Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to the former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh on his birth anniversary. The PM stated that Dr. Singh spent many years in public life and served the nation with dedication.
In a post on X, the Prime Minister said:
“Tributes to our former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji on his birth anniversary. He spent many years in public life and served the nation with dedication.”
https://x.com/narendramodi/status/2103691773805732092?s=20
Born on September 26, 1932, in the village of Gah, West Punjab, in the Punjab province of undivided India, Dr. Singh had a brilliant academic career. He obtained a Master’s degree in Economics from Panjab University in 1954, and received his Tripos in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 1957 with First Class Honours. He was awarded a D. Phil Degree by the University of Oxford in 1962.
Dr. Singh began his career as a Senior Lecturer at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, and became Professor of Economics in the same University. In 1969, he became Professor of International Trade in the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University.
Dr. Singh became Economic Adviser in 1971 in the then Ministry of Foreign Trade. He was the Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance (1972-76), Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (November 1976 to April 1980), Member Secretary, Planning Commission (April 1980 to September 1982), and Governor of Reserve Bank of India (September 1982 to January 1985).
Among the many awards and honours conferred upon Dr. Singh in his career, the most prominent are India’s second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan (1987), the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress (1995), the Euro Money Award for Finance Minister of the year (1993), and the Adam Smith Prize of the University of Cambridge (1956).
Dr. Manmohan Singh served as India’s Finance Minister between 1991 to 1996. His role in ushering in a comprehensive policy of economic reforms is well recognized. Dr. Singh became the Prime Minister of India on 22nd May, 2004 and served as PM till May, 2009. He became Prime Minister for a second term from May 2009 to 2014.
Dr Singh breathed his last on December 26, 2024, at AIIMS Hospital in New Delhi, at the age of 92.
-PIB Inputs
