Centenarian heads back to school for PhD.

Bholaram Das had his birthday last week – and to mark the occasion enrolled on a PhD course in north-east Assam state. “If my son can get a PhD at the age of 55, why can’t I do it at 100?” said Mr Das, possibly India’s oldest student. He was imprisoned for opposing British rule in 1930 and went on to work as a teacher, lawyer and judge in Assam before retiring in 1971.