Watches, pens, shawls, shirts or even shoes, Arun Jaitley had a penchant for all of them and his collection consisted of the choicest of brands ranging from \"Patek Phillipe (in watches) to Mont Blanc (in pens)

Arun Jaitley passes away Live Updates: Former Finance Minister's body body will be taken to the BJP headquarters on Sunday morning where leaders across the political spectrum are expected to pay their last respects. From BJP headquarters, it will be taken to the Nigambodh Ghat for the last rites.

An astute politician who aspired to be a statesman, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a writer and a poet before joining politics. His oratory skills and dexterity with words brought him into the Lok Sabha. BusinessToday.In takes a look at some of his famous speeches during his decades-long political career.

In the blog, Modi decodes how Vajpayee rescued the economy in the mid 1990s and how he was ahead of his times. PM Modi also talks about Vajpayee's four decades of illustrious leadership and the high standards of debate in Parliament.

Vajpayee's last rites will be performed at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal at 4 pm. The Delhi Traffic police has advised people to avoid the following roads from 8 am today.

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's last rites were performed at Smriti Sthal with full state honour today.

The 93-year old political icon was suffering from kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection and even respiratory problems.

One and a half decade after Vajpayee demitted office, he is today remembered as a leader who took forward India's telecom revolution, laid the foundation for massive infrastructure projects - road, rail and air, in a size and scale that matched the Nehruvian-era.

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