| Name(s) |
Dr. Manmohan Singh
(Kohli) |
| Date of
Birth |
September 26, 1932 |
|
Identity |
Indian economist
and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from
2004 to 2014. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- May 22, 2004
- Sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of India.
- May 22, 2009 - Sworn in for his second tenure
as the 14th Prime Minister of India. Became the first Prime
Minister of India after Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power
after completing full 5 year term.
- January 15, 1985 - Took over as the Deputy
Chairperson of the Planning Commission of India.
- August 31, 1987 - Retired as the Deputy
Chairperson of the Planning Commission of India.
- September 15, 1982 - Took over as the Governor
of the Reserve Bank of India.
- January 15, 1985 - Retired as the Governor of
the Reserve Bank of India.
- June 21, 1991 - Took over as Finance Minister
of India.
- July 24, 1991 - He presented his budget speech
to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in
India.
- May 15, 1996 - Retired as Finance Minister of
India.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- The first Sikh
Prime Minister of India.
- The first prime minister since
Jawaharlal Nehru to be
re-elected after completing a full
five-year term.
- After obtaining his
doctorate in economics from
Oxford, Singh worked for the
United Nations during
1966–69.
- He subsequently began his
bureaucratic career when Lalit
Narayan Mishra hired him as an
advisor in the Ministry of
Foreign Trade.
- Chief Economic Advisor
(1972–76), Reserve Bank
governor (1982–85) and
Planning Commission head
(1985–87).
- In 1991, India faced a severe
economic crisis.
- Newly elected Prime Minister P.
V. Narasimha Rao surprisingly
inducted him into his cabinet as
Finance Minister.
- He as a Finance Minister carried
out several structural
reforms that liberalised
India's economy.
- Subsequently, Singh served as
Leader of the Opposition in
the Rajya Sabha (the upper
house of India's Parliament) during
the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government
of 1998–2004.
- In 2004, Sonia Gandhi
unexpectedly relinquished
the premiership of Congress-led UPA
to Manmohan Singh.
- Although India's economy grew
rapidly under UPA I, its security
was threatened by several terrorist
incidents (including the 2008 Mumbai
attacks) and the continuing Maoist
insurgency.
- The 2009 general election saw
the UPA return with an increased
mandate, with Singh retaining the
office of Prime Minister.
- Over the next few years, Singh's
"UPA II" government faced a
number of corruption charges—over
the organisation of the Commonwealth
Games, the 2G-spectrum allocation
and the allocation of coal blocks.
- After his term ended in 2014 he
opted out from the race to the
office of the Prime Minister of
India during 2014 Indian general
election.
- Singh was never a
member of the Lok Sabha but
continues to serve as a member of
the Indian Parliament, representing
the state of Assam in the Rajya
Sabha for the fifth consecutive term
since 1991.
|
|
Other |
He has been conferred with doctorate
degrees by several Indian and foreign
universities. |
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