Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET Jun 2025 Political Science
In which year did PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee visit Lahore and ink the 'Lahore Declaration' with the Pakistani PM?
A2003
B1999 ✓ Correct
C1998
D2001
Correct answer: (B) 1999 — The Lahore Declaration was signed in 1999, so the answer is 1999.
Explanation
★The Lahore Declaration was signed in 1999, so the answer is 1999.
★Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee travelled to Lahore in February 1999, partly aboard the inaugural Delhi-Lahore bus service.
★He signed the Lahore Declaration with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 21 February 1999.
★The declaration committed both sides to resolve disputes peacefully and to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear conflict.
★It came soon after both countries' 1998 nuclear tests, making nuclear confidence-building its central concern.
★The spirit of Lahore was badly damaged within months by the Kargil conflict of mid-1999.
★It remains a landmark attempt at bilateral normalisation through summit-level diplomacy.
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