Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first non-Congress leader to serve a full term in power, died August 16 2018, at AIIMS in New Delhi, where he had been undergoing treatment for a kidney ailment since June. R...

Aug 16, 2018, 20:37 IST8 min

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In the 1942 Quit India Movement, Atal Bihari Vajpayee participated as an 18-year-old, and was arrested and kept in jail for 23 days. (Pictured- Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressing Jan Sangh Ses...

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The political activism of Atal Bihari Vajpayee started with Arya Kumar Sabha of Gwalior, the youth wing of the Arya Samaj. (Pictured- Future Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with...

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Greatly influenced by Babasaheb Apte, Atal Bihari Vajpayee joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a swayamsevak in 1939. Later in 1944, he became the general secretary of the Samaj...

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A sensitive poet and a prolific orator, Vajpayee was admired for his pragmatism, and astute statesmanship. He was the country&rsquos prime minister when India won the war against Pakistan, ...

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India for three terms between 1996 and 2004. (Pictured- BJP Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee with former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao duri...

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At an international platform by speaking in Hindi at the United Nations, Atal Bihari Vajpayee gave the Indian language a boost, and became the first person to speak in Hindi at the UN. (Pic...

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In late 2000, his health started deteriorating, Vajpayee underwent a knee replacement surgery in 2001, and suffered a stroke in 2009, which impaired his speech. (Pictured-Then Indian Prime ...

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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, President KR Narayanan and New Ministers of his Cabinet after the swearing in at Rashtrapati Bhavan- New Delhi, India March17, 1998. ...

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Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen (Second From Right), And Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar (Right) after recieâ€‹ving India&#39s Highest Civilian Award &#39Bharat Ratna&#39 with the then Indian Prime M...

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani next to the vacant seat of Pramod Mahajan during the BJP convention held in Mumbai- May 3, 2006. ...

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Najma Heptullah, former Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) chairperson and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, filing her nomination paper for the Vice Presidential election. Other ...

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