Manmohan Singh

About Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh was a distinguished Indian academic and politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. His historical importance, reflected in an HPI Rank of #770, largely stems from overseeing a decade of significant economic liberalization and growth within India, as well as his role in major foreign policy initiatives. Before his premiership, he held key roles, including being India's Finance Minister in the early 1990s, where his policies laid the groundwork for the country's economic boom.

Despite his high historical ranking among global figures, Singh’s current internet attention is relatively modest. He garnered approximately 1.3 million Wikipedia views in 2025, placing him in an 'overattention' category of +4x when compared directly against his HPI importance, suggesting he is still remembered, though perhaps not as prominently as his rank suggests. For context, he receives less than half the attention of Dwight D. Eisenhower (#814 importance, 3.5M views), another world leader.

Recent interest in Singh appears to be waning, indicating a potential historical fading. His 2025 annualized views show a sharp year-over-year decline of -66.1%, and the 2025 Momentum metric, comparing Q1 to Q3, dropped by -44%, signaling a clear trend of decreasing modern online engagement.