Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92, on Thursday (December 26, 2024). The architect of India’s economic reforms, 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 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 that is widely believed to have changed the course of India’s economic trajectory.
Here’s a look at his life in pictures:
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The Hindu Archives
Dr. Manmohan Singh relinquished office as Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, and took over as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in September 22, 1982.
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The Hindu Archives
Manmohan Singh, then Governor of the Reserve Bank of India calls on then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran at the State Secretariat on March 7, 1983.
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The Hindu Archives
(From left) B.B. Sundaresan, Vice-Chancellor, S.L. Khurana, Tamil Nadu Governor and Chancellor of the Madras University, Manmohan Singh, Governor of Reserve bank of India, and C. Aranganayagam, Education Minister, at the convocation of Madras University in Madras on January 10, 1985.
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The Hindu Archives
Then World Bank President, Lewis T. Preston, with the then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, and Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh, during a luncheon meeting in New Delhi on November 12, 1992.
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The Hindu Archives
Looking back down the road the economy has travelled for three years under his guidance? Or is Dr. Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister trying to see what the future holds? Picture published on July 18, 1994.
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The Hindu Archives
Finance Minister Manmohan Singh on the way to Parliament to present the Budget for 1994-
95.
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The Hindu Archives
Finance Minister Manmohan Singh presides over the 34th meeting of the Advisory Board on Customs and Central Excise in New Delhi on September 14, 1994.
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The Hindu Archives
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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The Hindu Archives
Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao with his Finance Minister Manmohan Singh during an awards ceremony in New Delhi on April 20, 1995.
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PTI
Congress president Sonia Gandhi with Manmohan Singh, CPI(M) leader Harikishan Singh Surjeet and CPI leader D. Raja after a meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi on January 13, 2002.
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The Hindu
Former Finance Minister Manmohan Singh at a meeting with Confederation of Indian Industries members on party and election finance in New Delhi on February 22, 2002.
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The Hindu Archives
A Congress delegation of Ahmed Patel, Manmohan Singh, Kamal Nath and Arjun Singh are seen at the Prime Minister’s house after discussing about the Gujarat situation in New Delhi on February 28, 2002.
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PTI
Then Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and his Home Minister L.K. Advani meeting with then Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Dr. Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, at his residence in New Delhi, to discuss security situation in May 19, 2002.
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The Hindu Archives
Prime Minister-designate Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Congress president Sonia Gandhi shows the letter of support from Congress and its allies, during a press meet at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on May 19, 2004.
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The Hindu Archives
Manmohan Singh takes oath as Prime Minister at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 22, 2004.
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The Hindu Archives
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 22, 2004.
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The Hindu Archives
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi during a dinner meeting at her residence in New Delhi on May 23, 2004.
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The Hindu
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after offering tributes at Shanti Van on the occasion of 40th death anniversary Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi on May 27, 2004.
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The Hindu Archives
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at 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, in which the two leaders inked accords to resolve boundary disputes between the two countries.
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The Hindu Archives
(From left) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his wife Gurcharan Kaur and Congress president Sonia Gandhi during the Defence Investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 19, 2005.
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PTI
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on June 12, 2009.
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PTI
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during an MoU signing ceremony for the Dhamanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi link projects in New Delhi on May 3, 2010.
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PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets former Prime minister Manmohan Singh during an event to inaugurate the passenger terminal building of the Kartarpur corridor on the Indian side, also known as Integrated Check Post, in Gurdaspur on November 9, 2019.
Published – December 26, 2024 10:51 pm IST
