Birth Name: Fauja Singh
Occupation: Runner
Place Of Birth: India
Date Of Birth: April 1, 1911
Date Of Death: N/A
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: Indian
Fauja Singh was born on the 1st of April, 1911. He was best known for being a Runner. Famous as both a centenarian and a champion runner, he claimed numerous United Kingdom and world records for his running times in the over-ninety-years-old age category. Impressively, he finished Toronto’s 2003 Waterfront Marathon in just over five and a half hours and ran the same year’s London Marathon in just six hours and two minutes.
Fauja Singh was born in India. Born with weak lower limbs, he was not able to walk until just after his fifth birthday. He built up his strength and began running in his early adulthood years, but did not become a competitive racer until he was in his eighties. He ran in his last race, the 2013 Hong Kong Marathon, when he was 101 years old, finishing in just over an hour and a half.
Fauja Singh was a Aries and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Fauja Singh was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
Fauja Singh is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Fauja Singh was born in the Year of the Pig.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Fauja Singh |
| NICKNAME: | Fauja |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aries |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | N/A |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Fauja Singh was a Aries. People of this zodiac sign like physical challenges, taking on leadership roles, individual sports and dislike inactivity, delays, and work that doesn't use one's talents. The strengths of this sign are being courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, while weaknesses can be to be impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. The greatest overall compatibility with Aries is Libra and Leo.
Chinese Zodiac: Fauja Singh was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are nice and good-mannered. They're always forgiving of other people's mistakes, which at times can translate to naivete and gullibility.
Ruling Planet: Fauja Singh had a ruling planet of Mars and has a ruling planet of Mars and by astrological associations Tuesday is ruled by Mars. This planet symbolizes the principle of assertive drive and energy. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have huge drive, aggression and commpetitiveness.
Fauja Singh’s birth sign is Aries and he had a ruling planet of Mars.
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