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Pensions trivia for informaniacs 3

Just when you thought it was safe to read about pensions again, I’ve gone out and found some new pensions trivia to clog up even more of your brains’ available read-only memory for you! This one’s brilliant, though, and should come in handy at quiz nights and the like. I’ve actually come across the name of the World’s Oldest Pensioner no less, and it’s a Mr Habib Miyan.

Mr Miyan lives in the Indian State of Rajasthan and his case was recently reported by the BBC news correspondent in Jaipur.

His age is a matter of some dispute as he hasn’t actually got a birth certificate (I know what you’re thinking, it’s yet another one of those tall stories about ancient people who can’t prove how old they are etc. etc., but read on). He claims that he’s 132 years old, but according to his pension book he’s only 125. Either way, that makes the World’s Oldest Living Person at least 10 years younger than him! That’s not the point though. The thing is he’s got a pension book and he’s had it for the last 65 years! So he’s clocked-up 65 years as a pensioner and that looks like a record worthy of noting on the BeeHive Pension Trivia record.

Extra details for the die-hard trivia buffs among you; official records show Mr Miyan as having been born on 20 May 1878 and when he was a bit younger he was a clarinet player in the Jaipur State Band. His first monthly pension payment, 65 years ago, was only 1.86 rupees, but it has now increased to 1,900 rupees a month, which is equivalent to about £25 I think.

Well, there you have it. If it ever comes up in your local pub quiz, don’t forget to send me a cut of your winnings! Cheers!

Steve Bee
28 May 2003

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