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India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who liberalized the economy and then led the country through a period of strong economic growth, has died.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi said Singh, 92, was receiving treatment for age-related medical conditions, with his death announced on Thursday.
A group of economists trained at the University of Oxford India He was on the path to becoming a fast-growing economy as finance minister from 1991 to 1996, when he opened the country to more foreign trade and private investment.
Singh was a surprise choice by the Congress Party to become Prime Minister after his victory in the 2004 parliamentary elections.
Besides A Growth rate With Singh receiving nearly 7% of the vote, his decade as prime minister was marred by widespread corruption accusations against his party's leaders, although his personal integrity was rarely in doubt.
Singh was accused of inaction and opposition parties alleged that he was subservient to then Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Shortly before Congress lost elections to Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014, Singh said in a speech to Parliament that “history will be kinder to me than the contemporary media, or the opposition parties for that matter.”
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