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Punjab govt to name school after Fauja Singh’s name, build statues at native village, sports college in Jalandhar; PM Modi ...
CM Mann, while talking to the media, said the name of the village school would be named after Fauja Singh and since Jalandhar was a sports hub, his statue could be installed at Government Sports ...
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 ...
Fauja retired from marathons in 2013, and moved back to India around 2022. Locals often invited him to sporting events. "He'd ...
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday joined thousands of people from all walks of life to bid a tearful farewell to world-renowned marathoner Fauja Singh, who was cremated in his native ...
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, ...
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 ...
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Minister Mohinder Bhagat were in attendance to pay their last respects to the departed soul.