In the memory of former Prime Minister and ‘Bharat Ratna’ recipient Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a star has been named after him on his birth anniversary.
According to Aurangabad BJP president Shirish Boralkar who on Sunday informed that, the Aurangabad unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named a star after the ‘Bharat Ratna’ recipient on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister which was marked as ‘Good Governance Day’ across the country.
The star that has been named after the former PM is the closest star to the Sun and the distance of the star from Earth is 392.01 light years.
“The star with the coordinates 14 05 25.3 -60 28 51.9 has been registered in the International Space Registry on December 25, 2022. The star gets the name Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji. Registration Number CX16408US,” read the International Space Registry certificate.
” Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister from May 16, 1996 to June 1, 1996 and again from March 19, 1998 to May 22, 2004.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee also served as India’s External Affairs Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Moraji Desai from 1977 to 1979. He passed away at AIIMS hospital in Delhi on August 16, 2018.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared December 25 to be celebrated as ‘Good Governance Day’ every year.
