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With the revolution in information technology, with the revolution in transport technologies, I think just geography has lost its all significance.

Manmohan Singh

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Manmohan Singh
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
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I believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.
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I think the modernization of Chinese economy and Chinese society is a prime concern.
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Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.
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My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.
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I should like to express our profound gratitude to the Americans of Indian origin. The way they have conducted themselves, the way they have worked hard to carve out a niche for themselves in the Silicon Valley, I think this has also given America a new idea about what India is capable of.
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