Last update:December 27, 2024, 7:48 p.m. IST

A seven-day national mourning will be observed across the country as a mark of respect for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The changing of the guard ceremony is a military tradition that takes place every week to allow a new group of the president’s bodyguards to take charge. (Deposit)

There will be no changing of the guard ceremony on Saturday due to national mourning over the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, according to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms, breathed his last on Thursday evening at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He was 92 years old.

“The changing of the guard ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan will not take place tomorrow (December 28, 2024) due to national mourning,” the President’s Office said in a statement.

The changing of the guard ceremony is a military tradition that takes place every week to allow a new group of the president’s bodyguards to take charge.

A seven-day national mourning will be observed across the country as a mark of respect to the former Prime Minister and during this period, the national flag will be flown at half-mast across India, the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced. ‘Union.

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