Former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away today at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi. He was 93 years old. With his demise, an era has ended and the entire nation is immersed in grief and sorrow. Vajpayee was admitted in the hospital since July 11, 2018, and was under constant medical supervision. However, his health started deteriorating in the last 24 hours. Vajpayee held a lot of distinctions in his career and one of them was when Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru called him the future Prime Minister of India.

Despite the nation praying for his recovery, the acclaimed politician could not overcome his ailment and breathed his last.

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Many Bollywood celebrities such as Lata Mangeshkar, Vivek Oberoi, Boman Irani, Dia Mirza, Sanjay Dutt, SS Rajamouli, Madhur Bhandarkar and even Sachin Tendulkar took to social media to express their grief on the demise of such an accomplished and prolific man.

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Vajpayee's rule was instrumental in the growth and progress of the country. During his tenure, India successfully did the nuclear tests at Pokhran and proclaimed itself a nuclear power. With his demise, the country has lost a gem of a person and a person worth emulating. Vajpayee will live on in his poems and his speeches.