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	Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vajpayee is a native of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and has been active in Indian politics throughout his adult life (as a member of parliament, he has often resided in Delhi).
		Minister Vajpayee represented the nation at the International Disarmament Conference, where he defended the national nuclear program (India had become the 6th nuclear power in the world with one underground nuclear test in Pokhran in 1974), the centerpiece of national security in the Cold War world, especially as China was a nuclear power.
		Vajpayee's government is criticized over its ignorance of the issues and concerns of India's poor millions, over the famous corruption scandals, and the episodes of communal violence and rise of both Hindu and Muslim radicalism in politics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atal_Behari_Vajpayee (5806 words)

	Encyclopedia: Atal Behari Vajpayee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (often wrongly spelt Behari; à¤à¤à¤² à¤¬à¤¿à¤¹à¤¾à¤°à¥ à¤µà¤¾à¤à¤ªà¥à¤¯à¥ in Devnagari) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from 1998 until May 19, 2004.
		Vajpayee is a native of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh state and has been active in Indian politics throughout his adult life.
		Vajpayee has frequently threatened to resign from politics and there is great speculation in the media about whether he actually intends to carry out the threat.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atal-Behari-Vajpayee (2453 words)

	AllRefer.com - Atal Bihari Vajpayee (South Asian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		An able orator, Vajpayee won election to parliament in 1957; in 1975 he was imprisoned for opposing Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's state of emergency.
		During the tenure (1977–79) of the coalition government that defeated Gandhi and her party, Vajpayee served as foreign minister and became the head (1979–86, 1992–) of the newly formed BJP.
		Vajpayee has softened some of the more strident nationalist and anti-Muslim rhetoric of other BJP members and has pressed for the continuation of free-market reforms, the eradication of untouchability, and the rights of women.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Vajpayee.html (346 words)

	Vajpayee, Atal Bihari on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		An able orator, Vajpayee won election to parliament in 1957; in 1975 he was imprisoned for opposing Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 's state of emergency.
		During the tenure (1977-79) of the coalition government that defeated Gandhi and her party, Vajpayee served as foreign minister and became the head (1979-86, 1992-) of the newly formed BJP.
		Vajpayee softened some of the more strident nationalist and anti-Muslim rhetoric of other BJP members and continued the free-market reforms begun by preceding governments.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/Vajpayee.asp (698 words)

	The Hindu : Vajpayee cracks the two-front problem
		Vajpayee and his advisers understood that a full normalisation of relations with either Pakistan or China would result in a dramatic restructuring of the national security environment and release India's energies for a larger role in the region and beyond.
		Vajpayee was pilloried at home for undermining the relations with China which were lodged on an upward trend in the 1990s.
		Vajpayee's visit for India's national security will unfold in time, it is likely to have a big impact on the lives of people on both sides of the border.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/06/27/stories/2003062701271300.htm (838 words)

	archive: Vajpayee deserves better
		Vajpayee's crisis managers had no qualms resorting to all those time-tested devices of suborning or procuring loyalties perfected during the Narasimha Rao ``suitcase regime''; the promise of the Vajpayee regime was a definite shift away from the crooks and their crooked habits.
		Vajpayee is in imminent danger of being hijacked by all those who neither share his decency nor subscribe to his political moderation but have come to acquire a taste for power.
		Vajpayee allows himself to be used once again he would exploit his leverage to bring about a consolidation of the political forces, at least on one side of the divide.
	www.media-watch.org /articles/0499/383.html (1283 words)

	CNN.com - Vajpayee under pressure - December 14, 2001
		Vajpayee has just issued a anti-terrorism ordinance and is making much of the opposition's refusal to support its passage through parliament.
		That is to be one of its main planks in the elections whose outcome could be crucial to the survival the coalition Vajpayee heads in Delhi.
		Immediately after the attack, Vajpayee acknowledged that a "decisive battle would have to take place" and the cabinet passed a resolution asserting that the government would "liquidate the terrorists and their sponsors wherever they are and whoever they are."
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/12/14/india.vajpayee (824 words)

