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26/12/22 21:04 PM IST

Good Governance Day

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  • Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh has inaugurated Good Governance Week celebrations from 19-25 December2022 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Good Governance Day
  • The Good Governance Day was established in 2014.
  • When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the new “Good Governance Day” in 2014, there were two primary reasons cited.
  • First was to commemorate the life of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who at the time was very sick.
  • Vajpayee was not just a “good governor” but also one of the foundational figures of the BJP and an icon for the party.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior, present-day Madhya Pradesh.
  • A poet-politician, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1939, becoming a pracharak (full-time worker) in 1947.
  • Due to his literary prowess, he began working under Sangh Parivar head Deen Dayal Upadhyaya on various publications.
  • He served as Prime Minister between 1998 and 1999, and also between 1999 and 2004.
  • He was elected to the Indian Parliament more than ten times. This includes to both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He served as the external affairs minister in the Prime Minister Moraji Desai cabinet.
  • During his tenure, Pokhran-II nuclear test was conducted.
    India fought Kargil war during his tenure.
  • In 2015, he was conferred with India’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna.
  • The world longest tunnel at Rohtang located on the Leh-Manali highway was named as Atal Tunnel.
  • The third longest cable stayed bridge in India located over the Mandovi river has been named as Atal Setu.
  • Also, the Government of Chhattisgarh changed the name of Navya Raipur to Atal Nagar.
Source- Indian Express

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