Dr. Manmohan Singh
Dr Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932 in Punjab which is in Pakistan now. He studied at Punjab, Oxford and Cambridge Universities. After leaving Cambridge he spent 9 years as professor in Punjab University. Then he joined in Business and Development Department of UNO in 1966. In 1969 he joined as professor in Delhi School of Economics. He successfully worked as Financial Adviser and finance Secretary to the Government of India. He was the Governor of Reserve Bank, Vice Chairman of Planning Commission and the Chairman of University Grants Commission. After the defeat in Lok Sabha election in 1999 from West Delhi Parliamentary constituency, he did not want to be a politician. But in 2004 he was elected from Assam to the Upper House and became the prime minister of India. When he was the finance minister in PV Narasimha Rao's cabinet when the financial condition of India was very bad. He performed brilliantly at that time. This is his best achievement of his life for which India will remember him forever.
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