Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian statesman and a poet who served as the prime minister of India, from 1998 to 2004, and previously for two weeks in 1996. He was the first non-Congress prime minister
Official portrait, 1998
Vajpayee addressing a political rally in 1977.
Foreign Minister Vajpayee (far right), President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (far left) and Prime Minister Morarji Desai (third from right, front row) with US President Jimmy Carter during his 1978 visit to India.
Vajpayee with Russian president Vladimir Putin on 6 November 2001
Inder Kumar Gujral was an Indian diplomat, politician, and independence activist, who served as prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
…President K. R. Narayanan A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Vice President Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Deputy L. K. Advani (from 29 June 2002) Preceded by Inder Kumar Gujral Succeeded by Manmohan Singh In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 President Shankar Dayal Sharma Vice President K. R. Narayanan Preceded by P. V. Narasimha…
Official portrait, c. 1997
President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma administering the oath of office of Prime Minister of India to Shri I. K. Gujral at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Former PM Manmohan Singh paying floral tribute to Gujral.
The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari giving tribute to Gujral on his first death Anniversary (2013).