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Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004. He was the first non-Congress prime minister to serve a full term in the office. Vajpayee was one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a far-right Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He was also a Hindi poet and a writer. He was a member of the Indian Parliament for over five decades, having been elected ten times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, and twice to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. He served as the Member of Parliament from Lucknow, Gwalior, New Delhi and Balrampur constituencies, before retiring from active politics in 2009 due to health concerns. He was am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of External Affairs (India)
The minister of external affairs (or simply, the external affairs minister ''Hindi:'' ''Videsh Mantri'') is the head of the Ministry of External Affairs (India), Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most offices in the Cabinet of India, union cabinet, the chief responsibility of the minister of external affairs is to represent the government of India in the international community and advance its interests on the global stage. As such, the minister plays an important role in shaping and directing the country's Indian foreign policy, foreign policy. Typically, the minister is assisted by one or more junior ministers, known as Ministers of State (MoS) for External Affairs. India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, simultaneously held the post of External Affairs Minister throughout his 17-year premiership and remains the longest-serving External Affairs Minister, followed by S. Jaishankar, the currently serving External Affairs Minister. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma (; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahabad and Lucknow and received a doctorate in constitutional law from the University of Cambridge and was a bar-at-law from Lincoln's Inn and a Brandeis Fellow at Harvard University. During 1948–49, Sharma was one of the leaders of the movement for the merger of Bhopal State with India, a cause for which he served eight months' imprisonment. A member of the Indian National Congress party, Sharma was chief minister (1952–56) of Bhopal State and served as a cabinet minister (1956–1971) in the government of Madhya Pradesh holding several portfolios. Sharma was president of the Bhopal State Congress Committee (1950–52), Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (1966–68) and of the All India Congress Committee (1972–74). He served as Union Minister for Communications (1974–77) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of India
The prime minister of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Union Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the executive. The prime minister has to be a member of one of the houses of bicameral Parliament of India, alongside heading the respective house. The prime minister and the cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha. The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha), every five years, lest the prime minister shall resign. The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister controls the selection and dismissal of members of the Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Presidents Of The Bharatiya Janata Party
The National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the chief executive authority of the BJP, and fills a number of roles, including chairing meetings of the National Executive of the party and appointing the presidents of party subsidiaries, such its youth wing and farmer's wing. Any candidate for the presidency needs to have been a member of the party for at least 15 years. The president is nominally elected by an electoral college composed of members drawn from the party's National and State councils, but in practice is a consensus choice of senior members of the party. The term of the president is three years long, and individuals may not serve more than two consecutive terms. The president usually does not also hold a post within a government, and party chiefs have resigned the position to assume posts in Cabinet. After the party's foundation in 1980, Atal Bihari Vajpayee became its first president. He later became the prime minister of India, the only BJP president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucknow Lok Sabha Constituency
Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is one of the two lok sabha constituencies that lies in the largest and capital city of the state, Lucknow. Since 1991 the seat has been held by the BJP. Its best-known MP is Former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee contested from this seat eight times. First time, he contested 1955 bypoll and came third. Then he came second in 1957 and 1962. After these 3 losses, he won the seat five consecutive times, in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. Assembly segments Members of Parliament ^ by-poll Election Results 2024 results 2019 results 2014 results 2009 results 2004 results 1999 results 1998 results 1996 results 1991 results 1989 results 1984 results 1980 results 1977 results 1971 results 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and statesman, who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Nehru to be re-appointed after completing a full five-year term. Born in Gah, Pakistan, Gah in what is today Pakistan, Singh's family migrated to India during Partition of India, its partition in 1947. After obtaining his doctorate in economics from Nuffield College, Oxford, the University of Oxford, Singh worked for the United Nations during 1966–1969. He subsequently began his bureaucratic career when Lalit Narayan Mishra hired him as an advisor in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. During the 1970s and 1980s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Statistics And Programme Implementation
