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== Family and personal life == Singh married [[Gursharan Kaur]] in 1958. They had three daughters, [[Upinder Singh]], [[Daman Singh]] and Amrit Singh.<ref name="personal profile">{{cite web |title=Dr. Manmohan Singh: Personal Profile |url=http://www.pmindia.nic.in/meet.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303150424/http://pmindia.nic.in/meet.htm |archive-date=3 March 2009 |access-date=4 April 2009 |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, Government of India}}</ref> Upinder Singh is a professor of history at [[Ashoka University]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=University |first1=Ashoka |title=Faculty/Staff |url=https://ashoka.edu.in/faculty#!/upinder-singh-1055 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128081411/https://ashoka.edu.in/faculty#!/upinder-singh-1055 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |access-date=11 December 2020 |website=Ashoka University |language=en}}</ref> Daman Singh is a graduate of [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] and [[Institute of Rural Management, Anand|Institute of Rural Management]], Anand, Gujarat, and author of ''The Last Frontier: People and Forests in Mizoram'' and a novel, ''Nine by Nine'',<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2009 |title=Meet Dr. Singh's daughter |url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/28slid1-dr-manmohan-singhs-daughter-daman-singh-turns-author.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331160626/http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/28slid1-dr-manmohan-singhs-daughter-daman-singh-turns-author.htm |archive-date=31 March 2009 |access-date=4 April 2009 |work=Rediff.com}}</ref> Amrit Singh is a staff attorney at the [[American Civil Liberties Union]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rajghatta |first=Chidanand |date=21 December 2007 |title=PM's daughter puts White House in the dock |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PMs-daughter-puts-White-House-in-the-dock/articleshow/2639327.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024115733/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-21/india/27983907_1_aclu-statement-cia-tapes |archive-date=24 October 2012 |access-date=13 October 2008 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Singh's son-in-law, Ashok Pattnaik, a 1983 batch [[Indian Police Service]] officer, was appointed CEO of National Intelligence Grid ([[NATGRID]]) in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 August 2016 |title=An NDA boost for NATGRID, Home Minister reviews progress |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/natgrid-nda-home-minister-p-chidambaram-26-11/1/753750.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901035542/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/natgrid-nda-home-minister-p-chidambaram-26-11/1/753750.html |archive-date=1 September 2016 |access-date=1 September 2016 |work=India Today |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref> Singh was attacked during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|1984 Anti-Sikh riots]] and provided financial assistance to the Citizens' Relief Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2019 |title=1984 riots could have been avoided, if Narasimha Rao had listened to IK Gujaral: Manmohan Singh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/1984-sikh-riots-could-have-been-avoided-if-narasimha-rao-listened-to-ik-gujaral-manmohan-singh-1625242-2019-12-04 |access-date=3 November 2024 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=24 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824181330/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/1984-sikh-riots-could-have-been-avoided-if-narasimha-rao-listened-to-ik-gujaral-manmohan-singh-1625242-2019-12-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh was a [[vegetarian]].<ref>{{cite news |title="We Must Make Intelligent Choices": Manmohan Singh On His Vegetarian Diet |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/when-manmohan-singh-revealed-why-he-preferred-a-vegetarian-diet-7341397 |work=NDTV |date=27 December 2024 |access-date=30 December 2024 |archive-date=29 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229172634/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/when-manmohan-singh-revealed-why-he-preferred-a-vegetarian-diet-7341397 |url-status=live }}</ref> Until his death, Singh resided at 3, Motilal Nehru Marg in New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/former-pm-manmohan-singh-moves-to-3-motilal-nehru-marg-1543989.html| title=Former PM Manmohan Singh moves to 3, Motilal Nehru Marg| date=27 May 2014| access-date=21 May 2018| archive-date=6 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706165243/https://www.firstpost.com/india/former-pm-manmohan-singh-moves-to-3-motilal-nehru-marg-1543989.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
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