Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday (December 26, 2024) at the age of 92. An architect of India’s economic reforms, he was prime minister for two terms in the Congress-led UPA government from 2004 to 2014.
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Singh, who was finance minister under then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, was the architect and brainchild of the economic reforms in 1991 that pulled India from the brink of bankruptcy and ushered in an era of economic liberalization that is widely considered to have changed course. India’s Economic Outlook.
Let’s look at his life picture:
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Dr. Manmohan Singh resigned as Member-Secretary of the Planning Commission and took over as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on September 22, 1982.
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The then Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Manmohan Singh met the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MG Ramachandran at the State Secretariat on March 7, 1983.
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(From left) BB Sundaresan, Vice-Chancellor, SL Khurana, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Chancellor of University of Madras, Reserve Bank of India Governor Manmohan Singh and Education Minister C. Aranganayagam. On January 10, 1985.
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World Bank president at the time, Louis T. Preston, at a lunch meeting with then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao and Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on November 12, 1992.
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Looking back at the road the economy traveled for three years under his guidance? Or Finance Minister Dr. Looking to see what the future holds for Manmohan Singh? Photo published on July 18, 1994.
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Finance Minister Manmohan Singh was going to Parliament to present the budget for 1994-95.
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Finance Minister Manmohan Singh presiding over the 34th meeting of the Advisory Board on Customs and Central Excise in New Delhi on September 14, 1994.
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Finance Minister Manmohan Singh giving final touches to the General Budget for 1995-96 in New Delhi on March 14, 1995.
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Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao with his Finance Minister Manmohan Singh at an award ceremony in New Delhi on April 20, 1995.
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi Manmohan Singh, CPI (M) leader Harikishan Singh Surjit and CPI leader D. After a meeting with Raja at the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi on January 13, 2002.
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Former Finance Minister Manmohan Singh at a meeting with members of the Confederation of Indian Industry on party and election finance in New Delhi on February 22, 2002.
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A Congress delegation of Ahmed Patel, Manmohan Singh, Kamal Nath and Arjun Singh are seen at the Prime Minister’s House in New Delhi on February 28, 2002 after discussing the situation in Gujarat.
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The then Prime Minister AB Vajpayee and his Home Minister LK Advani met with the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the opposition leader of the Rajya Sabha. Met Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi on May 19, 2002 to discuss the security situation.
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Prime Minister-elect Manmohan Singh, with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, displays a letter of support from the Congress and its allies during a press conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on May 19, 2004.
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Manmohan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 22, 2004 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 22, 2004.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a dinner meeting with United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi on May 23, 2004.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after paying his respects at Shanti Van on the occasion of Jawaharlal Nehru’s 40th death anniversary in New Delhi on May 27, 2004.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the birth centenary celebrations of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in New Delhi on October 2, 2004.
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Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Manmohan Singh during a meeting in New Delhi on April 11, 2005, during which the two leaders signed an agreement to resolve border disputes between the two countries.
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(From left) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his wife Gurcharan Kaur and Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the defense investment ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 19, 2005.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on June 12, 2009.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the MoU signing ceremony for Dhamanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi link projects in New Delhi on May 3, 2010.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to inaugurate the Kartarpur Corridor passenger terminal building on the Indian side in Gurdaspur on November 9, 2019.
published – December 26, 2024 at 10:51 am IST