# Bir Narayan Chaudhary

_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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 1857 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11854281#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11854281#P19))
- **Died:** 20 April 1998 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11854281#P570))
- **Place of death:** Khanar ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11854281#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11854281#P27))

## About

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.

## Questions

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

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Bir Narayan Chaudhary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Narayan_Chaudhary) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): वीर नारायण चौधरी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q11854281](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11854281) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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