NEW DELHI — Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, was cremated after a state funeral on Saturday as politicians and the public mourned his death. The veteran leader ...

Singh was known as a mild-mannered technocrat and was widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic liberalisation.

India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who steered the country through sweeping reforms and paved the way for its emergence as a global economic powerhouse, has died. He was 92.

India announced a seven-day mourning period and cancelled all cultural and entertainment events in the coming week