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
Published: Aug 16, 2018
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures

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  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
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  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
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 Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee gestures to the press at New Delhi's Presidential palace, after submitting his resignation. Vajpayee resigned as Prime Minister of the 12-day-old Hindu nationalist government, the shortest-lived government in Indian history, ahead of an almost certain defeat in a parliamentary confidence vote)