NEW DELHI — Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister ... all cultural and entertainment events during that time. Government buildings across India are flying the national flag at half-staff. A mild-mannered technocrat, Singh was prime minister ...

Singh was known as a mild-mannered technocrat and was widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic liberalisation.

Manmohan Singh, former prime minister widely regarded as the architect of India's economic reform programme, was cremated with full state honours Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was cremated on Saturday (28 December) with full state honours at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi. The former Prime Minister passed away on Thursday (26 December) night. The Ministry of Home Affairs had earlier confirmed that Singh would be accorded state honours during his final rites.

India has mourned one of its longest-serving prime ministers, Manmohan Singh, with a state funeral in Delhi. Singh led the country from 2004 to 2014 and was considered the architect of India's economic liberalisation.

The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has sparked outpourings of grief at home and accolades from abroad, was cremated on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi with full state honours.

People lined the streets of Delhi on Saturday for Manmohan Singh’s funeral procession after the former Indian prime minister died aged 92 on Thursday.

India announced a seven-day mourning period and cancelled all cultural and entertainment events in the coming week