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Kewal Krishan
Kewal Krishan
Kewal Krishan (aged 107) in March 2021
Birth: 4 August 1913
Kartarpur, Punjab, British Raj (now India)
Death: 1 April 2023
Delhi, India
Age: 109 years, 240 days
Country: IndiaIND
Centenarian

Kewal Krishan [Hindi: केवल कृष्ण] (4 August 1913 – 1 April 2023) was an Indian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in India at the time of his death. He was a member of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly of Indian.

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Kewal Krishan was born in Kartarpur, Jalandhar District, Punjab, British Raj (now India) on 4 August 1913.

Krishan was aged 5 when the Spanish flu pandemic began in 1918, so he hasn't many memories. Later, he became a member of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly of India. In 2019, he underwent a surgery at Delhi hospital.

On 15 March 2021, Krishan received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, making him one of the oldest known people to receive it. His son, Anil Krishan [Hindi: अनिल कृष्ण], said that it was the first time his father left his house since the beginning of the lockdown in India in March 2020.

Kewal Krishan died in Delhi, India on 1 April 2023 at the age of 109 years, 240 days.

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