Life Size Portrait of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Unveiled in Parliament

February 13, 2019

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has unveiled the life size portrait of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Central Hall of Parliament on 12^th February 2018. There were many other leaders present including Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and many other Union Ministers.

Key Facts About Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924, in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. He passed away on August 16, 2018.
He was a member of the Indian Parliament for over four decades He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He worked as its President from 1968 to 1972 and then resigned in 1978. He became the first President of the BJP in 1980.
He served as the Minister of External Affairs in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Morarji Desai from 26 March 1977 to 28 July 1979
He served three terms as the Prime Minister of India – first term was for a term of 13 days in 1996, second was for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999 and the third was for a full term from 1999 to 2004
He was the first non-Indian National Congress leader to serve a full-term as the Indian Prime Minister.
Under his tenure, India had conducted the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. The Kargil War was also fought during his tenure.
He had always given his best efforts to normalize and better relations with Pakistan.
He was awarded the Bharat Ratna Award by the then Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in 2015.
His birthday is observed as the Good Governance Day
He is also known for his poetry.
PM Modi had released a commemorative coin in memory of Mr. Vajpayee on December 24, 2018 on the occasion of his 94^th Birthday

About the Portrait

The Parliament’s Portrait Committee chaired by Sumitra Mahajan decided to install the portrait in a meeting on December 18. Portraits of former PMs Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi also adorn the walls of Central Hall.

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