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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as he arrives at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters after the election results were announced, in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. PM Modi on Friday was formally elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most number of seats in the country’s national election after his political party failed to win a majority on its own.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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The body of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, wrapped in the Indian national flag, is taken in full state honor to the Bharatiya Janata party office for people to pay their last tributes in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who set off a nuclear arms race with rival Pakistan but later reached across the border to begin a groundbreaking peace process, died on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 93. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indians gather as former premier Vajpayee is cremated

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FILE- In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, senior Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, center, leaves after a meeting at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India. India's top leaders and politicians are visiting the New Delhi hospital where doctors say Vajpayee is in critical condition after a prolonged illness. (AP Photo/Sebastian John, File)

Former Indian PM Vajpayee in critical condition in hospital

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FILE - In this May 2, 2004 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee greets the audience as he arrives for a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India. Former prime minister Vajpayee, who pursued both nuclear weapons and peace talks with Pakistan, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at age 93. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

India’s Vajpayee, who set off nuke race and peace, has died

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press