Violet Alva
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Violet Hari Alva was an Indian lawyer, journalist and politician, and Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, and member of the Indian National Congress. She was the first woman lawyer to appear before
Joachim and Violet Alva on a 2008 stamp of India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian statesman and a poet who served as the prime minister of India, from 1998 to 2004, and previously for two weeks in 1996. He was the first non-Congress prime minister
Official portrait, 1998
Vajpayee addressing a political rally in 1977.
Foreign Minister Vajpayee (far right), President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (far left) and Prime Minister Morarji Desai (third from right, front row) with US President Jimmy Carter during his 1978 visit to India.
Vajpayee with Russian president Vladimir Putin on 6 November 2001