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Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has died at the age of 92
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Manmohan Singh, India's first Sikh prime minister, has passed away at the age of 92. According to reports, Singh lost consciousness at his home and was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, where he was pronounced dead at 9:51 pm local time. Singh, who served as prime minister from 2004 to 2014, was widely regarded as the architect of India's economic reform program. He is credited with introducing key liberalizing economic reforms.
India has lost a visionary statesman, a leader of unimpeachable integrity, and an economist of unparalleled stature.
I have lost a mentor and guide. Millions of us who admired him will remember him with the utmost pride.
We need to ask ourselves whether we are losing patience with democracy and turning to more authoritarian alternatives that may well yield superior short-term results but in the long term will end up destroying our country and all the achievements of the last 70 years.
I honestly believe that history will be kinder to me than the contemporary media, or for that matter, the opposition parties in parliament.
He was being treated for age-related medical conditions and had a sudden loss of consciousness at home on 26 December 2024.
Resuscitative measures were started immediately at home. He was brought to the Medical Emergency at AIIMS.
sources
- 1.CTV News
- 2.Le Monde
- 3.BBC
- 4.The New York Times
- 5.The Washington Post
- 6.ABC News (Australia)
- 7.The Times
- 8.The Guardian
- 9.Al Jazeera
- 10.CNN
- 11.France 24
- 12.Agence France-Presse
perspectives
countries
- 1.Bhutan
- 2.China
- 3.France
- 4.United Kingdom
- 5.India
- 6.Italy
- 7.Mauritius
- 8.Malaysia
- 9.Pakistan
- 10.Russian Federation
- 11.United States
organizations
- 1.Sikhs
- 2.Bharatiya Janata Party
- 3.Hindus
- 4.All India Institute Of Medical Sciences
- 5.University of Cambridge
- 6.Delhi School of Economics
- 7.International Monetary Fund
- 8.Janata Dal (United) Party
- 9.Nuffield College
- 10.Twitter/X
- 11.United Nations
- 12.University of Oxford
persons
- 1.Manmohan Singh
- 2.Sonia Gandhi
- 3.Narendra Modi
- 4.Rahul Gandhi
- 5.Rajiv Gandhi
- 6.Jawaharlal Nehru
- 7.Droupadi Murmu
- 8.Indira Gandhi
- 9.PV Narasimha Rao
- 10.Victor Hugo
- 11.Barack Obama
- 12.Daman Singh