The Young Chronicle: For 1st Graders December 26th, 2014 | Page 5

The Young Chronicle Atal Bihari Vajpyee, the Bharat Ratna Awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India in 1998. He was an excellent pollitician and is a wonderful person. He is most known for his modern and progressive thought process. Under Vajpyee India started progressing very well. Village roads were built, and the highways repaired. We also conducted an underground nuclear test in the middle of the Thar Dessert. These weapons haven’t been used till now, but have shown the world that India is no less. December 26th, 2014 GOOD GOVERNANCE IN YOUR SOCIETY! You could also be part of the good governance drive. All you need to do is, set up a team and reach out to your colony’s Residence Welfare Association, and find out about problems the society faces. As children, you could clean your society, install dustbins even outside your colony, plant more trees, and distribute pamphlets amongst residents on how you think they could contribute to make your society a better place to live. Let’s change the world, society by society. Share pictures of your helping the society in any way, and you will win an achabacha or achibachi badge. At the same time, PM Vajpyee started a bus between Delhi, and Lahore (Pakistan), to improve ties. But around then, the Pakistan Army had already entered India in Kashmir, and the Kargil war began in March-April, 1999. Rons and Pranks had heard of the Kargil war, but they didn’t know that the war started during the peace process. 4 PM. Vajpyee encouraged industries to grow, they also got more funds from foreign countries, and encouraged research and development. All in all, he did a great job, and is still remembered as one of the best Prime Ministers of the country. New Year Resolutions You Could Keep? Are you planning to keep any New Year resolutions? Do share them with us through the box below. We would be more than happy to keep track of them and ask you periodically if you are sticking to them. Tip: Keep them simple and realistic. In fact, it is said that even though Pandit Nehru was from a different party, he knew years before, that Mr. Vajpyee would become PM one day.