Married for nearly 81 years, an Indian—origin couple,
both aged 99 who have taken part in India’s freedom struggle, have been
awarded New Zealand’s longest— married couple by a group, media reports
said on Tuesday February 16,2016
Auckland couple Jeram Ravji and
Ganga Ravji, who will turn 100 in May and June respectively, will be
celebrating their 81st wedding anniversary in two months. Mr. Jeram and
Ms. Ganga were born in India on May 4, 1916 and June 6, 1916
respectively.
The couple, whose family includes six
children, 15 grandchildren and 25 great—grandchildren all living in
Auckland, were betrothed at the age of six in India and married at the
age of 19.
They were felicitated by Family First NZ, a Christian lobby group.
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