PM Modi paid tributes on demise of Bhageerathi Amma

The Prime Minister of India Modi has paid tributes and expressed grief over the demise of respected Bhageerathi Amma.

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Bhageerathi Amma was an Indian woman living in the Kollam district of Kerala. She came to national attention when she returned to education at the age of 105. She was honoured with the Nari Shakti Puraskar and Narendra Modi singled her out for praise.

At the age of 105, Amma decided to continue her education and took examinations in Mathematics, the Malayalam language and Environmental Science. She scored 205 out of 275 points and was acknowledged as the oldest person to take the equivalency exams.

Amma was announced as a winner of the 2019 Nari Shakti Puraskar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded her in a Mann Ki Baat episode saying: “She is a big source of inspiration and I pay respects to her.”