Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister and BJP stalwart, passed away on Thursday. He was 93.
Vajpayee was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in June. Vajpayee, who had been ailing for long, retreated from active public life over the last decade following the deterioration of his health and remained restricted to his residence.
He was the 10th prime minister of India , let us learn about some mind boggling and interesting facts about him
- he has written many books during his life time namely
Sankalp-Kaal, Vicara bindu, Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen, Decisive days, Bindu-bindu vicara, Shakti Se Shanti, Foreign affairs, Selected Poems, State of the nation, Kya Khoya Kya Paya, and many more. And loved to recite his poems
- he was awarded with Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan for his life work , India's two most prestigious awards for a civilian by then President Pranab Mukherjee
3)people used to call him 'Baap ji' ( salutation to a father with respect) by all of his family members and close ones
- he came into politics by mistake , during a interview he told he actually wanted to become a journalist and joined politics by mistakes , a mistake which helped India for many reasons
- Being a brahmin , he eats and enjoys all kinds of non vegetarian food , which might now make Hindus happy
- he never married to anyone during his lifetime
- he told Narendra Modi how he failed to prove himself as a leader in the 2002 riots of Gujarat, he made sure to help as many people as he can during the riots
- Jawaharlal Nehru predicted that atal Bihari Bajpayee would rise to become the prime minister of India one day , which came to be true
Today India lost a valuable and respected leader
May his soul rest in peace