Former PM Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Punya Tithi | 19 Aug 2024
Recently, PM Narendra Modi paid tributes to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his punya tithi at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ memorial.
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee: born on 25th December, 1924 in the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior (now a part of Madhya Pradesh).
- He entered in national politics during the Quit India Movement of 1942 which hastened the end of British colonial rule.
- In 1947, Vajpayee started working as a journalist for newspapers of Deendayal Upadhyaya — Rashtradharma (a Hindi monthly), Panchjanya (a Hindi weekly) and the dailies Swadesh and Veer Arjun.
- Later, influenced by Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Vajpayee joined the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951.
- He was the former Prime Minister of India and was elected to the position twice in 1996 and 1999.
- As a parliamentarian, Vajpayee was awarded with the Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian in 1994, which defines him as "a role model par excellence for all legislators."
- He was conferred with the country's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna in 2015 and second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1994.
- A revered former Prime Minister, he passed away on 16th August 2018.
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