Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014
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| December 28 2024 | State funeral held at Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi. |
| December 26 2024 | Collapsed at his home in New Delhi and admitted to the emergency department of AIIMS Delhi. Died a few hours after hospitalisation at the age of 92. |
| December 26 2024 | Passed away, marking the end of his significant political and economic career. |
| December 26 2024 | Passed away at the age of 92. |
| April 2024 | Retired from the Rajya Sabha and was succeeded by Sonia Gandhi. |
| February 8 2024 | Narendra Modi praised Manmohan Singh's contributions to democracy, recalling his dedication by arriving in a wheelchair to cast a vote on a key legislation. |
| 2022 | Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari acknowledged Singh's role in economic liberalization, stating the country is 'indebted' to him. |
| October 2021 | Hospitalised at AIIMS after experiencing weakness and fever. |
| April 2021 | Hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19. |
| 2020 | Former U.S. President Barack Obama praised Singh in his memoir 'A Promised Land', describing him as 'Wise, thoughtful, and scrupulously honest'. |
| May 2020 | Hospitalised at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to a negative reaction from medication. |
| 2019 | Began representing the state of Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha. |
| 2018 | Arvind Kejriwal stated that people were 'missing an educated PM like Dr Manmohan Singh'. |
| 2017 | All accused in the 2G spectrum case were acquitted, with the Congress party subsequently calling for an apology from BJP leaders. |
| 2014 | Opted out of the race for Prime Minister during the general election, ending his ten-year tenure as Prime Minister. |
| 2014 | Manmohan Singh was awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers by Japan, which is the second-highest civilian honour of Japan. |
| May 26 2014 | Attended Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony as the new Prime Minister, alongside Sonia Gandhi, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Pratibha Patil, and Hamid Ansari. |
| 2013 | Singh's government had an approval rating of 30%. |
| 2013 | Manmohan Singh was ranked as the 28th Most Powerful Person in the World by Forbes. |
| October 24 2013 | Singh made an official visit to China, during which three agreements were signed establishing sister-city partnerships between Delhi-Beijing, Kolkata-Kunming, and Bangalore-Chengdu. |
| May 21 2013 | Chinese Premier Li Keqiang completed a state visit to India (Delhi-Mumbai). |
| April 2013 | Singh declined to appear before a Joint Parliamentary Committee regarding his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum case when called by committee member Yashwant Sinha. |
| 2012 | Singh's government was implicated in the coal block allocation controversy, with a CAG report stating an estimated national loss of Rs 1.85 trillion between 2005 and 2009 during his tenure as coal minister. |
| 2012 | Following the Delhi gang rape and murder, Singh made a televised address appealing for calm and emphasizing women's safety, personally cancelling his New Year celebrations as a tribute to the victim. |
| 2012 | Manmohan Singh was ranked as the 20th Most Powerful Person in the World by Forbes. |
| July 2012 | India resent an ambassador to Tripoli after shutting its mission in 2011. |
| July 10 2012 | Time magazine's Asia edition criticized Singh as an 'underachiever', suggesting he was unwilling to push for significant reforms. |
| 2011 | Manmohan Singh was ranked as the 19th Most Powerful Person in the World by Forbes. |
| September 2011 | Singh criticized Western use of force for regime change in Syria and Libya during a UN speech. |
| 2010 | Forbes magazine ranked Singh 18th on the World's Most Powerful People list, describing him as 'India's best prime minister since Nehru'. |
| 2010 | Manmohan Singh was recognized by Newsweek magazine as a world leader respected by other heads of state and received the World Statesman Award. |
| 2010 | Manmohan Singh was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time. |
| 2010 | Manmohan Singh was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in Russia. |
| 2010 | Manmohan Singh received a Doctor of Letters degree from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. |
| 2010 | Manmohan Singh received the Order of King Abdulaziz from Saudi Arabia, which is the second-highest civilian honour of the country. |
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