1.Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
2.He was the prime minister of India from may 16 to 31, 1996 and then again from March 19, 1998 to May 13.
3.He became the first and only person since Jawaharlal Nehru to occupy the office of the prime minister.
4.Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the First Indian Leader to deliver a speeches in Hindi at the UN General Assembly
5.Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a veteran parliamentarian, whose career stretched over four decades.
6. Shri Bajpayee has been elected to the Lok sabha 9 times and the to the Rajya sabha twice, a record by itself
7.Shri Bajpayee’s first brush with nationalist politics was in his student days, when he joined the ‘Quit India movement’ of 1942.
8. He was detained during an Emergency in 1975- 77.
9.Shri Bajpayee had embarked upon a journalist’s career
10. His Journalistic career was cut short in 1951, when he joined the ‘Bhartiya jan sangh’, the fore-runner of today's ‘Bharatiya Janata party’.
11.His legacy as the Prime Minister is a rich that is remembered and cherished even a decade after his term ended
12.His Pokhran nuclear tests, astute in wise economic policies, led the foundation of the longest period of sustained growth in independent Indian history.
13.Shri Bajpayee has been taking a keen interest in International affairs uplift of scheduled castes and scheduled Tribes, women and child welfare.
14.Atal Bihari Vajpayee has many literary, artistic and scientific accomplishment to his credit
15. He edited Rashtradharm (aHindi monthly), Panchjanya (aHindu weekly) and dailiez Swadesh and Veer Arjun.
16.Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred ‘Padma Vibhushan’ in 1992 in recognition of his service to the nation.
17. He was also conferred the Lokmanya Tilak puraskar and Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Ballabh pant award for the best parliamentarian.
18.He was conferred India's highest civilian honor ‘ The Bharat Ratna’ in 2015.
19.Atal Bihari Vajpayee is known to be a voracious reader.
20. He was fond of Indian music and dance.
20.He is well known and respected for his love for poetry and as an eloquent speaker.