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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday was cremated with full state honors. Singh’s last rites were performed at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi. His mortal remains, which were brought to the Congress headquarters in a flower-bedecked vehicle, arrived at the Ghat and was accorded with the last salute. 

 

President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union ministers also paid their last respects to Singh at Nigambodh Ghat. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, and the three services chiefs also paid their last respects. 

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VIDEO | President Droupadi Murmu (@rashtrapatibhvn) leaves from Nigambodh Ghat after attending the funeral of former PM Manmohan Singh.

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King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Mauritius Foreign Minister Dhananjay Ramful paid tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh here on Saturday. 

 

Wangchuck laid a wreath on the mortal remains of Singh during his funeral at Nigambodh Ghat.

 

The final journey of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began from the AICC headquarters on Saturday morning after Congress leaders paid homage to their departed leader. The flower-bedecked vehicle carrying the mortal remains of Singh left the Congress headquarters in a procession amid chants of "Manmohan Singh Amar Rahe".

 

Singh's mortal remains were taken to the AICC headquarters from his residence on 3, Motilal Nehru Road a little before 9 AM.

 

The mortal remains were kept inside the AICC headquarters for about an hour, with several top leaders of the Congress, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, paying their last respects, among others.

 

Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur and one of his daughters also laid a wreath on his body and paid their last respects.

 

Meanwhile, the funeral preparations were given final touches at the Nigambodh Ghat where the last rites of former the prime minister would be performed at 11.45 am with full state honours.

 

Singh passed away on Thursday night at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences due to age-related medical complications. He was 92.

 

Considered the architect of India's economic reforms, Singh served as the prime minister for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.

 

A seven-day national mourning is being observed throughout the country as a mark of respect to the former prime minister during which the national flag will be flown at half-mast across the nation, the Union Home Ministry has announced.