In pictures: Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his government in Centre stood by Gujarat after major earthquake in 2001. All assistance sought by State was given by Centre, five-year excise duty holiday was also approved which changed sleeping arid Kutch into thriving industrial hub

In picture: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee inquiring about the health of the one of the year 2001 Kutch earthquake victim whose leg is being plastered by the doctors at the make-shift Military Hospital in Bhuj (Gujarat). Standing next to him in picture is Shri Narendra Modi

1. Then Prime Minister Vajpayee with then Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel. 2. Vajpayee receiving cheque for Gujarat earthquake relief fund from then Textile minister and Gujarat MP Kashiram Rana. 3. Vajpayee chairing all party meeting on Gujarat Earthquake relief mission

1. Suresh Mehta receiving PM Vajpayee at airport in Gujarat, 2. Gujarat MPs meeting PM Vajpayee over scarcity situation in Gujarat, 3. Keshubhai Patel receiving PM Vajpayee at airport, 4. PM Vajpayee conducting aerial survey of flood affected areas of Gujarat

In picture: Then PM Vajpayee releasing a book titled ‘Setubandh’ written by Shri Narendra Modi in New Delhi on August 18, 2001- around two months, before Modi took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister for the first time. Setubandh is a book on Modi’s mentor and RSS pracharak Vakilsaheb

In picture: Then PM Vajpayee at Somnath Jotirlinga Pran Pratishtha Swarn Jayanti Samaroh in Gujarat. Also launching Somnath Yatri Jal Suvidha Yojana and Morarji Desai Ghaat at Somnath on October 31, 2001.With him in pic is Narendra Modi,then in office of CM for less than a month

In pictures:Narendra Modi meeting then PM Atalji in Delhi after becoming CM for the first time in 2001. In another picture,Modi meeting Vajpayee after reelection as Gujarat CM in 2002. One more pic, Atalji attending Modi’s swearing in ceremony after victory in Gujarat polls 2002

In pictures: Then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on visit to Godhra and Ahmedabad post 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. He visited a rail coach in which Karsevaks were burnt alive and also visited Shah-e-Alam based relief camp among other places

In pics: Then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee dedicating Jamnagar (Gujarat) – Loni (U.P) LPG Pipeline to nation, at a function at Loni on May 9, 2001. Many development projects in Gujarat materialized during his time, but the most memorable has been Ahmedabad – Vadodara Express way

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