The Dhaka Times Desk 125-year-old Ahsan Uddin Shah of Pabna is believed to be the 'World's Oldest Man'. The reason is that Ahsan Uddin Shah is considered to be the 'oldest man in the world' after the death of 146-year-old Indonesian Sodimedjo, the world's oldest man.
A report in this regard has been published in a news of Pabna News 24.com, an online newspaper published from Pabna. It is said that Alhaj Ahsan Uddin Shah of BL Bari village of Faridpur Upazila of Pabna district is considered to be the 'oldest man in the world' after the death of the oldest person in Indonesia named Sodimedjo who was 146 years old. He is currently 125 years old. The burden of age has not yet overcome him. He prays regularly. Although he has been praying sitting for the past two years. Although he could not tell the media the date of birth, he said that he was born in the month of January 1892.
Ahsan Uddin's younger son journalist Golam Mawla told the media about this, my father has seen three centuries as he has seen drastic changes in information and communication technology during his long life cycle. During the lifetime of this veteran came the rule of the British-ruled government, the government of Pakistan and the government of Bangladesh.
He largely credited this longevity to a controlled lifestyle and diet. He regularly drank pure cow's milk from childhood. His favorite food is milk, banana and rice. He can still eat his own food. He does not want to eat rice without cow's milk. Currently he is father of one wife and 14 (7 boys-7 girls) children. He finally became the father of 14 children in 1987.
Ahsan Uddin Shah of Pabna is now considered to be the oldest person in the world as the world's oldest person, 146-year-old Sodimedjo, died in Indonesia last May. He has been a bit sick lately. He is seeing a little less in his eyes. Hearing relatively less.
When asked about my age, Ahsan Uddin Shah said, I cannot say how old I am. But I was around 18 to 20 years old when Hardinge Bridge was constructed at Ishwardi Pakshi. Around 1908, the British-ruled government started the construction of Ishwardi-Sirajganj railway.
Ahsan Uddin Shah said that he and his friends used to hang out there a lot during the construction of the Ishwardi-Sirajganj railway. When earth was cut for the railway line, he played danguli with his friends on that road. Cows also grazed there. At that time, in front of our eyes, black-skinned women (women workers) cut soil from the land and raised the road. Then the railway was established through there.
Incidentally, considering Kolkata's easy connectivity with the eastern states of undivided India, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland and North East Bengal, the British-ruled government took up a plan to build a railway in the region in 1889. Around 1908, the British-ruled government started the construction of Ishwardi-Sirajganj railway. That same year, Hardinge got permission to build the bridge. The next year i.e. in 1909, a survey was conducted for the construction of a bridge in Pakshi area on Padma. When the first working season began in 1910-11, the need arose for the construction of bridge guard dams on both banks of Pramatta Padma. That is why the main bridge work started the next year in 1912.
Ahsan Uddin Shah said, at that time Ishwardi-Sirajganj railway was established and became popular for the export of fish to Kolkata port. Especially the Lahiri Mohanpur, Dilpasar, Saratnagar and Baralbridge railway stations were famous for the export of Chalanbil fish and jute. Ahsan Uddin Shah's father Barkat Shah died when he was 10 years old. His third child. Afzal Hossain Shah actively participated in the Great Liberation War of 1971.
Ahsan Uddin Shah said about the liberation war, when the liberation war started at the call of Sheikh Sahib, I had 8 children (4 girls - 4 boys). Since my father died when I was young, I have to take care of the family. He said, during the liberation war, I helped the freedom fighters of this region in every way. My third child Afzal Hussain participated in the Liberation War. He went to India and brought training. When they came back, they unitedly joined the Great War of Liberation. This is how Ahsan Uddin Shah, an elderly man from Pabna, expressed his expression.
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