Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead; former prime minister was 93

Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead; former prime minister was 93

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's death: "It is a great misery that we inform about the sad demise of former Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 16.08.2018," AIIMS announced.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister and BJP killed, passed away on Thursday. He was 93 years old. Vajpayee was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in June. Vajpayee, who had been sick for a long time, retreated from active public life after his health decline in the last decade and remained confined to his residence.

In the medical bulletin, AIIMS said: "It is a great misery that we inform about the sad demise of former Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 16.08.2018, Mr Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS on 11.06.2018. And under the care of a team of AIIMS doctors, it was stable in the last 9 weeks.

Unfortunately, their condition worsened in the last 36 hours and they were kept on the life support system. Despite the efforts, we have lost today. We join the nation in mourning deeply this great loss. "

Many leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visited BJP Vice-Chancellor in AIIMS. Modi met the doctors and questioned about Vajpayee's welfare. According to an official statement, he also met members of his family.

Senior BJP leader LK Advani, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President Amit Shah, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Health Minister JP Nadda and Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan were among those who had visited the sick leader.

Born in 1924 in Gwalior, Vajpayee became the first non-Indian National Congress PM for a full five year period. During the Quit India Movement in 1942, he was exposed for the first time in the political arena. Within five years since then, he became a full-time RSS pracharak and, due to his explanatory skills, he soon became the face of the Jana Sangh (which is today known as BJP).

During the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Vajpayee was arrested between 1975 and 1977. In 1977, Vajpayee became the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Moraji Desai. Even in those days, he was the star speaker of the party.

As Prime Minister, his first tenure lasted only for 16 days (from May 16, 1996) and then from March 19, 1998, to May 13, 2004.

Vajpayee, whose parliamentary experience spanned more than four decades, was a Member of Parliament from 1957. He was elected to the Lok Sabha ten times, and was elected twice in the Rajya Sabha.

Beginning in late 1998 and early 1999, former Prime Minister Vajpayee tried to improve the differences with Pakistan by pushing diplomatic peace process on a full scale with his neighbor. With the historic inauguration of the Delhi-Lahore bus service in February 1999, Vajpayee started a new peace process with the aim of resolving the Kashmir dispute and other conflicts with Pakistan permanently.

The Caril war of 1999 proved to be important for the Vajpayee-led government. Pakistani soldiers had infiltrated the Indian territory in the Kashmir Valley and had achieved control of unmanned border posts in 1999. Vajpayee took firm action, which helped India win in Kargil and forced Pakistan to withdraw its troops from the Indian territory. In 2002, a US diplomat disclosed that Vajpayee persevered with India's demand for unconditional withdrawal of Pakistani troops and subsequently Nawaz Sharif got stuck in Washington's difficulties. Despite the war, Vajpayee also tried to promote bilateral relations with Pakistan.

A horrific reader, Vajpayee was widely respected and respected for poetry and for his love as a speaking speaker. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1992 for the recognition of his services to the nation. Later he was awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 2015.