India on Saturday accorded former premier Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military honours, complete with a gun salute.
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Officers carry the coffin of India's late former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, for a state funeral ceremony in New Delhi on December 28, 2024. Mourners in India's capital gathered on December 28, to pay their respects to former prime minister Manmohan Singh ahead of a state funeral for the man key to the country's economic liberalisation. Arun SANKAR / AFP
2024-12-28 13:25:06
India on Saturday accorded former premier Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military honours, complete with a gun salute.
Singh, who held office from 2004 to 2014, died at the age of 92 on Thursday, after which seven days of state mourning were declared.
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