Former PM Manmohan Singh, country's economic reformer, turns 90 today

Dr Manmohan Singh served as Prime Minister of India between 2004-14 during the Congress-led UPA rule.

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He was born on September 26, 1932 in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent greetings to him and wished for his long and healthy life.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is in the middle of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', also wished Dr Singh on his birthday.

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Singh also served as finance minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led government during 1991-96.

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This was an epochal era for the country's economy marked by wide-ranging reforms.

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