Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passes away !

India on December 26 lost its only Sikh Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. The former PM, who breathed his last at 92, was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi. The architect of India's economic liberalisation, Singh had retired from the Rajya Sabha in April 2024 after a span of 33 years. He entered the Rajya Sabha in October 1991, months after becoming the Union Finance Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led government. Born on September 26, 1932 in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India, Dr. Manmohan Singh served as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance in 1972. He also served as the RBI governor from 1982-1985.