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. Renowned for his powerful oratory and poetry, Vajpayee, 93, one of the founder members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), served as prime minister for 13 days in 1996, 13 months (1998-99) at the head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and then for a full five-year term (1999-2004)
Curated By: Forbes India
A sensitive poet and a prolific orator, Vajpayee was admired for his pragmatism, and astute statesmanship. He was the country’s prime minister when India won the war against Pakistan, which took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). (Pictured- President R Venkataraman conferring Padma Vibhushan Award to Atal Bihari Vajpayee- New Delhi, India April 6, 1992.)