	The Hindu : National / Elections 2004 : This Vajpayee speech campaigns against the NDA
		Vajpayee's speeches is quietly doing the rounds in Lucknow and other parts of Uttar Pradesh with another purpose: "calling the ABVHC bluff." This video recording, circulated by a loose grouping of anti-Sangh Parivar activists, Hindu as well as Muslim, and not formally associated with any political party, is that of a speech made by Mr.
		Vajpayee's December 5,1992 speech was presented before the Justice Liberhan Commission inquiring into the demolition of the Babri Masjid on February 9 this year.
		Vajpayee does not make it clear," he noted, "as to who gave him orders to go back to Delhi or why such an order was issued.
	www.hindu.com /2004/04/25/stories/2004042501941200.htm (949 words)

	The Master of Ambiguity - NDTV.com - News on The Master of Ambiguity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vajpayee, as a recent article in the Financial Times of London put it, is the "master of ambiguity".
		But when one asked Vajpayee whether the deputy prime minister was the man to take over, the 79-year-old prime minister simply rolled his eyes, gave another long pause, and then smiled: "I am trying to answer your question,".
		The reality is that the Vajpayee was keen to do a balancing act yet again: in Ahmedabad, he was wearing his hat of compassionate Prime Minister and poet-statesman; in Goa, he was wearing his other hat of a BJP leader and rabble- rouser.
	www.ndtv.com /columns/showcolumns.asp?id=938&template=Polls2004 (1124 words)

	Online NewsHour -- India-Pakistan Dispute
		Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is serving his second term as the head of the world’s most populous democracy.
		Atal Behari Vajpayee was born in 1924 in the state of Madhya Pradesh in the heart of the Indian subcontinent.
		The son of a school teacher, Vajpayee’s political life started at age 16, when he joined the Quit India Movement, credited with hastening the end of British rule in the country.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/india-pakistan/player_vajpayee.html (449 words)

	Asia Times: Vajpayee rises to his defense
		Vajpayee reminded the house that he had emphasized during the summit that India had the "resolve, strength and stamina" to counter terrorism and said his government was determined to "decisively crush it".
		But the opposition charged Vajpayee with allowing the general to hijack the summit to legitimize his rule in Pakistan and even obliquely justify a policy of aiding cross-border terrorism in disputed Kashmir.
		Vajpayee brushed aside Musharraf's claim that all he was seeking was a solution to the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/CG26Df06.html (910 words)

	No meeting with Musharraf, says Vajpayee- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		lucknow: on the eve of the saarc summit, prime minister atal bihari vajpayee thursday said he did not propose to have bilateral talks with president pervez musharraf and termed pakistan as the primary source of international terrrorism which india will resolutely fight to the finish.
		vajpayee said pakistan is not prepared to shun terrorism if one went by reports emanating from that country on action taken to contain terrorist outfits operating from its soil.
		vajpayee said india was committed to no first use of nuclear weapons in the event of a war and would strive for a diplomatic solution to resolve differences with pakistan.
	www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?art_id=621089257 (497 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vajpayee has turned from a mere human to a supernatural being.
		The victor of Kargil, author of Pokhran II, peacenik, statesman and poet is set to gain the status of a deity with a temple being constructed in his name in his hometown.
		In the southern parts of the country, building shrines as a mark of respect and affection for living filmstars and politicians is not rare.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040111/asp/nation/story_2774532.asp (488 words)

	Atal Behari Vajpayee -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (often wrongly spelt Behari; अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी in (additional info and facts about Devnagari) Devnagari) (born December 25, 1924) was the (additional info and facts about Prime Minister of India) Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from 1998 until May 19, 2004.
		He was one of the founding members of the (additional info and facts about Bharatiya Jana Sangh) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a party linked to the Hindu organisation (A secret all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of which he was the president between 1968 and 1973.
		Vajpayee has frequently threatned to resign from politics (Sanyas) and there is great speculation in the media about whether he actually intends to carry out the threat.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/at/atal_behari_vajpayee.htm (929 words)

