Prime Minister Narendra Modi called and wished Dr Manmohan Singh on his 83rd Birthday. (File Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted his predecessor Manmohan Singh on his 83rd birthday, wishing him a long and healthy life.
The Prime Minister also spoke to Dr Singh and extended birthday greetings to him.
"Warm birthday wishes to Dr. Manmohan Singh ji. May God bless him with a long and healthy life," he said in a tweet.
"PM @narendramodi spoke to Dr. Manmohan Singh ji and extended birthday greetings to him," the PM's Office said in a tweet.
Dr Singh, who served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014, was born in Gah (British India - now in Pakistan). Dr Singh's family migrated to India during partition in 1947.
After obtaining his doctorate in economics from Oxford, Dr Singh worked for the United Nations during 1966-69.
He subsequently began his bureaucratic career when former union minister Lalit Narayan Mishra hired him as an advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
Over the 70s and 80s, Dr Singh held several key posts in the Government of India, such as Chief Economic Advisor (1972-76), Reserve Bank governor (1982-85) and Planning Commission head (1985-87).