Major events of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's life in pictures
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on Thursday, it was an end of a life that saw a lot. From fighting the British during the 1942 Quit India movement, fighting the Indira Gandhi government during the 1977 Emergency to assuming the position of prime minister for three terms - 13 days, 13 months, and five years, Vajpayee truly lived a great life.
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on Thursday, it was an end of a life that saw a lot. From fighting the British during the 1942 Quit India movement, fighting the Indira Gandhi government during the 1977 Emergency to assuming the position of prime minister for three terms - 13 days, 13 months, and five years, Vajpayee truly lived a great life.
Born in 1924 to a middle-class Brahmin family of Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee & Smt. Krishna Devi, Atal Bihari Vahpayee was one of seven children. He did his schooling at the Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Gorkhi in Gwalior. Following this, he pursued an MA in Political Science from DAV College in Kanpur. He graduated in Hindi, Sanskrit and English from Victoria College in Gwalior.
Vajpayee's first brush with politics was during the Quit India movement in 1942 when he was just 18 years old. In 1951, he embarked on a career as a journalist, which was cut short in 1951, when he joined the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the parent organisation of modern day BJP. They rest, as they say, is history, as he had one if the most illustrious political careers in modern-day India, with people across the spectrum respecting his leadership, his thoughts, his oratory skills, and mostly his humanity. This can be perfectly emphasized in how the Congress leaders paid homage to him on Thursday.