The country’s first Sikh prime minister, he introduced free-market reforms that turned India into an economic powerhouse. He signed a nuclear deal with Washington and sought reconciliation with Pakistan.

Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken Oxford-educated economist whose financial reforms helped transform India from a struggling, poverty-stricken nation into an emerging power but whose second term was tainted by allegations of rampant corruption within his government,

Veteran Congress leader and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday. He was 92. He was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on Thursday evening after his health took a turn for the worse. Sing