Manmohan Singh

Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician · India · Academics · Lived 1932 to 2024 · aged 92

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The economist who rewrote India's relationship with global markets. As finance minister in 1991, Singh dismantled decades of license-raj controls and opened the economy - then spent ten years as prime minister navigating the political costs of those same reforms.

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A life in dates

2024Died26 December 20242019Member of Rajya SabhaOffice2019-20242014Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia FlowersAward2006“I am delighted to hear the popularity of Odori Maharaja among young people here. Our children were delighted to see Odori Asimo - the dancing robot!”In their words15 December 2006On the popularity of Rajnikanth in Japan, as quoted in "'Dancing Maharaja' Rajnikant is a rage in Japan", Hindustan Times (15 December 2006)Read the whole statement

“Dalits have faced a unique discrimination in our society that is fundamentally different from the problems of minority groups in general.”In their words2006Read the whole statement

“Some minorities in India have done better than others.”In their wordsDecember 2006Dec 2006 also quoted at [https://archive.is/aCKHvRead the whole statement

CNN-News18 Indian of the YearAward2005“When we talk of a resurgent Asia, people think of the great changes that have come about in Shanghai.”In their words16 March 2005Comparing Mumbai and Shanghai, as quoted in "Mumbai struggles to catch up with Shanghai", Asia Times (16 March 2005)Read the whole statement

“I wish President Musharraf well, we want to work with him to bring greater balance in our own relations.”In their words20 July 2005On Pakistan, as quoted in "Interview: Indian Prime Minister Singh", The Washington Post (20 July 2005)Read the whole statement

Minister of External AffairsOffice2005-20062004Prime Minister of IndiaOffice2004-20142002Banga BibhushanAwardOutstanding Parliamentarian AwardAward1998Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya SabhaOffice1998-20041991“There is no time to lose. Neither the Government nor the economy can live beyond its means year after year.”In their wordsOn the 1991 Indian economic crisis, as quoted in "Budget 1991-92 Speech of Shri Manmohan Singh Minister of Finance", Government of IndiaRead the whole statement

Member of Rajya SabhaOffice1991-2019Minister of FinanceOffice1991-19961987Padma VibhushanAward1985Deputy Chairman of the Planning CommissionOffice1985-19871982Governor of the Reserve Bank of IndiaOffice1982-19851956Adam Smith PrizeAward1932Born26 September 1932

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Official Portrait of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

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Dr. Manmohan Singh Governor, Reserve Bank of India called on H.E. Dr. Jurgen Warnke, Minister of FRG, in New Delhi on September 17, 1982 (1)

Dr. Manmohan Singh Governor, Reserve Bank of India called on H.E. Dr. Jurgen Warnke, Minister of FRG, in New Delhi on September 17, 1982

Former Prime Minister of India Shri. Manmohan Singh had written note of appreciation during his visit to Atomic Power Plant in 2007*

Letter from Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

Madhavrao Scindia Manmohan Singh at The Doon School

Manmohan Singh official Portrait

In their own words 10

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I am delighted to hear the popularity of Odori Maharaja among young people here. Our children were delighted to see Odori Asimo - the dancing robot!
Dec 15, 2006, On the popularity of Rajnikanth in Japan, as quoted in "'Dancing Maharaja' Rajnikant is a rage in Japan", Hindustan Times (15 December 2006), Own words
We will have to devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equitably the fruits of development.
Dec 9, 2006, On 9th December 2006, during a meeting of the National Development Council (NDC). As quoted in "Muslims must have first claim on resources:, Own words
Dalits have faced a unique discrimination in our society that is fundamentally different from the problems of minority groups in general.
2006, 2006, Own words

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Awards

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers2014

CNN-News18 Indian of the Year2006

Outstanding Parliamentarian Award2002

Banga Bibhushan2002

Padma Vibhushan1987

Adam Smith Prize1956

Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud

Order of the Paulownia Flowers

Order of the Rising Sun

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Born in Gah in what became Pakistan, Singh's family crossed into India during partition in 1947. After earning his economics doctorate from Oxford, he moved through the United Nations and India's bureaucracy, rising to governor of the Reserve Bank and head of the Planning Commission. In 1991, prime minister P. V. Narasimha Rao made him finance minister; against fierce resistance, Singh pushed through the structural reforms that liberalized India's economy and built his global reputation. When the Congress-led coalition won in 2004, party leader Sonia Gandhi unexpectedly handed him the prime ministership. Singh became India's first Sikh PM and the first since Nehru re-elected after a full term. His first government passed the Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, Right to Information Act, and a civil nuclear deal with the U.S. that nearly collapsed his coalition in 2008. The UPA returned with a stronger mandate in 2009; his second term unraveled amid scandal. He stepped aside in 2014 and served in the Rajya Sabha until 2024.

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