There is no doubt in this universally admitted truth that “humans are born to die,” but some people never die even after their death and are remembered and talked about forever for the roles they played in their lives and the legacies they left behind for posterity to learn from and benefit. These persons are called “legends” or “heroes.” One such extraordinary individual was Sardar Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India, who breathed his last in New Delhi on Thursday, 26th December 2024, at the age of 92 due to age-related medical conditions. Mr. Singh’s passing is undoubtedly a monumental loss for India.

Manmohan Singh-ji was the architect of India’s economic liberalization. In 2004, he made history by becoming the first Sikh Prime Minister of the country. Not only this, Singh was the fourth longest-serving Prime Minister of India after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Narendra Modi. He was also the first PM since Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.

Mr. Singh was born to Gurmukh Singh Kohli and Amrit Kaur on 26th September 1932, in the small Punjabi hamlet of Gah (near Chakwal, Pakistan), into a family of Punjabi Sikh dried fruit traders of Khatri background. His family migrated to India during the partition in 1947. His grandfather, Sant Singh, was mercilessly butchered in the sectarian violence that erupted during the Partition, an event that traumatized Singh throughout his life. His mother passed away, leaving him at the mercy of his grandmother, Jamna Devi, when he was very young. Manmohan was raised by his paternal grandmother, to whom he was very close. Despite enduring numerous hardships and sufferings, his graceful personality never........

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