Bio |
Real Name | Lal Krishna Advani |
Nickname | Not Known |
Profession | Indian Politician |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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Political Journey | • Advani joined RSS at a very young age and soon became a full-time worker there. He had Rajasthan from Karachi after the partition.
• In 1955, Advani got him linked with Bhartiya Jana Sangh, an Indian nationalist political party which was founded by Shri Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and in 1951 and lasted till 1977.
• Advani was a Rajya Sabha member from Delhi for a period of 6 years (1970-76).
• It was in 1973 when Advani after serving various positions in the party was made it's President.
• He then became a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat in 1976 and completed his tenure of six years in 1982.
• Jan Sangh and some other political parties merged into Janata Party after the Emergency. Advani contested Lok Sabha elections in 1977 from Janata Party.
• Some former members of Jana Sangh left Janata Party and raised a new political party; BJP, for which Advani played a vital role and represented the party in Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh which began in 1982 and held the position for two consecutive terms.
• He was then made the President of BJP in 1986 and continued onto the position till 1991.
• In 1989, he became the Lok Sabha member, the time when Indian National Congress had to hold the hands of BJP which held 86 seats to form the government.
• Advani again became the Lok Sabha member in 1991 where the general elections gave BJP a boost and got them the second highest number of seats following Congress.
• He was again elected as the BJP President in 1993 and he held the post till 1998.
• L K Advani was sworn in as Union Home Minister in 1998 but could not continue to be one as the government dissolved in just 13 months.
• In 1999 he again became the Home Minister of India and this time government did last for 5 years. This was the first time that a non-congress government completed the whole term.
• From 2002 to 2004, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
• He was re-elected to the Lak Sabha in 2004 but this time as an opposition one.
• In 2009, he became a Lok Sabha member for the sixth time.
• Advani became the member of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex in December 2009.
• To almost everyone's surprise, he resigned from each and every post he held in 2013.
• He was again elected as a Lok Sabha member in 2014. |
Biggest Rival | Not Known |
Physical Stats & More |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 173 cm
in meters- 1.73 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 8” |
Weight (approx.) | in Kilograms- 78 kg
in Pounds- 172 lbs |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | White (Semi Bald) |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth | 8 November 1927 |
Age (as in 2016) | 89 Years |
Birth Place | Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Sindh, Pakistan) |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Scorpio |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Karachi |
School | Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi |
College | D G National College, Hyderabad, Sindh
Government Law College, Mumbai |
Educational Qualifications | Undergraduate in Law |
Debut | Advani became an RSS member and began his political career in 1951 with Bhartiya Jana Sangh. |
Family | Father- Late Kishnchand D Advani
Mother- Gyani Devi
Brother- Not Known
Sister- Not Known
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Religion | Hinduism |
Address | 30 Prithviraj Road, New Delhi |
Hobbies | Travelling, Practising Yoga, Reading, Watching Movies |
Controversies | Advani in 1996 had to resign as a Lok Sabha after he was alleged in the Jain Hawala Diaries. He was reported to have received money from them.
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Favourite Things |
Favourite Politician | Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Favourite Leader | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda |
Favourite Beverage | Starbucks Coffee
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Girls, Affairs and More |
Marital Status | Widower |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Not Known |
Wife | Late Kamla Advani
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Children | Son- Jayant Advani
Daughter- Pratibha Advani (Indian talk show host)
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Money Factor |
Salary | INR 2.4 Lakh |
Net Worth (approx.) | INR 7,59,15,276 (as of 2014) |