New Delhi, July 23 -- Famiangi, who is believed to be the oldest woman in Mizoram, passed away at the age of 117 years at her home in the Northeastern state's Pangkhua village in southern Lawngtlai district.

She breathed her last on Tuesday morning, July 23.

Famiangi was known for her remarkable health and spirit. In the last few months, however, her health had started deteriorating due to age-related ailments.

Mizoram's oldest woman had also cast her vote in the 2023 Mizoram State Assembly Elections, for which she was honoured with a certificate by the State Election Commission, reported The Assam Tribune.

According to records maintained by local community leaders, Famiangi was born in 1908 to late Huathmung and Suisung. She was marr...