1) Atal Bihari was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
2) His father, Krishna Bihari Vajpayee, was a poet and a teacher.
3) Atal Bihari was also a talented poet and journalist.
4) In 1980, he founded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
5) In 1996, he was elected Prime Minister of India for the first time.
6) He served as India’s 10th Prime Minister for six years, from 1998 to 2004.
7) He was India’s first foreign minister to utilise just Hindi in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
8) He was a very forceful speaker, and people always listened to him.
9) He was given the Bharat Ratna for his many honourable contributions to the country.
10) He died on the 16th of August, 2018 in New Delhi.
