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L. K. Advani

Deputy Prime Minister of India (2002-2004) · India · Politicians · Born 1927 · age 98

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Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian lawyer, journalist, trade unionist and politician who served as the 7th deputy prime minister of India from 2002 to 2004. In 2024, he was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, for his monumental contributions to the nation.

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A life in dates

2024Bharat RatnaAward2015Padma Vibhushan in Public AffairsAward2008“The blasts are reflective of the states' inability to preempt these strikes.”In their words15 May 2008IBN Live, 15 May 2008

2001“India should not betray its essentially Hindu personality.”In their wordsQuoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.171

1999Outstanding Parliamentarian AwardAward1989“After all, the Congress party's defeat in the 1989 parliamentary elections was a major triumph for India's democratic forces. The gains of this victory needed to be consolidated.”In their wordsL.K. Advani, My Country My Life (2008). ISBN 978-81-291-1363-4, page 371

1927Born8 November 1927

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Advani in 2009Advani in 2009Advani with then US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2005Advani with then US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2005Advani during an election campaign in 2009Advani during an election campaign in 2009Advani receiving the Bharat Ratna award in 2024Advani receiving the Bharat Ratna award in 2024

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  1. The blasts are reflective of the states' inability to preempt these strikes.

    May 15, 2008, IBN Live, 15 May 2008, Own words

  2. India should not betray its essentially Hindu personality.

    2001, Quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.171, Own words

  3. After all, the Congress party's defeat in the 1989 parliamentary elections was a major triumph for India's democratic forces. The gains of this victory needed to be consolidated.

    1989, L.K. Advani, My Country My Life (2008). ISBN 978-81-291-1363-4, page 371, Own words

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Bharat Ratna2024
Padma Vibhushan in Public Affairs2015
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award1999

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Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian lawyer, journalist, trade unionist and politician who served as the 7th deputy prime minister of India from 2002 to 2004. In 2024, he was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, for his monumental contributions to the nation. He is one of the co-founders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a nationalist organisation. He was the longest serving Minister of Home Affairs serving for 6 years and 64 days from 1998 to 2004, until his protége Amit Shah overtook him in 2025. He is also the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, as well as the longest serving President of the BJP. He was the BJP's prime ministerial candidate during the 1989, 1991, and 2009 general elections.

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Category
Politicians
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Politician
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Born 1927 · age 98

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