Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, passed away on December 26, 2024. Singh led the nation through extensive reforms and helped it become a major economic force in the world. He was ninety-two.
According to a statement from the hospital, Singh had been receiving treatment for age-related ailments before being sent to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Thursday for emergency care following a “sudden loss of consciousness at home.”
According to the hospital, he was pronounced deceased on Thursday night despite emergency measures.
India is grieving Singh’s death, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who referred to him as one of the nation’s “most distinguished leaders.”
“He worked hard to make people’s lives better while he was our prime minister,” Modi said on Twitter on Thursday.
Singh, India’s first Sikh prime minister, was well-known for donning his signature blue turban. He served as the nation’s leader from 2004 to 2014, completing an uncommon two full terms in the biggest and most turbulent democracy in the world.
An economist with a degree from Oxford, he was widely recognized for having designed the extensive reforms that opened up India’s economy, resulting in years of unheard-of development and the emancipation of tens of millions of people from poverty.
In 2008, he presided over the signing of a landmark nuclear-energy agreement between the United States and India, signaling the beginning of a new era of improving ties between the two nations.
When Singh passed away, Washington sent its sympathies. Singh was referred to as “one of the greatest champions of the US-India strategic partnership” by Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement.
“We are saddened by Dr. Singh’s passing and will never forget his commitment to strengthening ties between the United States and India,” Blinken stated.
When PV Narasimha Rao took over as prime minister in 1991, the globe was rocked by the collapse of the Soviet Union, and India was struggling with a balance of payments crisis and political lows. PC Alexander, Mr. Rao’s then-principal secretary, called Dr. Singh “out of the blue” to let him know that he was the chosen candidate to be the finance minister at this point.
According to his daughter Daman Singh’s book “Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan,” “He also jokingly told me that if things worked out well we would all claim credit, and if things didn’t work out well I would be sacked.” Dr. Singh took his oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 21, 1991.
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