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Vajpayee

(ˌvædʒpaɪˈjiː)
n
(Biography) A(tal) B(ihari). born 1924, Indian politician; prime minister of India (1996, 1998–2004)
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Vaj•payee

(vɑdʒˈpeɪ, -ˈpaɪ)
n.
Atal Bihari, born 1924, prime minister of India since 1998.
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Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, upset by differences in his ruling coalition, threatened to resign Tuesday, but retracted the idea after party members convinced him to stay on.
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27 -- No other Prime Minister of India has received so much media coverage as Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the "Bhishma Pitama of Indian Politics", on his death.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Indian prime minister who oversaw nuclear tests that ushered in a new arms race in South Asia starting in the late 1990s, died August 16 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.
KARACHI -- India's former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was passed away on Thursday, had watched Heema Malini's film Seeta Aur Geeta 25 times in 1972.
ISLAMABAD -- Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Syed Ali Zafar on Friday left for New Delhi to represent Pakistan at the last rites of former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
New Delhi: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died at the age of 93 on Thursday.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condoled with the Indian government and nation over the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.