A day before Atal Bihari Vajpayee‘s 94th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a commemorative ₹100 coin in New Delhi in his honor. The other dignitaries present at the occasion were Lok Sabha Speaker, Sumitra Mahajan, BJP President, Amit Shah, Union Ministers Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Arun Jaitley and Senior BJP leader LK Advani.
At the occasion, PM Modi said that our minds are not ready to believe that Shri Vajpayee is no longer with us. He also added that he was a stalwart loved and respected across all the sections of society. He also claimed that over the decades, Shri Vajpayee’s voice remained the voice of the people. He went on to praise Vajpayee’s orating skills by saying that he is among the best orators our nation has produced.
Vajpayee passed away on August 16 this year at the age of 93 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi following a prolonged illness. He served as the Prime Minister thrice and was one of the top leaders of the National Democratic Alliance government from 1998 to 2004.
One side of the ₹100 coin will have a portrait of Vajpayee with his name inscribed both in Hindi and English. The bottom of the image will have years 1924 (birth year) and 2018 (death year) inscribed. The coin is made up of silver (50 percent), copper (40 percent), nickel (5 percent) and zinc (5 percent).
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary is celebrated as Good Governance Day.
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