June 23rd, 2009 
Aman Manmohan Singh: A person who is known not in India but also in world and worth great respect across the world. He is the one of the most dignified person of India. He is also the first person from the Sikh community who hold this position in the Indian politics. He is the one who hold the office. I think this introduction is enough for this stupendous person of India. This is none another than Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh who is 14th Prime Minister. He is the only prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru who resumed his position once again after completing five successful years. Yes, he became second time as Prime Minister on May 22, 2009. First time he was selected as president in 2004. As a prime minister he is playing his duty very well. The administration of Manmohan concentrates more on the general problems of India. They try to find out the reasons of reducing economic growth, and other general affairs. They concentrate more on the debt relief to poor farmer, tax policies. He achieved many achievements which are better for India and Indian people. By profession Manmohan Singh is an economist.
Early Age: The current prime minister of the India was born in a Sikh community. He was born on September 26, 1932 in Gah, Punjab. It is now in Pakistan chakwal district. He was one of the children of Amrit Kaur and Gurmukh Singh. He was one of his 10 siblings who were intelligent and determined to get education. The early age of the Manmohan Singh was not so commendable. He belonged to a very poor farming family who was very religious by nature. His father owned a shop of dry fruits. His mother was a religious woman who was god fearing. Manmohan Singh did not get too much affection of his mother as she was died in his young age. His Grandmother took her custody and he was brought up by her. After his mother death he was very close to his grandmother. His family moved to Amritsar when he was only 14 years old. After that he completed his studies in the schools of Amritsar. Since his childhood he is an intelligent and hardworking student. He studied at that time when there was no light in the villages. He was so passionate about the study that he studied under candlelight.
Education: As a student, he is brilliant. He was one of the favorite students of his teachers. He was so hard working who studied by candlelight. There was no electricity in his village when he was studied. He completed his graduation in 1952 in economics. He completed his graduation form Panjab University Chandigarh. He also completed his master’s degree in 1954 from the same university in same field. He got his doctorate degree from the Oxford University in 1962. He also won Wright’s prize in1955 and 1957 for his distinguished performance. He was also one of the few who got Wrenbury Scholarship. Not only this he always scored top marks in all the written examinations in which he appeared. He earned his doctorate with thesis on free trade in India’s economy and critical role of exports. He also won Adam Smith prize from Cambridge University in 1956. He studied at Oxford and Cambridge universities on scholarship.
Awards: Manmohan Singh has received Honorary Doctor of laws award in 1997 by University of Alberta. In June 2006, he received Honorary Doctor of Civil law degree from University of Oxford. In the same year, University of Cambridge also gave him the same award in October month. He was also honored by St John’s College who put PhD scholarship after his name, Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarship.
Personal Life: Regarding his personal life, Manmohan Singh was married to Gursharan Kaur in 1958. Both are blessed by three daughters who are also intelligent like his father. The eldest daughter of Manmohan Singh is Upinder Singh who is an author and professor at University of Delhi. She is the author of six books including Ancient Delhi and A history of Ancient and Early Medieval India. His second daughter Daman Singh is a novelist who wrote, the last Frontier: People and Forest in Mizoram and a novel Nine by Nine. His youngest daughter Amrit Singh is a staff attorney and is married to Barton Beebe. Manmohan Singh underwent coronary bypass surgery in 1990 and angioplasty in 2004. He also underwent his second surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 2009. In this surgery doctors replaced three older grafts. This surgery is done by a team of doctors which was led by Ramakant Panda. They successfully performed the repeat bypass. After near about one and half month Manmohan Singh resumed his duty. He came back on March 4, 2009.
Early career: Singh started his career in 1966. He worked for UNCTAD in 1966. He also taught for sometime in the University of Delhi during 1970s. He was appointed as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1982. He remained on this post until 1985. In 1985, he became the deputy chairman of Planning Commission of India and held the post till 1987.
Political Career: He was choosen by P.V. Narsimha Rao as finance Minister in 1991. In the same year Singh was elected to upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha. In 2004 general elections NDA become the ruling party with single largest number of seats and the UPA chairperson gave a surprise by declaring Manmohan Singh name as UPA candidate for Prime Minister Post. Although Manmohan Singh was unable to win the seat of Lok Sabha, but his good will and recommendation of Sonia Gandhi helped and he become the Prime Minister of India in 2004. He was the first non-Hindu who hold the office in hindu-majority India. Manmohan Singh is better known as ‘father of India reforms’. He is recognized as the cleanest person in Indian politics. He was former Prime Minister and also was the author.
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