| Bir Narayan Chaudhary | |
 Him at claimed age of 139 (on right ) | |
| Birth: | 1856? Khanar, Nepal |
| Death: | 20 April 1998 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Age: | 141 years, 110-364 days? |
| Country: |  NEP
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| Longevity myth | |
Bir Narayan Majhi Chaudhari [Nepali: वीर नारायण चौधरी] (1856? – 20 April 1998) was a Nepali man who claimed to be the oldest person ever.
Biography[]
According to Bir, he was born shortly after the Crimean War in 1856, the son of landowner Guhi Maaji. 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.
Chaudhari rose to prominence in the mid-1990s when Nepalese television and press began reporting on his 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 who as of 1996 remained alive at age 68.
Chaudhari died in 1998 at the self-professed age of 141. At the time of his death, in 1998, he had four grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
References[]
- Being the oldest-ever is a record Bir Narayan Chaudhary neither wants nor understands India Today, 15 October 1996
- Bir Narayan Chaudhuri, 141; Nepal’s Oldest Man Los Angeles Times, 24 April 1998
- Nepal’s Oldest Man Dies at 141 Associated Press News, 21 April 1998