Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms, died in New Delhi on Thursday night. He was 92. Singh’s death was announced by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, where he was admitted in the Emergency ward around 8.30 pm in critical condition. An AIIMS bulletin said “he was treated for age related medical conditions and had sudden loss of consciousness at home” on December 26. Singh was a politician, economist, and bureaucrat who served as the prime minister of India for two terms in the Congress-led UPA government from 2004 to 2014.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Pic/PTI