Q. Recently the famous Man Kaur passed away. She was related to which of the following field?
a) Acting
b) Classical Dancing
c) Pianist
d) Sports person
ANSWER:- d)
RELATED FACTS:-
- On 31st July, 2021 Multiple World Masters Championship gold medalist and multiple Asian Masters Championship medalist athlete 105-year-old Man Kaur breathed her last at a Dera Bassi Hospital near Mohali.
- A native of Patiala and born on March 1, 1916, a young Kaur was one of the caretakers for the queens and children at the royal Patiala household of the then Maharaja Bhupinder Singh and later for the family of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh, father of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
- While her husband Ranjeet Singh was one of the khansamas of the royal house, Kaur also took care of the children in the royal family.
- She had won her first medal in 2007 at the Chandigarh Masters Athletics meet, in which she ran “for the heck of it” after seeing Gurdev, eldest of her three children, take part in a race in Patiala.
- She shot to fame after winning the 100 metre sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland in 2017 and held several world records.
- In 2019, She also won gold in track and field events at the World Masters Athletic Championship in Torun, Poland.
- Kaur bagged the gold in 60m dash race, 200m sprint, shot put and javelin throw.
BY – ABHISHEK KUMAR