NEW DELHI :Former Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, 92, passed away on Thursday (December 26,).
AIIMS in a statement said “With profound grief, we inform the demise of Former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, aged 92. He was being treated for age-related medical conditions and had sudden loss of consciousness at home on 26th December 2024. Resuscitative measures were started immediately at home. He was brought to the Medical Emergency at AIIMS, New Delhi at 8:06 PM. Despite all efforts, he could not be revived and was declared dead at 9:51 PM.”o
Dr Singh had retired as member of the Rajya Sabha, representing Rajasthan, in February this year.
Before this, he represented Assam in the Upper House for six terms since 1991.
Showering praise on his last day in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him an “inspirational example”.
“The way Manmohan Singh guided the country for a long time… Whenever our democracy will be mentioned, he will be one of those few esteemed members whose contribution will be always remembered,”Mr Modi had said.
Described as a reluctant politician, the high point of Dr. Manmohan Singh’s 10-year long Prime Ministership was his handling of the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal.
The economist-turned-politician almost single-handedly turned the tables on the Left parties — providing outside support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance — by securing the support of Samajwadi Party (SP) in a crucial trust vote in July 2008 over the India-U.S. nuclear dealy
Manmohan Singh’s 1991 budget: A look back
At about 12.50 p.m., P.J. Kurien, the Minister of State for Industry and now the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, got up in the Lok Sabha and read out a brief statement: “Sir, I beg to lay on the table a statement (Hindi and English versions) on Industrial Policy”. That was it: a bland statement to usher in a radical transformation of Indian enterprise and open up a whole new future for Indian entrepreneurs. The statement made a bonfire of all licensing controls. The occasion was made more ironic by the fact that the junior minister’s heart was not in the revolutionary contents of the new industrial policy. Indeed, at various points, he and his officials had acrimonious disagreements, and Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had to tell him that he had to fall in line to avoid international embarrassment. The Hindu
December 27, 2024
