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

Manmohan Singh, former prime minister widely regarded as the architect of India's economic reform programme, was cremated with full state honours Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon. Manmohan Singh's daughter lit his funeral pyre at the crematorium in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu,

The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has sparked outpourings of grief at home and accolades from abroad, was cremated on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi with full state honours.