Remembering Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee On His Birth Anniversary

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924 in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and was an active participant in the Quit India Movement in 1942. Image Source: Getty Images

Atal Bihari Vajpayee with BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani. Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India from May 16-31, 1996, and then again from March 19, 1998 to May 13, 2004. Image Source: Getty Images

This photo of Vajpayee from 2002 is with then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi. During his political career, Vajpayee was chairperson of various Standing Committees of the Parliament and Leader of the Opposition. Image Source: Getty Images

Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as India's foreign minister and while in the office became the first person in 1977 to deliver a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi. Image Source: Getty Images

This iconic image of Vajpayee as Prime Minister of India with Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf before the Agra summit is from 2001. The Agra summit was a historic two-day summit meeting between India and Pakistan which lasted from 14–16 July 2001. Image Source: Getty Images

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 03, 2000. Apart from politics, Vajpayee was a a writer and a poet and was awarded the highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 2015. Image Source: Getty Images