Described as a "reluctant king" in his first stint as prime minister, the quietly spoken Manmohan Singh was arguably one of India's most successful leaders.

Dr Manmohan Singh, who served as Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014, passed away on Thursday at 92 in Delhi's AIIMS.

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister who governed the South Asian country for two terms and liberalised its economy in an earlier stint as finance minister, has died, local media reported on Thursday.

As Finance Minister under Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Singh introduced the New Economic Policy (NEP), a series of reforms that rescued India from near-bankruptcy.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh died at the age of 92 at AIIMS Delhi, the family said. He was being treated for age-related medical conditions, AIIMS said.

Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister and a distinguished economist who spearheaded India's economic liberalisation, died at the age of 93 in Delhi.

India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92. Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to “sudden loss of consciousness at home,

The entire nation was shook and sent into a state of sadness with the news of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's passing at the age of 92. Manmohan Singh breathed his last in Delhi at the AIIMS hospital.

Manmohan Singh, 92, was admitted to the emergency department earlier in the evening in critical condition following a "sudden loss of consciousness."