Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee BR | |
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| 10th Prime Minister of India | |
| In office 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 | |
| President |
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| Deputy | L. K. Advani |
| Preceded by | I. K. Gujral |
| Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| President | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Morarji Desai |
| Preceded by | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| Succeeded by | Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1924 Gwalior, Gwalior State, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 16 August 2018 (aged 93) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party(1980–2018) |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Party (1977–1980) Bharatiya Jana Sangh(before 1977) |
| Alma mater | DAV College, Kanpur (then affiliated with University of Agra) |
| Profession | Writer, politician, poet |
| Awards | Bharat Ratna 2015 Padma Vibhushan 1992 |
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Death
Vajpayee suffered a stroke in 2009 which impaired his speech. His health had been a major source of concern reports said he was confined to a wheelchair and failed to recognise people. He also suffered from dementia and long-term diabetes. For many years, he had not attended any public engagements and rarely ventured out of the house, except for checkups at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences.
On 11 June 2018, Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS in critical condition following a kidney infection. He died there at 5:05 pm IST on 16 August 2018 at the age of 93. On the morning of 17 August, Vajpayee’s body draped with the Indian flag was taken to the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters where party workers paid their tributes till 1 p.m. Later that afternoon at 4 p.m., Vajpayee was cremated with full state honours at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal near Raj Ghat, his pyre was lit by his foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya. Over thousands of people and many dignitaries attended his funeral procession including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.
Awards
- 1992, Padma Vibhushan
- 1993, D. Lit. from Kanpur University
- 1994, Lokmanya Tilak Award
- 1994, Outstanding Parliamentarian Award
- 1994, Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant Award[1]
- 2015, Bharat Ratna
- 2015, Bangladesh Liberation War honour (Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona)