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It was under the mentorship of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay that #AtalJi's political philosophy grew.
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His oratory skills had impressed Jawaharlal Nehru to a great extent & he had predicted that Atalji will become Prime Minister of India one day which he proved right
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In 1957, he contested Lok Sabha #elections from three seats on the Jan Sangh ticket. He lost in #Lucknow, lost his in Gwalior but won from Balrampur.
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After the death of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay in 1968, he became National President of JanSangh
During the national Emergency from 1975 to 1977,he went to jail several times
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As the FM, he addressed the UN General Assembly in 1977. He spoke in Hindi. This was the first time that anyone had addressed the UN in Hindi. #AtalJi himself said that this was one of the crowning moments of his life
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In 1996, it was under his leadership that the #BJP emerged as the single largest party in Lok Sabha.
The then president, S D Sharma invited #AtalJi to form the gov.
Held the highest office for three times & was the first Prime Minister to run a Coalition Government in India with 26 parties.
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The most popular politician &the 1st ever non-congress PM to serve a full term of 5yrs in office, widely respected not only by his followers but also his opponents – A Rare fact
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The peace process with Pakistan led to the Lahore Accord. He also brought back the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
The Kargil War went on from May to July 1999 and resulted in victory for #India.
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