Manmohan Singh
28 Dec
President Bola Tinubu on Friday sent condolences to the government and people of India on the passing of former Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. Singh was Prime Minister between 2004 and 2014. He died on Thursday at the age of 92.
27 Dec
India on Friday announced seven days of state mourning after the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.
26 Dec
Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92, current leader Narendra Modi said Thursday. India "mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders," Modi posted on social media platform X shortly after news broke of Singh's passing.…
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