THRISSUR (KERALA): Kunjannam, 112, the oldest woman in the country, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday after a brief illness. She was recently recognised by Limca Book of World Records as the oldest living person in the country. She was suffering from age related ailments for quite some time and she breathed her last at Amala Medical College Hospital in the morning.
Kunjannam, who witnessed several high and low tides during her more than a century-old life, was also a witness to the fall of princely rule and the dominance of British raj. The Limca Book of World Records recognised her as the oldest living spinster in the country and the certificate for the credit was handed over to her just five months ago. She bade goodbye to worldly life when her family members were in touch with the Guinness Book of Records authorities to confer the recognition of the second living senior-most spinster woman in the world on her. She had also been waiting for a reply from the Book of World Record and Limca Book of Records authorities after writing to them to enter her name into the books as the oldest grandmother in the world, on the International Day of Older Persons on October 1
Kunjannam was born on May 05, 1903 according to her baptism certificate and documentary evidence issued by the vicar of Our Lady of Rosary Church at Eranelloor established in 1861.