New Delhi: With heavy hearts, millions of Indians bid adieu to the former Prime Minister of the country Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who took his last breath on Thursday at the age of 93. Funeral of the charismatic leader was held at Smriti Sthal in the national capital Delhi in the evening.


A profound grief has taken over the country which is observing a seven-day mourning for the popular leader, who was immensely admired for his poetic and oratory skills.

Vajpayee was admitted at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.



Vajpayee who is fondly remembered as one of the most eloquent Prime Ministers of India held the post three times. He served as Prime Minister for a short stint in 1996. Later on March 19, 1998, he took charge as Prime Minister of India and again on October 13, 1999, for the second consecutive term as the head of a new coalition government.

Here's all that happened on Friday:

  • Former prime minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee cremated with full state honours at Smriti Sthal in Delhi










  • Road gets jam-packed with people who have gathered in numbers to join the funeral procession of the former PM.


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  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah walk on foot alongside the mortal remains of departed 'Bharat Ratna' Atal Bihari Vajpayee.






  • Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mortal remains being taken from BJP headquarters for the final journey.







  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mortal remains will be taken for the final journey to Smriti Sthal shortly, where the final rites will be performed.


 

  • Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP MP Sanjay Singh pay last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at BJP Headquarters.




  • Uddhav Thackeray arrived at BJP headquarters in Delhi to pay respects to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.






  • Senior BJP leader and a close friend of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani  arrives with his daughter at BJP headquarters and pays his last respects.





  • King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk arrives in Delhi to offer homage to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee





  • Departed 'Bharat Ratna' Atal Bihari Vajpayee's body is kept at BJP headquarters for paying last respect. Prime Minister Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and Union Minister  Rajnath Singh paid their last respects to the former PM of India.







  • Army gun carriage with the mortal remains of Vajpayee reaches BJP Headquarters.





  • PM Narendra Modi, BJP Chief Amit Shah, Union Minister Rajnath Singh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and other party leaders wait at BJP headquarters for the mortal remains of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.







  • A huge crowd gathers at BJP Headquarters waiting for the mortal remains of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee , which will be brought shortly.






  • Hundreds join the procession as the mortal remains of Atal Bihari Vajpayee wrapped in Tricolour leaves for BJP Headquareters.





  • Army gun carriage with the mortal remains of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee departs from his residence at Krishna Menon Marg  and moves towards BJP headquarters.





  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at BJP Headquarters in New Delhi, where the mortal remains of the late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be brought shortly from his residence at Krishna Menon Marg. Here the body will be kept for last respect







  • Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrives at departed former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence to pay his respect. Rahul also visited Vajpayee yesterday in AIIMS when his health was declared critical.





  • National Security Advisor Ajit Doval pays tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in Delhi







  • Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba pays tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in Delhi.





  • RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat pays last respect to the departed leader at his residence at Krishna Menon Marg.


 





  • Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi arrive at Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence to pay last respects.





  • The funeral procession would leave the BJP headquarters at 1 pm and the last rites would be performed at 4 pm.


 

  • BJP chief Amit Shah said people can pay their homage to the departed leader at his residence from 7.30 am to 8.30 am. The body would then be taken to the BJP headquarters at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg at around 9 am.


 

  • Military vehicle that would carry the mortal remains of the leader has been decked up with white flowers.




  • Heavy security arrangements, including deployment of police, traffic and paramilitary personnel, were in place around the 6-A Krishna Menon Marg bungalow in the Lutyens Delhi.


 

  • The body of the BJP veteran is kept at his official residence at 6A, Krishna Menon Marg.