LetsDiscuss: World Oldest Man Dies at 138 in India


Habib Miyan played the clarinet in a maharajah's orchestra before retiring 70 years ago. However, there is much dispute over his actual age. Although he said he was 138 years old, his pension book showed him to be a mere stripling at 129 - and the Guinness Book of Records has been unable to verify his age at all. Miyan, who lived in Jaipur in western India, had no birth certificate but has collected a state pension for decades. He once worked in the court of the king of Jaipur - Raja Man Singh, where he played in the wind section of the orchestra. For full story http://www.worldamazingrecords.com
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