Manmohan Singh nasceu o 26 de setembro de 1932 em Gah, Punjab, British India [agora Gah, Punjab, Pakistan]. Foi casado com Gursharan Kaur. Morreu o 26 de dezembro de 2024 em Nova Deli, India.
He was one of India's longest-serving prime ministers and was the architect of key economic reforms, as premier from 2004-2014 and before that as finance minister. He was the first Sikh to hold India's top post.