{"id":203783,"date":"2024-12-28T19:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/india-bids-farewell-to-former-prime-minister-manmohan-singh-with-state-funeral\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T19:04:04","slug":"india-bids-farewell-to-former-prime-minister-manmohan-singh-with-state-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/india-bids-farewell-to-former-prime-minister-manmohan-singh-with-state-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"India bids farewell to former prime minister Manmohan Singh with state funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1766\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-116750022,imgsize-133106.cms?resize=1766,1280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India bids farewell to former prime minister Manmohan Singh with state funeral\" title=\"India bids farewell to former prime minister Manmohan Singh with state funeral\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"9\">New Delhi: India on Saturday afternoon bid a sombre farewell to former prime minister <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/manmohan-singh\" rel=\"noopener\">Manmohan Singh<\/a> as his mortal remains were consigned to flames at a State funeral with full military honours at <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/nigambodh-ghat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigambodh Ghat<\/a> here in the presence of the topmost leaders of the government and the Opposition, the King of Bhutan, foreign minister of Mauritius and diplomatic corps besides Singh&#8217;s wife <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gursharan-kaur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gursharan Kaur<\/a>, their three daughters, sons-in-law and close relatives and friends.<\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->Singh, who died last Thursday at the age of 92, had had an eventful prime ministerial tenure for a decade from 2004 as the head of the two consecutive Congress-led UPA governments.<\/p>\n<p>President Droupadi Murmu, who is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, gave the ceremonial farewell salute to the departed leader amid military ceremonies, including the gun-salute, before Singh&#8217;s family members performed the final religious rites. <\/p>\n<p>The final journey of Singh started early in the morning from his official residence with his body placed on a bedecked gun carriage pulled by a military truck with army personnel leading the march with the family, supporters and admirers of the late leader in tow. 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