Atal Bihari Vajpayee: a statesman, an orator and poet

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who held the post for three non-consecutive terms in 1996, 1998-99, and from 1999-2004, passed away on Thursday. He was 93.

Updated - January 12, 2023 12:19 pm IST

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)

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Published - August 17, 2018 01:41 pm IST

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Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Obituary: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a storied career with poetic flourishes

Namita Bhattacharya, foster daughter of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, performs the final rites, followed by her daughter Niharika Bhattacharya, in New Delhi on August 17, 2018.

Vajpayee’s mortal remains cremated with full military honours at Smriti Sthal

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, poet and politician: a timeline

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External Affairs Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York on October 10, 1978.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Foreign Minister: The many milestones in his foreign policy

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE LEAFS THROUGH DOCUMENTS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 11TH SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION (SAARC) SUMMIT IN KATHMANDU, 06 JANUARY 2002. VAJPAYEE SAID THAT HE HAD MET PAKISTAN PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF INFORMALLY IN THE COURSE OF THE SUMMIT, BUT HAD NOT HELD ANY NEGOTIATIONS. AFP PHOTO JOHN MACDOUGALL

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister: Consensus maker

B-DLI 291144 - NOVEMBER 29, 2001 - NEW DELHI : PRIME MINISTER ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE AT AN IFTAR PARTY ORGANISED BY AVIATION MINISTER SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN IN NEW DELHI ON THURSDAY. PTI PHOTO

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the politician: Coalition builder

Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2006.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the orator: Speech that sounded like poetry

Life and times of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Vajpayee the orator: excerpts from former PM’s speeches

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)

In this Feb. 20, 1999 file photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, left, receives Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Wagah border near Lahore, Pakistan. Former prime minister Vajpayee, who pursued both nuclear weapons and peace talks with Pakistan, died on Thursday, at age 93.

Bhutan King, ministers from South Asian neighbours to attend Vajpayee funeral

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Vajpayee greeting Chinnapillai at a function in New Delhi in 2001.

When a Prime Minister touched her feet

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Vajpayee with Jayalalithaa

T.N. gave Vajpayee the numbers

The former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a meeting on the sharing of Cauvery waters, in New Delhi on October 28, 1998.

Vajpayee chose Bengaluru to send a political message in 1984

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The former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his visit to Infosys campus in Bengaluru on January 19, 2001.

Vajpayee termed IT parks ‘new temples of modern India’

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A file photo of N. Chandrababu Naidu with Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Visakhapatnam in April 2004.

Bhishma of Indian politics: Naidu

BJP leaders paying tributes at the portrait of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in Vijayawada on Thursday.

Leaders mourn BJP patriarch

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