Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian politician who served twice as Prime Minister of India, first from 16 May to 1 June 1996, and then from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004.
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16 Facts About Vajpayee government
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Vajpayee government headed the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the Indian Parliament, and became the first Prime Minister unaffiliated with the Indian National Congress to complete a full five-year term in office.
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Vajpayee government died at the age of 93 on Thursday 16 August 2018 at 17:05 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
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Vajpayee government was succeeded by H D Dewe Gowda, leader of the United Front coalition, and became the Leader of the Opposition.
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Vajpayee government's government initiated the privatisation of most state corporations, including the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
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Vajpayee government's government began the establishment of special export processing zones, Information Technology and Industrial Parks across the country to bolster industrial production and exports.
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Vajpayee government's government expanded efforts to encourage foreign investment, especially from Europe and the United States.
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Vajpayee government improved India's ties with the People's Republic of China, boosting trade and seeking the resolution of territorial disputes through dialogue.
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In 1999, Vajpayee government personally travelled to Pakistan on the inaugural Delhi-Lahore Bus, which established a regular road link between the two countries for the first time since 1947.
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In 2003, Vajpayee government declared in the Indian Parliament that he was making his final initiative to make peace with Pakistan, and oversaw considerable improvement in relations and a ceasefire between Indian forces and militant groups in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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The Vajpayee government established the Defence Intelligence Agency to provide better military intelligence and monitor India's border with Pakistan.
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The state Vajpayee government, led by Narendra Modi of the BJP, was severely criticised for being unable or unwilling to stop the violence.
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Ornit Shani believes that Vajpayee's government believed that Muslim provoked violence against themselves by simply being Muslim.
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Vajpayee government later admitted his mistake in underestimating the violence and not doing enough to stop it.
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Narayanan said he wrote several letters to Vajpayee government asking him deploy the Indian army to quell the violence.
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