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Cambridge to honour PM with doctorate

An honorary Doctorate of Law will be conferred on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Cambridge University when he visits it next week about 50 years after earning a graduation from there.

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NEW DELHI: An honorary Doctorate of Law will be conferred on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Cambridge University when he visits it next week about 50 years after earning a graduation from there.
 
Singh, who graduated in Economics from Cambridge, will be honoured by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburg and Chancellor of the varsity, on October 11 during his three-day visit to Britain beginning on Monday.
 
Considered a pioneer of the economic reforms in the country 15 years ago, Singh had received first class honours degree in economics from the university in 1957.
 
The prime minister was conferred with honorary doctorate of civil law in July last year by Oxford University that described him as "a brilliant economist, a sagacious statesman, an indefatigable champion and defender of his people".
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