India and Pakistan-- he and his family had moved to the Indian side of the border in Amritsar, Punjab. By the time he returned to India in 1969, he was a renowned economist. He was appointed as chief economic advisor to the government of India and later as the governor of India's central bank,

Manmohan Singh's father may have believed his bookworm son would one day lead India, but the understated technocrat with the trademark blue turban, who died Thursday at the age of 92, never dreamed it would actually happen.

India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has died at the age of 92, according to statement from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).