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is an executive ministry of the Government of India concerned with coverage and quality aspects of statistics released. The surveys conducted by the Ministry are based on scientific sampling methods. History The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came into existence as an independent ministry on 15 October 1999 following the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation. Organization The Ministry has two departments: *Department of Statistics * Department of Programme Implementation. CSO was finally merged with NSSO to make the '' National Statistical Office (NSO)'' in 2019. NSO works under the department of Statistics. The Statistics department having the National Statistical Office (NSO) consists of the: #Central Statistical Office (CSO) #Computer Center #National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) The Programme Implementation Wing has three divisions, nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwalior
Gwalior (Hindi: , ) is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; It is known as the Music City of India having oldest Gwalior gharana, musical gharana in existence. It is a major sports, cultural, industrial, and political centre in Madhya Pradesh. Gwalior is among the seven cities selected for new startup centres under India's growing innovation ecosystem. On World Cities Day (31 October 2023), UNESCO Director - General Audrey Azoulay announced Gwalior's inclusion among 55 new Creative Cities Network, world creative cities in the UCCN from India. This tag elevates Gwalior's identity internationally, spotlighting it's artists, music traditions and vibrant culture. It lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the National Capital Region (India)#Counter magnets, Counter-magnet cities. Located south of New Delhi, the capital city of India and from Bhopal, the state capital, Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the Gird, India, Gwalior Chambal re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balrampur Lok Sabha Constituency
Balrampur was a Lok Sabha constituency in northern India. Balrampur is in Uttar Pradesh state . This constituency ceased to exist in 2008 with the implementation of delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies. Most of the area under the erstwhile Balrampur seat now falls under Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency since 2008. Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee contested Lucknow by-election in 1955 and came third. Then in 1957, he contested General Election in three seats. He finished fourth in Mathura, second in Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ..., and won in Balrampur as his first time representing Lok Sabha. In 1962, he contested Balrampur and Lucknow, and lost in both the seats. In 1967, he contested Balrampur and this time won. Members of Parliament Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalji Tandon
Lalji Tandon (12 April 193521 July 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the 18th Governor of Madhya Pradesh and 28th Governor of Bihar. He had also served as a member of parliament from 1996 until 2014 and as the Leader of the Opposition of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from 2003 until 2007. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a protégé of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Early life Tandon was born in Chowk village in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India to Shivnarayan Tandon and Annpurna Devi. He graduated from Kalicharan Degree College. Tandon married Krishna Tandon on 26 February 1958, with whom he had three sons. Career Tandon was a member of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) for two terms, from 1978 until 1984 and remained the Leader of the House, of the Council from 1990 to 1996. Subsequently, he remained a member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for three terms, 1996–2009, and remained the Leader of Opposition in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwalior (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Gwalior is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh state. This constituency covers the entire Gwalior district and part of Shivpuri district. Vidhan Sabha segments Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency currently comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments: Members of Parliament * ^By Election Election results 2024 2019 2014 Lok Sabha Election 2009 Lok Sabha Election 2004 Lok Sabha Election * Ramsevak Singh (Congress) : 307,735 (Expelled from Lok Sabha) * Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya (BJP) : 210,063 ** Ram Sevak Singh was caught taking bribe and expelled from Lok Sabha. This necessitated by-election for the seat which BJP won. 2007 bye-election 1984 Lok Sabha Election * Madhavrao Scindia (Congress) : 307,735 * Atal Bihari Vajpayee (BJP) : 132,141 Political sources claim that Scindia had told Vajpayee that he would be contesting from Guna, but changed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi (also spelled Menaka; ''née'' Anand) (born 26 August 1956) is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the widow of Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi. Gandhi has held ministerial positions in four governments, most recently serving in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019. In addition to her political work, Gandhi is an author, with several books on etymology, law, and animal rights. Personal life Maneka Anand was born on 26 August 1956 in Delhi, India, into a Sikh family. Her father, Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand, served as an officer in the Indian Army, and her mother, Amardeep Kaur Anand, was the daughter of Sir Datar Singh. Maneka attended The Lawrence School, Sanawar and later studied at Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She subsequently studied German at Jawaharlal Nehru U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
