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Nepali man claims to be 167 years-old:
KATHMANDU, Jan 2 (AFP) -
Nepalese man Ram Avtar Saha Kanu claimed he is 167-years-old and has the certificate of citzenship to prove it, local press reports said Sunday.
The Kantipur daily said Kanu, from the lowland tropical region, does not look old for his age -- he still has 15 teeth.
He publicly appeared on the first day of the new millennium to inaugurate Mahabir Prasad Brijlal Dental Institute at Birgunj, 220 kilometres (140 miles) south of Kathmandu.
The newspaper said according to his official certificate, Kanu was born in 1832 in Devodia Village in Dhanusha district, 290 kilometres (182 miles) southwest of here.
He was given the official citizenship certificate in 1988 which declared that Kanu was born in 1832.
However the local village council chief Rabindra Shah said: "We are trying to officially establish his age to prove that he is the eldest living person in the world."
At the institute's opening ceremony, Kanu was officially declared Nepal's eldest person, the paper said.
Kanu has outlived his wife and son and is currently looked after by a distant relative at a religious monastery.
Nepali man claims to be 167 years-old:
KATHMANDU, Jan 2 (AFP) -
Nepalese man Ram Avtar Saha Kanu claimed he is 167-years-old and has the certificate of citzenship to prove it, local press reports said Sunday.
The Kantipur daily said Kanu, from the lowland tropical region, does not look old for his age -- he still has 15 teeth.
He publicly appeared on the first day of the new millennium to inaugurate Mahabir Prasad Brijlal Dental Institute at Birgunj, 220 kilometres (140 miles) south of Kathmandu.
The newspaper said according to his official certificate, Kanu was born in 1832 in Devodia Village in Dhanusha district, 290 kilometres (182 miles) southwest of here.
He was given the official citizenship certificate in 1988 which declared that Kanu was born in 1832.
However the local village council chief Rabindra Shah said: "We are trying to officially establish his age to prove that he is the eldest living person in the world."
At the institute's opening ceremony, Kanu was officially declared Nepal's eldest person, the paper said.
Kanu has outlived his wife and son and is currently looked after by a distant relative at a religious monastery.
