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13th Prime Minister of India
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May 22, 2004: Manmohan Singh has been sworn in as the 13th Prime Minister of India. This comes after Sonia Gandhi refused to take up the position,...
May 22, 2004: Manmohan Singh has been sworn in as the 13th Prime Minister of India. This comes after Sonia Gandhi refused to take up the position, saying the country needed a stronger individual.
This also makes Singh the first non-Hindu prime minister.Manmohan Singh is an Indian politician, economist, academician and bureaucrat who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
He is the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.
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