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Dozens gathered for the funeral of a man regarded as the first centenarian to complete a full marathon, in his native village in northern Punjab state on Sunday (July 20). Fauja Singh died at the age ...
Dozens of people gathered for the funeral of Fauja Singh, regarded as the first centenarian to complete a full marathon, in ...
Punjab govt to name school after Fauja Singh’s name, build statues at native village, sports college in Jalandhar; PM Modi ...
A celebrity runner, Fauja Singh, who lived a full life despite losing his spouse and two children, rose to fame at 89 by ...
Riders from Jalandhar, Phagwara and Nakodar rode for 50km to 80 km to Beas Pind in Jalandhar to pay their final tributes to ...
Fauja Singh, the 114-year-old marathon runner, passed away after being hit by a car. His funeral took place with state honors in his native village of ...
Chandigarh: The legendary marathoner Fauja Singh, known by the nickname "Turbaned Tornado" was cremated with full state ...
Governor Kataria recalled how Fauja Singh walked with him during a Nasha Mukt yatra – an anti-drug campaign — last year. He said that after walking for 1 km, he asked him to stop, but to his surprise, ...
Fauja retired from marathons in 2013, and moved back to India around 2022. Locals often invited him to sporting events. "He'd ...
The life and legacy of the world’s oldest marathoner, Fauja Singh, who died at 114 in a road accident a few days ago, will ...
A torchbearer for the 2012 London Olympics, Singh took up running at the age of 89 as a way to get over depression after his ...
Fauja Singh, the world's oldest marathoner known as the 'Turbaned Tornado', was cremated with state honours in Beas, his ...