| Books Published |
| (i) Lok Sabha Mein Atalji (a collection of speeches); (ii) Mrityu Ya Hatya; (iii) Amar Balidan, (iv) Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency); (v) New Dimensions of India`s Foreign Policy (a collection of speeches delivered as External Affairs Minister during 1977-79); (vi) Jana Sangh Aur Musalman; (vii) Three Decades in Parliament (Speeches in three volumes); (viii) Amar Aag Hai(a collection of poems) 1994; (ix) Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen; (x) Four Decades in Parliament (English)-4 Volumes of Speeches in Parliament, 1957-95(xi) 21 Poems; (xii) Gathbandhan ki Rajneeti; (xiii) Bindu bindu vichaar; (xiv) Shakti se shanti; (xv) Rajneeti ki raptili raahein; (xvi) Decisive days; (xvii) Kuch lekh kuch bhashan; and (xviii) Na dainyam na palayanam |
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| Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments |
| Editor, (i) Rashtra-Dharma (monthly); (ii) Panchajanya (weekly); and Swadesh and Veer Arjun, both dailies |
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| Social And Cultural Activities |
| Member, National Integration Council since 1961; President, (i) All India Station Masters and Assistant Station Masters Association, 1965-70; (ii) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Samarak Samiti, 1968-84; (iii) Deendayal Dham, Farah, Mathura, U.P.; (iv) Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards and (v) Krishna Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Trust, Gwalior |
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| Special Interests |
| International affairs; upliftment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and women and child welfare; economic development |
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| Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
| Reading, writing, travelling, cooking and watching movies |
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| Countries Visited |
| Widely travelled; Member, (i) Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa, 1965; (ii) Parliamentary Delegations to Australia, 1967, European Parliament, 1983, and Canada, 1987; (iii) Indian Delegations to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meetings held in Canada, 1966 and 1994, Zambia 1980, Isle of Man 1984; (iv) Indian Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974, Sri Lanka, 1975, Switzerland, 1984; (v) Indian Delegation to the UN General Assembly, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996; and (vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, 1997; Leader, Indian Delegation to Human Rights Commission Meeting, Geneva, 1993; and Delegation of Standing Committees of External Affairs to Gulf countries- Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait ; As Prime Minister travelled extetrsively across the globe, for various international conferences and goodwill visits notable among which are United Nations General Assembly Session, SARRC Summit, CHOGM Summit, Indo -EU Summit , ASEAN Summit NAM Summit, G-8 Border Dialogue and bilateral visits to many countries |
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| Other Information |
| Participated in Freedom Struggle and went to jail in 1942; detained during Emergency in 1975-77; was awarded Padma Vibhushan by President of India in recognition of his services to the Nation; Conferred, (i)Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by Kanpur University,1993; (ii) Lok Manya Tilak Puruskar, 1994; (iii) Bharat Ratna Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian, 1994 |
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