After 93-year-old Atal Bihari breathed his last on August 16, 2018 after a prolonged kidney infection, urinary tract infection and low urine output, the nation is in a deep shock.
10 FACTS TO REMEMBER THE MAN WHO WAS LOVED BY EVERYONE:
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Born on December 25, 1924 (Christmas day) in a Brahmin family, Atal Bihari Vajpayee loved non-veg and his favourite food was prawn.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was imprisoned for 23 days for participating in the Quit India Movement.
3
Atal Bihari Vajpayee never married and when he was asked the reason behind it, he said, “I stay so busy that I forgot.”
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He is the only leader to win six Lok Sabha constituencies from 4 states — UP, MP, New Delhi and Gujarat.
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He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years — elected 11 times from Lok Sabha and twice from Rajya Sabha.
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Vajpayee was the first Indian politician to deliver a speech in Hindi at the United Nations General Assembly.
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During his tenure as PM, India conducted a successful nuclear test at Pokhran, Rajasthan, named Operation Shakti.
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Vajpayee suffered a stroke in 2009 after which his speech and hand movement was impaired.
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His love for poetry was evident since childhood. He wrote is first poem when he was in class 10.
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Vajpayee was a close follower of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
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