Atal Bihari Vajpayee 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018 was a three-time Prime Minister of India. First from May 16 to June 1, 1996, and again in 1998 and again from March 19, 1999 to May 22, 2004, he was a Hindi poet, journalist and a strong orator. Was also the president. For a long time, he also edited many newspapers and magazines imbued with national sentiment like Rashtradharma, Panchjanya (letter) and Veer Arjuna. He was elected to the lower house, ten times, and twice to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. He served as the Member of Parliament for Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh until 2009 when he retired from active politics due to health concerns. Vajpayee was the first Prime Minister of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, who started his life as a campaigner of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, taking a vow to remain celibate for life, who completed 5 years of non-Congress Prime Minister's post without any problem. He is also called Bhishmapitamah because of taking a vow to remain unmarried for life. He formed the government with a coalition of 24 parties, in which there were 81 ministers. He had retired from politics since 2005.
The country is celebrating the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on August 16. Many important decisions such as the victory over the Kargil war or the tests in Pokhran, while Atal ji was the prime minister, had given the country unshakable strength and energy. His tomb was laid this morning. President Draupadimurm, Vice President Jagdish Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with other leaders paid tribute at the place "Sadaiv Atal". Apart from this, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla were also present.