Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday at the age of 92 in Delhi. Dr Manmohan Singh was admitted to AIIMS after his health deteriorated at around 8 PM today.
AIIMS Delhi in a press statement late on Thursday night 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.” Indian cricket fraternity mourned death of former Prime minister
Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan SIngh, VVS Laxman were the first one’s who took to social media and offered condolences on passing of former Prime Minister.
About Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh was India’s only Sikh Prime Minister who made his entry into the Rajya Sabha in 1991, not long after becoming the Finance Minister under the PV Narasimha Rao government in June that year. He represented Assam for five terms in the Upper House, before making a move to Rajasthan in 2019.
Singh, who served as the prime minister from 2004 to 2014, retired from the Rajya Sabha earlier this year, ending his political innings in the Upper House after 33 years. His last intervention in Parliament was against demonetisation, describing it as an “organised loot and legalised plunder”.
The former PM was appointed Secretary General of the South Commission in Geneva from 1987-1990. Singh also held the positions of Secretary in the Finance Ministry, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Advisor to the Prime Minister and Chairman of the University Grants Commission.
