Vyakti Vishesh: Know how Ajatshatru Atal Bihari Vajpayee's moderate face is helping BJP

The Pokhran nuclear tests were also the subject of an obituary in Britain's The Guardian. Titled 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Indian prime minister, dies at 93', the obituary wrote, "In 1998 he ordered nuclear tests, stoking fears of atomic war between India and Pakistan, then, a few years later, he made the first moves toward peace. In early 1999, Vajpayee embarked on a historic bus ride to the Pakistani city of Lahore and met then-premier Nawaz Sharif in a bid to ease tensions.