Former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh passes away. He was admitted to the emergency ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after suffering a heart attack, where he breathed his last, the hospital confirmed.
Born on September 26, 1932, in the village of Ga in western Punjab (now in Pakistan), Manmohan Singh earned a master’s degree in economics from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and later a doctorate from the University of Oxford.
He served as Prime Minister from May 22, 2004 to May 26, 2014, leading the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for a historic 3,656 days. His tenure made him the longest-serving Prime Minister in Indian history, after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.