Manmohan Singh

Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi:ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ;Hindi:मनमोहन सिंह; 26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was the 13th Prime Minister of India. A famous economist, he was the first Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term, and the first Sikh to hold the office.^[2]

Manmohan Singh
मनमोहन सिंह ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ
Official portrait, 2004
13th Prime Minister of India
In office 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee
Vice President	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Narendra Modi
Additional ministries In office 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014 Ministry and Departments Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space Planning Commission Preceded by Lal Krishna Advani Atal Bihari Vajpayee Succeeded by Narendra Modi
10th Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
In office 21 March 1998 – 21 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Chairman	Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Preceded by	Sikander Bakht
Succeeded by	Jaswant Singh
22nd Union Minister of Finance
In office 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Yashwant Sinha
Succeeded by	Jaswant Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 19 August 2019 – 3 April 2024
Preceded by	Madan Lal Saini
Succeeded by	Sonia Gandhi
Constituency	Rajasthan
In office 1 October 1991 – 14 June 2019
Preceded by	Amritlal Basumatary
Succeeded by	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa
Constituency	Assam
15th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
In office 16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985
Preceded by	I. G. Patel
Succeeded by	Amitav Ghosh
Personal details
Born	(1932-09-26)26 September 1932 Gah, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	26 December 2024(2024-12-26) (aged 92) New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Gursharan Kaur ​ (m. 1958)​
Children	3, including Upinder Singh and Daman Singh
Residence	3, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
Alma mater	Panjab University (BA, MA) St John's College, Cambridge (BA) Nuffield College, Oxford (DPhil)
Profession	Economist academician bureaucrat politician
Awards	List of awards and honours

Early life

Singh was born on 26 September 1932 in Gah, Punjab, British India, into a Sikh family.^[3] After the partition of India they moved to Amritsar. He studied at Panjab University, Chandigarh, at St John's College, Cambridge, and at Nuffield College, Oxford. Singh married Gursharan Kaur in 1958.

Prime Minister of India

In 2004, when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance came to power, its chairperson Sonia Gandhi stepped down as leader of the India National Congress and supported Singh to replace her. His first ministry passed many important legislations and projects, including the National Rural Health Mission, Unique Identification Authority, Rural Employment Guarantee scheme and Right to Information Act. In 2008, many members of parliament were against a historic civil nuclear agreement with the United States. They voted in a vote of no confidence which nearly caused Singh's government to fall. India's economy grew faster during his term.

The 2009 general election saw the UPA return with an increased power, with Singh remaining as prime minister. Over the next few years, Singh's second ministry government were accused of corruption over the organisation of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2G spectrum allocation case and the Indian coal allocation scam. After his term ended, he decided not to return as prime minister during the 2014 Indian general election.^[4]

Singh was never a member of the Lok Sabha but served as a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing the state of Assam from 1991 to 2019 and Rajasthan from 2019 to 2024.^[5][6]

Death

Singh died on 26 December 2024 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India from heart disease at the age of 92.^[7][8]