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Lal Krishna Advani
  • Birth Name:
    Lalchand Kishen Advani
  • Date of Birth:
    November 8, 1928
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Scorpio
  • Place of Birth:
    Karachi, British India
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Religion:
    Hinduism
  • Education:

    Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi

    Government Law College, Bombay University

  • Hobbies:

     

  • Address:
    30, Prithviraj Road, New Delhi-110 011
  • Email:
    advanilk@sansad.nic.in
  • Phone:
    011 - 3794125, 3794124, 3017419

Family

Lal Krishna Advani
  • Father:
    Kishichand. D. Advani
  • Mother:
    Gyani Devi
  • Spouse:
    Shrimati Kamla Advani
  • Son:
    Jayant Advani
  • Daughter:
    Pratibha Advani

Career

Lal Krishna Advani

Awards

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Trivia

Lal Krishna Advani
  • In 2008, Advani released an autobiography, My Country My Life. The book narrates autobiographical accounts and events in the life of Advani.
  • In an interview with a news channel in December 2006, L.K. Advani stated that as the Leader of the Opposition in a parliamentary democracy, he considered himself as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the general elections,ending on 16 May 2009.
  • Under Advani, the BJP launched an agitation on the issue of rebuilding Ram temple in Ramjanmabhoomi, which was criticized to be a response to limit the damage caused to his party due to V.P. Singh's Mandal Commission politics.
  • Advani became the president of the BJP in 1986.
  • In 1980, after the collapse of the Choudhary Charan Singh Government, Advani became a prominent leader of the newly founded BJP and represented the party in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament).
  • Advani became a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1950. The party dissolved during emergency, whereupon Advani and his colleague Atal Bihari Vajpayee joined the Janata Party.
  • Advani, who began his political career as a worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is often credited with having made the BJP a formidable force in Indian politics.
  • He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 and is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Indian Parliament).
  • Is a prominent Indian politician and a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is currently the major opposition party in the Indian Parliament.

Quotes

Lal Krishna Advani
  • "On one hand, (the) U.S. talks of globalization and liberalization while on the other it was proposing a ban on outsourcing jobs to India, saying it is taking away the jobs from computer professionals there."
  • " I feel happy. This initiative will add a new chapter and strengthen the ongoing peace process."
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Biography

Lal Krishna Advani
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Lal Krishna AdvaniLal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician and a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was born on November 8, 1927 in Karachi. He did his schooling at St. Patrick’s, Karachi. He later graduated in Law from Bombay University.

In 1947, he was an RSS organizer of Karachi city. When Jana Sangh was founded by Dr. Mukherjee in 1951, he became its Rajasthan State Secretary. In 1958, he shifted to Delhi and became the Secretary of Delhi Jana Sangh. During the period, he was also Secretary of the Jana Sangh Parliamentary Group.

In 1966, he was elected the Chairman of the Delhi Metropolitan Council and in 1970, he became a member of the Rajya Sabha. He was elected the President of Jana Sangh in 1973. In 1977, he was appointed as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Janata Government. The BJP was launched in 1980.

For six years, Advani held the post of Party General Secretary. He was jailed in 1990 for his infamous Ram Rathyatra. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 and is currently the leader of opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha.

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