Manmohan Singh, India's reformist leader and former PM, passes away at 92

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A Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1991 until April 2024, Singh served as Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2004.

Presenting the Budget that unleashed reforms, Singh concluded his speech with the words: “No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

Singh completed the Economic Tripos at Cambridge University in 1957 and followed it with a D.

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