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

India bids goodbye to former prime minister Manmohan Singh in state funeral - India announced a seven-day mourning period and cancelled all cultural and entertainment events in the coming week

India on Saturday (Dec 28) accorded former premier Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military honours, complete with a gun salute.