What Was Unique About Manmohan Singh

question 47

Multiple Choice

What was unique about Manmohan Singh?

• A) He was the first person to serve as prime minister who was neither the leader of his own party nor that of a ruling coalition.
• B) He was the only non-Congress prime minister prior to 1989.
• C) He was the first prime minister not to come from the Nehru - Gandhi dynasty.
• D) He was the first prime minister to be assassinated by his own bodyguards.
• E) He was the first prime minister to seek normalization with Pakistan.

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Annual Volume

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