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Prime Ministers
* 3 Aug 2025
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first non-Congress prime minister to complete full term of five years.
(first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months
from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004)
Vajpayee launched the Golden Quadrilateral and the Pradhanmantri Gramin Sadak Yojna
that connected Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai through a network of
highways while the Pradhanmantri Gramin Sadak Yojna was planned as a
network of all-weather roads for unconnected villages across India.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was a social scheme to provide universal
access to free elementary education for children aged 6-14 years. Within
four years of its launch in 2001, the number of out-of-school children
dropped by 60 per cent.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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