Atal Bihari Vajpayee, poet, philosopher, leader, turns 90 6 Photos . Updated: 25 Dec 2014, 01:33 PM IST Livemint Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who turned 90 on Christmas Day, was conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, on Wednesday. His birthday has now been declared as the 'Good Governance Day'. In pictures 1/6Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first Prime Minister from outside the Congress party to serve a full five-year term. Photo: PTI 2/6File photo of the then Prime Minister Vajpayee (R) receiving a gift from Santa Claus at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi in 2001. Vajpayee was attending a special ceremony to mark Christmas. Photo: HT 3/6File photo of a young Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Top right) with his immediate family. Photo: HT 4/6File photo of Atal Bihari Vajpayee riding to the Parliament in a bullock cart to protest against the hike in diesel price during Indira Gandhi’s tenure. Photo: HT 5/6File photo of then Prime minister Vajpayee having a discussion with then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi during a meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi. Photo: HT 6/6File photo of Atal Behari Vajpayee at the Rakabganj Gurudwara on the occasion of Guru Govind Singh’s birth anniversary. Photo: HT