What is Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Atal Bihari Vajpayee<br />अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी |image = Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg |office = [[List of Prime Ministers of India|10th]] [[Prime Minister of India]] |president = [[K. R. Narayanan]]<br />[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] |term_start = 19 March 1998 |term_end = 19 May 2004 |predecessor = [[I. K. Gujral]](JD) |successor = [[Manmohan Singh]](INC) |president2 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] |term_start2 = 16 May 1996 |term_end2 = 1 June 1996 |predecessor2 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]](INC) |successor2 = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]](JDS) |office3 = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] |primeminister5 = [[Morarji Desai]] |term_start5 = 26 March 1977 |term_end5 = 28 July 1979 |predecessor5 = [[Yashwantrao Chavan]] |successor5 = [[Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|12|25|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Gwalior]], [[United Province of British India|United Province]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />(now in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]) |spouse = |children = |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|08|16|1924|12|25|df=y}} |death_place = [[New Delhi]], India |party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] |otherparty = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] <small>(Before 1980)</small> |alma_mater = Victoria College (Now Laxmibai College), [[Gwalior]]<br />[[DAV College, Kanpur]] |website = {{URL| www.atalbiharibajpai.com|atalbiharibajpai.com}} {{URL| www.atalfoundation.org|www.atalfoundation.org}} |signature = }} '''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''' (25 December 1924 &ndash; 16 August 2018) was an [[India]]n politician. He served as the 10th [[Prime Minister of India]] for six years from 1998 through 2004. He was also serving as Prime Minister from May 1996 through June 1996. He founded the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Vajpayee was born on 25 December 1924 in [[Gwalior]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[Briti