Today will be the last day of the late former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The funeral will be held with full national honours at Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi at 11:45. However, Manmohan’s body has already been kept at the Congress headquarters for the last darshan. All the big leaders of the country have arrived in Delhi for their final visit.
His wife and daughter have also reached the Congress headquarters with the body. Big leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Pawan Bansal, Mallikarjun Khadge, and P Chidambaram are also present at the Congress headquarters.
The Ministry of Defense has been asked to make necessary arrangements while the last rites will be performed with full military honours. Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92 while undergoing treatment at Delhi AIIMS on Thursday night.
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After his dead body was brought to his residence in Delhi, many prominent people including the President and the Prime Minister visited him for the last time. A 7-day national mourning has been announced in India after Manmohan’s demise.
On this occasion, the Ganga was flown to pay homage to Manmohan Singh. Tributes are paid to Manmohan Singh before the daily Ganga Aalati at Dasashmedha Ghat in Varanasi. Thousands of people gathered at Dashashwamedha Ghat offered two minutes of silence and paid their respects to Manmohan. On this occasion, 1 thousand 1 lamps have been donated by Ganga Seva Nidhi.