The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92.

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.

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.

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform programme, has been cremated after