The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92.

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

Manmohan Singh, who has died aged 92, was the technocrat behind the economic reforms that led to India’s emergence as a world power, first as finance minister and latterly as prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.