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18 unusual facts about Manmohan Singh


2006 dengue outbreak in India

Two grandsons (Rohan and Madhav) and son-in-law (Vijay Tankha) of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were admitted to the private ward of AIIMS for suspected dengue fever.

AgustaWestland

The decision to annul the 2010 deal, being probed by CBI for irregularities, came after a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister AK Antony in New Delhi.

Alambazar Math

Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh wrote an appreciation letter and with his help, the ministry of culture, Government of India's National Culture Fund, has come forward to help partially fund the restoration work.

Bharat Oman Refinery Limited

The refinery which was to have been commissioned in 2009 was finally inaugurated in May 2011 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Criticism of Sikhism

By 22 May 2004, Manmohan Singh became 13th Prime Minister of India, and to date he remains the Prime Minister of the country.

Dawoodi Bohra

Today, the hospital is one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the entire country, and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on 4 June 2005.

Ebène CyberCity

India's prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Ebene Cyber Tower One on April 1, 2005.

Elmar Rajsur

In November 2007 he performed half to the visiting Indian delegation accompanying Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on his 28-hour visit to Russia.

Foreign relations of Afghanistan

During Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's May 2011 visit to Kabul, it was announced that India's total aid to Afghanistan reached $2 billion after a package of $500 million was added.

Gopinath Muthukad

His performances have earned him admiration from national leaders of India, including President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

India–Pakistan cricket rivalry

India and Pakistan qualified for the first semi-final in Chandigarh, India, and the Indian government invited the Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the match along with his Indian counterpart, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Indian Naval Academy

On 8 January 2009 the Indian Naval Academy, was inaugurated by then prime minister Manmohan Singh.

INS Arihant

INS Arihant was introduced to the public on 26 July 2009 at a symbolic launch ceremony by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur.

Karnataka Rakshana Vedike

The Vedike presented a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, alleging that historical bias by the colonial British administration against the Kingdom of Mysore was responsible for Karnataka being sidelined in favour of other states like Tamil Nadu.

Michele S. Jones

News agencies discovered that Jones was a Facebook friend of Paul W. Gardner, the attorney of the Salahis, and that Jones exchanged email notes with the couple, telling them she was putting them on a waiting list in case tickets became available for a state dinner with the President and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Rail transport in Bhutan

On January 25, 2005, the King and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to carry out a feasibility study for rail links.

Saakshar Bharat

Saakshar Bharat is a government of India initiative launched by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh to create a literate society through a variety of teaching learning programmes for non-literate and neo-literate of 15 years and above.

Satish K. Tripathi

Tripathi also signed a memorandum of understanding in 2005 with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to establish the Indo-US Inter-University Collaborative Initiative in Higher Education and Research.


1991 India economic crisis

P.V. Narasimha Rao took over as Prime Minister in June, the crisis forcing him to rope in Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister, who unshackled what was then called the 'caged tiger'.

2006 Indian anti-reservation protests

A resolution signed by 2,500 IIT Roorkee students expressing their opposition to the OBC reservation, was sent to the then-President Abdul Kalam, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the then-Chief Justice of India Y. K. Sabharwal and the Election Commission of India, but they all turned a deaf ear to it.

Ik Kudi Punjab Di

Ik Kudi Punjab Di is a 2010 Punjabi film directed by the ace Bollywood cinematographer and a successful Punjabi film director Manmohan Singh with story and screenplay by Manmohan Singh and dialogues by Rana Ranbir.

Krishna Tirath

On January 24, 2010 a photograph of former Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed in uniform appeared along with those of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a full-page newspaper advertisement (see External Links below) given by Ministry of Women and Child Development to mark the National Girl Child Day.

Shankar Pamarthy

His caricatures on prominent people like Barack Obama, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, A. R. Rahman, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Mike Tyson, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Abdul Kalam, Charlie Chaplin, Dalai Lama, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, Luciano Pavarotti, Yasser Arafat, Aung San Suu Kyi etc., received wide accolades and prominence to him.

Socialism in India

Elected in 1991, the government of Narasimha Rao introduced economic liberalisation with the support of finance minister Manmohan Singh, the current prime minister of India.