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Manmohan Singh

1932 - 2024

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Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian politician, economist, academic, and bureaucrat, who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manmohan Singh has received more than 14,558,878 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Manmohan Singh is the 4,997th most popular politician (up from 5,173rd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 24th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Pakistani Politician.

Manmohan Singh is most famous for initiating economic liberalization in India during his tenure as Finance Minister in the early 1990s, transforming the country’s economy. He also served as India's Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014, leading a decade of economic growth and social programs.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manmohan Singh ranks 4,997 out of 19,576. Before him are Gengshi Emperor, Marcus Aurelius Marius, Drusus Caesar, Abbas al-Musawi, Amenemope, and Sextus Tarquinius. After him are Louis de Bonald, Ingvar Carlsson, Jaunutis, Emperor Shunzong of Tang, Abdou Diouf, and Siemomysł.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Manmohan Singh ranks 95. Before him are Naina Yeltsina, Quino, Khaled al-Asaad, Walter Gilbert, Tatsuya Nakadai, and Nikolai Kardashev. After him are Dudley R. Herschbach, Michael Smith, Delphine Seyrig, Oleg Protopopov, Wojciech Kilar, and Ingemar Johansson. Among people deceased in 2024, Manmohan Singh ranks 79. Before him are Marisa Paredes, Daniel Dennett, Geneviève Grad, Issa Hayatou, Yael Dayan, and Salvatore Schillaci. After him are John Mayall, Micheline Presle, Martin Karplus, Helena Rojo, Artur Jorge, and Bob Newhart.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Manmohan Singh ranks 23 out of 217. Before him are Har Gobind Khorana (1922), Ranjit Singh (1780), Aga Khan III (1877), Imran Khan (1952), Dev Anand (1923), and Guru Ram Das (1534). After him are Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Kabir Bedi (1946), Bacha Khan (1890), Arif Alvi (1949), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), and Khushal Khattak (1613).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Manmohan Singh ranks 11. Before him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Porus (-400), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Ranjit Singh (1780), Aga Khan III (1877), and Imran Khan (1952). After him are Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Arif Alvi (1949), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Khema (-550), L. K. Advani (1927), and Yahya Khan (1914).

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