1. Manmohan Singh made the remarks in his convocation address at the New Delhi Institute of Management.
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1. Manmohan Singh made the remarks in his convocation address at the New Delhi Institute of Management.
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3. Manmohan Singh became the first Sikh Prime Minister of India and served from 2004 to 2014.
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4. Manmohan Singh became the prime minister in 2004 as the second non-Gandhi to hold the position after PV Narasimha Rao after the then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi refused to become the premier citing "inner call".
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5. At this moment, Dr Manmohan Singh was not a member of the Rajya Sabha or even the Lok Sabha.
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6. Manmohan Singh has completed his degree and postgraduate studies at the University of Punjab.
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8. Manmohan Singh was always a shy person, even while he was studying in Cambridge.
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9. In 1991, Manmohan Singh was elected by the legislature of the state of Assam to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.
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11. Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932, in Gah, Punjab of British India to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur.
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14. Manmohan Singh went on scholarship to Cambridge University to do his masters in Economics.
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19. In 2016 it was announced that Manmohan Singh was to take up a position at Panjab University as the Jawaharlal Nehru Chair.
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20. Manmohan Singh served as the acting prime minister till 25 May 2014, when Narendra Modi was sworn in as the new prime minister.
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21. On 22 May 2009, Manmohan Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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23. Manmohan Singh had the first official state visit to the White House during the administration of US President Barack Obama.
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24. Manmohan Singh visited the United States in July 2005 initiating negotiations over the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.
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25. Manmohan Singh has continued the peace process with Pakistan initiated by his predecessor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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26. Manmohan Singh eventually tracked me down the next morning, rather angry, and demanded that I get dressed up and come to Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing in.
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29. Manmohan Singh completed his Economics Tripos at University of Cambridge as he was a member of St John's College in 1957.
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30. Manmohan Singh was never a member of the Lok Sabha but continues to serve as a member of the Parliament of India, representing the state of Assam in the Rajya Sabha for the fifth consecutive term since 1991.
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31. The first Sikh in office, Manmohan Singh was the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.
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