India has announced seven days of mourning and a state funeral for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was hailed as one of the architects of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.
The government declared on Friday that mourning would be observed until January 1, with a state funeral accorded “as a mark of respect for the departed dignitary”, who passed away on Thursday in a New Delhi hospital at the age of 92.
