Zeenat Bi, a resident of Bhopal, India, has Government pension records stating she is 101 - but the feisty pensioner claims she is twelve years older.
The current record holder, according to Guinness World Records, is American dwarf Lowell Deforest Mason, who was 74 years old as of February this year.
And Zeenat, who stands at three feet tall, has now earmarked a wish list of things she wants to do before she dies - including meeting Bollywood star Salman Khan and taking part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
She remembers when the British still ruled India and Nawabs (Indian Princes) still held a major influence over daily life.
Zeenat said: “I am so old that I have seen this city grow up with me. I remember during the British times, this entire city was almost a jungle. There were trees as far as the eye could see.
“I even remember when the British introduced English bread in the city for the first time. It was such a sensation, like nothing people had eaten before.”
Zeenat has survived all of her family and never married.
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