	United Press International - International(p) - Outside View: Vajpayee fades out at last (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Far from being blamed for this, Vajpayee reaped an electoral harvest as a "man of action" in the 1999 elections when he was really just getting back territory that had been grabbed by the Pakistanis thanks to Indian negligence.
		Vajpayee is a mirror that reflects those he is in the process of meeting.
		Under Vajpayee, the prime minister's office was once again as all-powerful as it was under Indira Gandhi, a person he admired almost as much as he did her father Jawaharlal Nehru.
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20040527-041132-3588r (2329 words)

	Disenchantment of Sangh Parivar with Vajpayee: An Analysis
		Vajpayee’s anguish on the other hand during parliamentary Party meeting of the BJP on April 17 and in a meeting with his cabinet colleagues in the party on April 18 were a reflection of his annoyance with Sangh leaders.
		Aware of the compulsion of coalition Government, the RSS leadership never expected Vajpayee to fit his Government in the ideological framework of the Sangh and gave him full support to ensure that the stability of his government is not affected.
		Vajpayee on the other hand was more keen to prove that the Government is not run by the RSS and began asserting himself.
	www.saag.org /papers3/paper233.html (1933 words)

	The Vajpayee-Advani Enigma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I was reminded of the complexity of the enigma that is Vajpayee when I saw TV clips of his speech at the NDA rally on Friday.
		Vajpayee was supposed to have abdicated — for all practical purposes.
		Vajpayee’s soliloquy about their friendship at Friday’s rally was not mere rhetoric: he actually meant all that stuff about being together, forever.
	www.hvk.org /articles/1002/227.html (1381 words)

	Swarajya - The The Vajpayee Record on Pakistan
		Vajpayee was putting his signature to the Lahore Declaration.
		Vajpayee dismounted his high horse to invite Musharraf to 'walk the high road' with him.
		Its chief victim was Vajpayee's credibility, and its lone beneficiary, Musharraf, whom it enhanced from a loathed tinpot dictator to an accepted head of state.
	www.indogram.com /swarajya/vajpayeepak.html (1213 words)

	Political succession of Vajpayee
		Vajpayee might be having some health problem as reported in press, but the issue has never come up within party forum for a serious discussion on succession.
		Since Vajpayee is facing an uncomfortable situation thanks to the press reports on his alleged differences with his parent organisation, the RSS, the issue about his possible successor might be an attempt to stir the Sangh Parivar, which is allegedly not happy with some of the recent decisions of the Government.
		In the backdrop of the seeming image problem between Vajpayee and his possible successor, it may not be logical to conclude that the allies are supporting the BJP led government only due to the Vajpayee factor.
	www.saag.org /notes2/note109.html (1454 words)

	Convict Vajpayee of Crimes against Humanity ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vajpayee also spoke that money would not be allowed to come in the way of relief and restoration work.
		Vajpayee arrived here four hours late, was closeted immediately with his cabinet colleagues, state ministers and other top officials for more than an hour, addressed a press conference for a few minutes and then boarded the VVIP flight to return to the national capital.
		Pandit Vajpayee, good Pandit that he is, has thus granted the state of Orissa only 200 crore when the total damage as estimated by the State Government was 10,000 crore.
	www.dalitstan.org /journal/hindutwa/htv000/conavcah.html (1451 words)

	Vajpayee Keen To Resolve Kashmir Issue
		Jammu: On two occasions in the early Vajpayee years as Prime Minister I had ventured opinion that he would be keen to resolve the Kashmir issue during his premiership, if only to be remembered as the man who united the knot that had defied all his predecessors, beginning with Nehru.
		Vajpayee for his part appears to have fallen a victim to the compulsions of politics as practised by the Sangh Parivar which continues to see Pakistan-bashing as a subtler way of keeping the communal jinni alive.
		Vajpayee, because it helps his Bharatiya Janata Party to improve its poll prospects in the State elections to be completed within a year, followed by General elections some months later.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2003/kashmir20030301a.html (1350 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| How will history remember Vajpayee?
		Yet on Thursday, the man many thought was sure of a fourth term in office, appeared on TV screens to deliver details of his resignation and, for one last time as premier, list his achievements.
		For many observers, Mr Vajpayee's successful steering of what appeared to be an unwieldy coalition was his biggest achievement.
		But if it is the case that Mr Vajpayee elects to withdraw from politics, few Indians would begrudge the 79-year-old, who suffers from arthritis and kidney disease, a peaceful retirement.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3715315.stm (754 words)

