The prime minister of india

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was awarded the Bharat Ratna, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bihari also spelled Behari, (born December 25, 1924, Vajpayee was first elected to parliament in 1957 as a member of the Vajpayee was sworn in as prime minister in May 1996 but was in office only 13 days, after failing to attract support from other parties. In early 1998 he again became prime minister, in elections in which the BJP won a record number of seats, but he was forced to make a shaky alliance with regional parties. In 1999 the BJP increased its seats in parliament and consolidated its hold on government. Although considered a pragmatist, Vajpayee assumed a defiant posture in the face of Western