Former PM Manmohan Singh dies at 92
As the Union finance minister in the early 1990s, Singh was the architect of reforms that liberalised the Indian economy.
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh died in New Delhi on Thursday. He was 92.
The senior Congress leader, being treated for age-related medical conditions, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Science in the national capital on Thursday evening after he had a sudden loss of consciousness. Despite efforts, he could not be revived, the hospital said.
He is survived by his wife Gursharan Kaur and three daughters.
Singh served as the prime minister between 2004 and 2014, leading a coalition government that introduced legislations such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Right to Information Act and signed the civil nuclear agreement with the United States.
As the Union finance minister between 1991 and 1996, Singh was the architect of several structural reforms that liberalised the Indian economy. Prior to this, he was the finance secretary and had served as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1982 and 1985.
He was also the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha between 1998 and 2004, and remained a member of the Upper House of Parliament until April.
President Droupadi Murmu said on Thursday that Singh made critical contributions to reforming the Indian economy.
Singh was a rare politician who also “straddled the worlds of academia and administration...