	Vajpayee goes unwept, unsung - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although Vajpayee is never tired of saying that he is a swayamsevak, he is not considered as much a votary of Hindutva as Advani.
		Vajpayee would have retrieved part of his soiled reputation by not accepting the party's chairmanship.
		Vajpayee may have a grievance that people did not give him the due for all that he did.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jun092004/lines.asp (1193 words)

	CNN.com - Vajpayee 'offer to quit' rejected - July 31, 2001
		A meeting of the National Democratic Alliance, a score of parties that Vajpayee gathered to form a government in October 1999, is expected to take stock of the situation at a second meeting on Wednesday.
		According to media reports, Vajpayee, 76, referred to frequent reports about his health, and his two knee operations, and said he could resign on those grounds.
		Vajpayee has come under growing pressure from the opposition and from within his own government following his fruitless talks earlier this month with Pakistan's military leader General Pervez Musharraf.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/07/31/india.vajpayee (603 words)

	Atal Bihari Vajpayee - A Profile
		Shri Vajpayee was Prime Minister of India from May 16-31, 1996 and a second time from March 19, 1998 to May 13, 2004.
		Born on December 25, 1924 at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee and Smt.
		Founder-member of the erstwhile Jana Sangh (1951), President, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1968-1973), leader of the Jana Sangh parliamentary party (1955-1977) and a founder-member of the Janata Party (1977-1980), Shri Vajpayee was President, BJP (1980-1986) and the leader of BJP parliamentary party during 1980-1984, 1986 and 1993-1996.
	bjp.org /leader/atalji.htm (1037 words)

	Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee - a Profile
		Shri Vajpayee's first brush with nationalist politics was in his student days when he joined the Quit India Movement of 1942, which hastened the end of British colonial rule.
		Shri Vajpayee had embarked upon a journalist's career, which was cut short in 1951 when he joined the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of today's Bharatiya Janata Party, the leading component of the National Democratic Alliance.
		Born in the family of a humble school teacher on December 25 1924, in the erstwhile princely State of Gwalior (now a part of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh), Shri Vajpayee's rise in public life is a tribute to both his political acumen and Indian democracy.
	www.indianembassy.org /special/cabinet/vajpayee.htm (508 words)

	Vajpayee equates Islam with terrorism, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 9
		Vajpayee has been accused of having finally cast off his 'moderate' mask which he has carefully donned all these years to present an acceptable face of the Hindu extremists whose political party, the BJP, he leads.
		Vajpayee and his spin-doctors now claim that his remarks were being misrepresented: ‘It is projected as anti-Islam and anti-Muslim.
		Vajpayee also rejected the demand for the resignation of the three ministers in his government including LK Advani, the home minister, who have been charge-sheeted for their role in the demolition of the Babri Mosque.
	www.milligazette.com /Archives/01052002/0105200253.htm (1241 words)

	Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Can he make peace with Pakistan? By Chris Suellentrop
		The RSS was formed in 1925 to oppose Gandhi's nonviolence and his drive for Hindu-Muslim equality, and its nationalist, anti-Muslim rhetoric—"Hindustan for the Hindus"—resembles that of the Ugly European parties of Jean-Marie Le Pen and Jörg Haider.
		Vajpayee himself was one of the RSS's organizers, men who took vows of celibacy to commit themselves fully to the Indian nation (Vajpayee remains a bachelor today).
		That experience, and the deep mistrust Vajpayee has for Musharraf, led to a change in tactics during the current crisis, which now appears to be receding.
	www.slate.com /id/2066797 (885 words)

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