Manmohan Singh Career
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Govt releases factsheet regarding memorial for former PM Manmohan Singh, says 'will allocate space'
India | Dec 28, 2024, 09:11 AM ISTFormer prime minister Manmohan Singh will be cremated with full State honours and his last rites will be held at New Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat at 11:45 am on Saturday.
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Farewell Manmohan Singh: Ex-PM cremated with full state honours at Nigambodh Ghat | Updates
India | Dec 28, 2024, 01:49 PM ISTManmohan Singh dies: Former Prime Minister and the architect of the country's biggest economic reform, Dr Manmohan Singh breathed his last at the age of 92 on Thursday night in AIIMS Delhi. He was laid to rest at the Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi today.
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US mourns Manmohan Singh's passing, hails him as a 'greatest champion' of India-US relations
World | Dec 27, 2024, 09:33 AM ISTDr. Singh was one of the greatest champions of the US-India strategic partnership, and his work laid the foundation for much of what our countries have accomplished together in the past two decades, said Blinken.
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Manmohan Singh death: Rare pics of former prime minister and architect of India's economic reforms
India | Dec 28, 2024, 12:43 PM ISTManmohan Singh death: Singh, a renowned economist who was the finance minister under the then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao, was the architect and the brainchild of economic reforms in 1991 that pulled India from the brink of bankruptcy and ushered in an era of economic liberalisation.
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Manmohan Singh and 1991 Budget: The economic stalwart who changed shape of Indian economy
India | Dec 27, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTManmohan Singh, just after becoming the Finance Minister in 1991, had called a meeting of top officers. In the meeting, he laid out the reform agenda, and said that he had full backing of the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao.
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Manmohan Singh dies: All you need to know about former PM's life, education and political career
India | Dec 27, 2024, 12:03 AM ISTManmohan Singh dies: Under his stewardship, India witnessed the highest growth rate averaging 7.7 per cent to become a nearly USD 2 trillion economy when he helped it catapult into an economic power and helped raise the living standard of millions.
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Manmohan Singh joined pre-medical course, backed out: Daughter
India | Aug 17, 2014, 12:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: Manmohan Singh had joined a pre-medical course as his father wanted him to become a doctor but pulled out after a couple of months, losing interest in the subject, according to a book