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New Delhi, August 16, 2018 :
He was one of the greatest leaders and statesmen of all times
The Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) mourns the death of former Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. An exemplary leader, he was a man of masses and a role model whose words and actions have contributed immensely in the development of the country. Shri Vajpayee was fighting a prolonged illness at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) before he breathed his last today. He was 93.
Offering his condolences, Padma Shri Awardee, Dr K K Aggarwal, President, HCFI, said, “Shri Vajpayee was a statesman and a leader, par excellence. Not only was he adept in politics but also a great orator and speaker. We, at HCFI, mourn the loss of this great soul who was a democrat to the core. He battled his health problems unflinchingly till the end – Shri Vajpayee had only one kidney, prostate cancer, and dementia in the later stages of life. It is unusual for people with dementia to survive for so long and he proved his fighting spirit right till the end. Shri Vajpayee was also a great poet, who with his words, helped people reach a parasympathetic or relaxed state of mind. With him gone, a golden era of Indian politics comes to end. May God give his near and dear ones enough strength to cope with the loss.”
About Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Shri Vajpayee thrice served as the Prime Minister of India: first for a term of 13 days in 1996, for a period of eleven months from 1998 to 1999, and then for a full term from 1999 to 2004. He was conferred India’s highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, by the President of India in 2014. In 2014, the Modi government declared that Shri Vajpayee’s birthday, 25th December, would be marked as Good Governance Day.
