Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh passed away

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Manmohan Singh, India’s former prime minister who liberalized the economy and led the country through a period of strong economic growth, has passed away.

Singh, 92, was being treated for age-related ailments, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi said in a statement announcing his death on Thursday.

A group of economists trained at Oxford University India In the year As finance minister from 1991 to 1996, he opened the country to more foreign trade and private investment on the way to becoming one of the fastest growing economies.

Singh in 2010 After winning the 2004 parliamentary elections, he was a surprise choice to become the prime minister by the Congress party.

side by side a growth rate Almost 7 percent, Singh’s ten years as prime minister were marred by widespread corruption allegations against his party leaders, although his personal integrity was rarely questioned.

Singh was accused of inaction and opposition parties said he was subservient to then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

In the year “History will be kinder to me than the modern media or, for that matter, the opposition parties,” Singh said in a speech to Parliament in 2014, shortly before the Congress lost the elections to Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.

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