India, July 21 -- World's oldest marathoner Fauja Singh, known by the nickname 'Turbaned Tornado', was cremated on Sunday with full State honours here in Beas, his native village.
Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Minister Mohinder Bhagat and several other dignitaries attended the funeral.
Fauja Singh's son Harvinder Singh lit the funeral pyre.
Fauja Singh was 114 when he was hit by an SUV being driven by Canada-based Amritpal Singh Dhillon on July 14.
He was crossing the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway when the incident occurred. Fauja Singh later succumbed to injuries. Governor Kataria recalled how Fauja Singh walked with him during a Nasha Mukt yatra - an anti-drug campaign - last year. He said that after...