Former PM Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee undertook a bus journey to Lahore to sign a Peace Declaration in 1999. On February 21, 1999, then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration at the conclusion of a historic summit in Lahore. Under the terms of the declaration, New Delhi and Islamabad reached a mutual understanding of sharing a vision of peace and stability between both the countries and progress and prosperity of their countrymen.