“…was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, [India] …”

RIP to an inspirational person. He only started distance running at 89!

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      2 months ago

      So is he merely 110 running a marathon or only a super young 100?

      Still. Crazy impressed over here.

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      That was because the British Raj did not create birth records so there is no record to produce. Local villages in India did keep a form of record but it was normal to be off by a few months or sometimes people lied to get their kids into school early. Given his history and fame, it is unlikely to be off by more than a few years at most.

      Don’t take away his achievements for some bureaucratic reason.