Agencies
New Delhi
Former Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has breathed his last at 92. He was admitted to the emergency department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi after his health deteriorated earlier on Thursday.
Making the official announcement, AIIMS said he was being treated for age-related medical conditions and had a sudden loss of consciousness at home on Thursday. "With profound grief, we inform the demise of the former Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, aged 92. 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, New Delhi at 8:06 PM. Despite all efforts, he could not be revived and was declared dead at 9:51 PM,” the statement read.
Singh was a renowned politician, economist, academician, and bureaucrat who served as the PM of India from 2004 to 2014. He is the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi.
Though he wasn’t very vocal during his time as the prime minister, he is regarded as one of India’s greatest ever economists who navigated through multiple fiscal hardships during his tenure.
He retired from the Rajya Sabha in April 2024 after a span of 33 years. He entered the Rajya Sabha in October 1991, months after becoming the Union Finance Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led government. Born on September 26, 1932 in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India, Singh served as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance in 1972. He also served as the RBI governor from 1982-1985.