The BJP leader, who left the cremation ground in a hospital in New Delhi on Thursday evening, He was 93 years old.
The news agency AFP said, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet message, "Atal ji died. This is an irreparable loss for me. The remarkable leadership of Atal Zee has given India the foundation for building a strong, prosperous and integrated country of 21st century.
Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIISMS) said in a statement that 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee was dead. In the past 36 hours, his condition deteriorated greatly. He was kept on life support. We've tried the best. But with all the failures, he took his custody today. We also mourn with the whole nation at his death. '
India's three-time Prime Minister Vajpayee was ill for a long time. However, due to his physical complications recently, he was admitted to AIIMS nine weeks ago. He was on life support since Wednesday. Several prominent names, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with some cabinet members, visited him in the hospital.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee took oath as prime minister three times in 1996, 1998, 1999. 13 days in the first phase, 13 months in the second phase and the third term as the Prime Minister of the country. Vajpayee was awarded the Bharat Ratna award in 2014 after Modi's government came to power.
Political, great parliamentarian, poet and great aristocrat Vajpayee was born in Gwalior in 1924. Father Krishna Bihari Vajpayee and mother Krishna Devi. He became a minister in the Janata Party government in 1977. But after the other leaders of the opposition, Vajpayee left the Janata Party, formed the Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee was also the first president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, founded in 1980. She became Prime Minister for the first time after 16 years. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led NDA alliance was defeated. He did not take the responsibility of losing the head of the main opposition leader on his own shoulder. After that, he took away himself from active politics.