New Delhi – Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh passed away at around 10 pm on December 26. He was 92 years old. He was suffering from various physical ailments due to old age. He fell unconscious on the evening of December 26 and was rushed to AIIMS Hospital in Delhi. He breathed his last at 9.51 pm, according to a press release issued by the hospital.
🚨Former PM Manmohan Singh passes away at 92!
Singh was the #RajyaSabha MP for more than 3 decades from 1991 to April 2024.
Although his 10-year tenure as the head of the PMO was marred by controversies—ranging from being labeled a “remote control PM” to making some outrageous… pic.twitter.com/fZq1vvvvyT
— Sanatan Prabhat (@SanatanPrabhat) December 26, 2024
Manmohan Singh was born in the year 1932 in the then Punjab province. He served as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Union Finance Ministry in the year 1972. He was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1982 to 1985. In October 1992, he was elected as an MP to the Rajya Sabha. He remained an MP for the last 33 years, i.e. until April 2024. Singh was the Prime Minister of India for 10 years from 2004 to 2014. He is seen as the father of India’s economic liberalization.