31 Facts About Manmohan Singh

1. Manmohan Singh made the remarks in his convocation address at the New Delhi Institute of Management.

2. Manmohan Singh was the prime minister for ten years from 2004.

3. Manmohan Singh became the first Sikh Prime Minister of India and served from 2004 to 2014.

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".

5. At this moment, Dr Manmohan Singh was not a member of the Rajya Sabha or even the Lok Sabha.

6. Manmohan Singh has completed his degree and postgraduate studies at the University of Punjab.

7. Manmohan Singh has celebrated the total number of 86 birthdays till date.

8. Manmohan Singh was always a shy person, even while he was studying in Cambridge.

9. In 1991, Manmohan Singh was elected by the legislature of the state of Assam to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.

10. Manmohan Singh was exceptional in academic performance making him stand out among other students.

11. Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932, in Gah, Punjab of British India to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur.

12. Manmohan Singh was an astute and prominent Indian economist and politician and the 13th Prime Minister of India.

13. Manmohan Singh was a very shy boy while he was in Cambridge.

14. Manmohan Singh went on scholarship to Cambridge University to do his masters in Economics.

15. Dr Manmohan Singh got someone of the calibre of Anupam Kher.

16. Manmohan Singh was criticised for allowing allocation of S-band spectrum without any bidding to ISRO by an agreement.

17. Manmohan Singh has come in for severe criticism for remaining silent on the matter.

18. Manmohan Singh was ranked 18 on the 2010 Forbes list of the world's most powerful people.

19. In 2016 it was announced that Manmohan Singh was to take up a position at Panjab University as the Jawaharlal Nehru Chair.

20. Manmohan Singh served as the acting prime minister till 25 May 2014, when Narendra Modi was sworn in as the new prime minister.

21. On 22 May 2009, Manmohan Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

22. Manmohan Singh carried forward the momentum which was established after the "Brasilia Declaration" in 2003 and the IBSA Dialogue Forum was formed.

23. Manmohan Singh had the first official state visit to the White House during the administration of US President Barack Obama.

24. Manmohan Singh visited the United States in July 2005 initiating negotiations over the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.

25. Manmohan Singh has continued the peace process with Pakistan initiated by his predecessor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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.

27. Manmohan Singh went on to become the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission from 1985 to 1987.

28. In 1972, Manmohan Singh was Chief Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance and in 1976 he was Secretary in the Finance Ministry.

29. Manmohan Singh completed his Economics Tripos at University of Cambridge as he was a member of St John's College in 1957.

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.

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.