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Bir Narayan Chaudhary

वीर नारायण चौधरी

Nepalian supercentenarian, claimed oldest person ever

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Bir Narayan Majhi Chaudhari (Nepali: वीर नारायण चौधरी; 1856? – 20 April 1998) was a Nepali man who claimed to be the oldest person ever. He died at the self-professed age of 141. Bir was unable to substantiate his longevity claims with documentation, and since he did not have a birth certificate The Guinness Book of Records did not identify him as the oldest person in the world.

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According to Bir he was born in 1856, the son of a landowner. A cattle rancher in the village of Khanar, near Kathmandu, Chaudhari was purportedly a leader of the first land survey team in the area, conducted in 1888. A smoker throughout his later life, Chaudhari rose to prominence in the mid-1990s when Nepalese television and press began reporting on his claimed advanced age. In 1997, he was honored by Nepal's king Birendra.

Chaudhari had a son and a daughter with his first wife, both of whom predeceased him, and a daughter with his second wife. At the time of his death, in 1998, he had four grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

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When was Bir Narayan Chaudhary born?
Bir Narayan Chaudhary was born on 1857 in Nepal.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Bir Narayan Chaudhary · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): वीर नारायण चौधरी · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q11854281 · CC0 1.0

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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