“…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!
“…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!
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.