Narasimha Rao
Leader(s) : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Jawaharlal Nehru
Authors Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Premchand
Poet(s) : Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Ramnath Awasthi, Dr. Shiv Mangal Singh Suman, Surya Kanth Tripathi 'Nirala', Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen, Jagannath Prasad Milind and Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Classical Artist(s) : Bhim Sen Joshi, Amjad Ali Khan and Hariprasad Chaurasia
Playback Singer(s) : Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh and S.D. Burman
Musician : Sachin Dev Burman (S. D. Burman)
Actor(s) : Sanjeev Kumar, Dilip Kumar
Actresses Suchitra Sen, Rakhee and Nutan, Hema Malini
Song(s) : "O mere majhi'', "sun mere bandhu re" by S.D. Burman and "Kabhi, Kabhi mere dil mein'' by Mukesh and Lata

Film(s)

Bollywood- Devdas (1955), Bandini (1963), Teesri Kasam (1966), Mausam (1975), Mamta (1966), and Aandhi (1975)
Hollywood- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Born Free (1966), and Gandhi (1982)
Destination : Manali (Himachal Pradesh, India)
Food(s) : Chinese Cuisines, Prawns, Mungode, Gajar Ka Halwa, Alwar Milk Cake, Khichdi, Poori-Kachori, Dahi-Pakori, Kheer, Malpua, and Kachauri

Style Quotient
Car Collection : Ambassadsor (Model 1987)
Assets/Properties A flat in East Kailash, New Delhi (150.32 sq.mt; worth ₹22 lakh)
A paternal house in Gwalior (1800 sq.ft; worth ₹6 lakh)

Money Factor
Salary/Pension (approx.) : Lifetime rent-free accommodation, medical facilities, secretarial staff of 14, six domestic executive-class air tickets, unlimited train travel, office expenses against actual expenditure for five years, SPG cover for one year. After five years, one personal assistant and peon, air and train travel, ₹6,000 for office expenses.
Net Worth (approx.) : ₹60 lakh (as in 2004)

Some lesser known facts about Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Did Atal Bihari Vajpayee smoke ?: Yes

Did Atal Bihari Vajpayee drink alcohol ?: Yes

He was born on Christmas day in Gwalior state of British India.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee childhood photo

His native village is Bateshwar and his grandfather Pandit Shyam Lal Vajpayee moved to Morena from Bateshwar in Madhya Pradesh in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh.

He received his schooling from Gorkhi, Maharaja Bara, Gwalior, the same school where his father, Krishna Bihari, remained headmaster between 1935 and 1937.  His father was promoted as inspector of schools and also became a director.  His father is also known to pray in school.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's school in Gwalior

He was awarded first class postgraduate degree in Political Science from DAV College, Kanpur.

He started his activism with Arya Kumar Sabha of Gwalior.

After being influenced by Babasaheb Apte, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1939 and became its full-time worker (technically a "pracharak") in 1947.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee attending RSS workshop

Prior to joining the RSS, Atal was influenced by the concept of communism.

He shared a hostel with his father at DAV College, Kanpur while studying law.

He had to give up his law studies due to partition riots.

He was sent to Uttar Pradesh as Vistakar (probationary preacher) and started working for Deendayal Upadhyay's newspapers- Panchajanya (a Hindi weekly), Rashtradharma (a Hindi monthly), and dailies Veer Arjun and Swadesh.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee in his younger days

In 1942, he was arrested for 23 days, along with his elder brother Prem, for participating in the Quit India movement and was released (in writing) on ​​the condition that he never participated in the anti-British struggle  Will take

He became an ardent follower and aid to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh), and in 1953, he went on a fast-death with Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in Kashmir to protest against the process of carrying a permit.  went.  To visit Kashmir.  Mukherjee died during the protest, shattering the young Vajpayee.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's political guru is Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

In 1957, Atal was elected to the Lok Sabha in the second general elections for the first time from Balrampur constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressing a rally

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is known worldwide and in his first speech in the Lok Sabha in 1957, he earned praise from many veteran MPs, including the then Prime Minister of India- Jawaharlal Nehru, who predicted him- "One day this  The young man will become the Prime Minister of India."

In 1977, the 30-year rule of the Congress came to an end, and a new government was formed at the center.  In this new government, Atal Bihari became the foreign minister, and in April 1977, when he entered his office in South Block, he found that the portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru was missing and then he told the staff present there- "I want back."

In 1977, Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first person to address the United Nations in Hindi.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is regarded as one of the most successful foreign ministers of India and during his tenure as foreign minister, he garnered many accolades and held some important talks.  The then US President- Jimmy Carter also visited India in 1978, when Atal Bihari was India's foreign minister.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Jimmy Carter

Throughout his political life, he had no serious hold on him.  However, he was heavily criticized for instigating the mob for the demolition of the "Babri Masjid" in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.  A video was also revealed in connection with the speech which he gave a few days before the demolition of Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992.

On 16 May 1996, he became the 10th Prime Minister of India and that too for only 13 days;  Then in 1998 for 13 months;  And again in 1999 for a full 5-year term.  He is the only non-Congress Prime Minister of India to have served the government for a full 5-year term.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the Prime Minister's Office

On 13 May 1998, he named India in the league of the world's elite nuclear club - Operation Shakti - after a successful nuclear test in Pokhran, Rajasthan.  

Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Pokhran test

On 19 February 1999, he took a bus trip to Lahore in Pakistan to forge stronger ties with Pakistan.

 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lahore Bus Tour

In 2001, he underwent knee replacement surgery at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, and in 2009, he suffered a stroke that impaired his speech.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee spoiled his health

On 23 December 2002, while inaugurating the first section of the metro in Delhi, he also bought a ticket for himself to travel in the metro train.  He also became the first passenger of the Delhi Metro.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee bought a metro ticket in Delhi

According to reports, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Rajkumari Kaul (their collegiate in Gwalior) had feelings towards each other.  Once, he also wrote her a letter and put it in a book in the college library, but she could not find a response to Princess Kaul.  However, this important part of Atal's life journey has remained out of public discussions.  In an interview, he neither accepted nor denied his cases.

Former Prime Minister of India, P. V.  Narasimha Rao was a close friend of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Narasimha Rao

He was the only MP so far, elected from 4 different states - Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat.

He is considered one of the finest poets of India, and wrote many inspirational poems.

His poems have also been used in the entertainment industry, and many acclaimed Bollywood playback singers including Lata Mangeshkar and Jagjit Singh lent their voices to some of her poems.

He was a Member of Parliament for 6 years (2 times from Rajya Sabha and 11 times from Lok Sabha).

Apart from being a liberal politician, Atal was also very affectionate towards animals.

  

Atal Bihari Bajpai playing with a dog

On 24 December 2018, a day before Atal Bihari's 94th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released 100 coins in his memory.100 rupee coin issued in honor of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

After suffering from a chronic illness, he left this world on 16 August 2018.

 

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Death News Bulletin released by AIIMS