Smoking one cigarette a day and a regular tot of whisky: How couple stayed married for 86 years

January 9th, 2012

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Couple have eight children, 27 grandchildren an 23 great grandchildren

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Mail On Sunday Reporter

Last updated at 12:47 AM on 9th January 2012

The longest-married living couple in the world have celebrated their 86th wedding anniversary.

Karam Chand, 106, and his wife Kartari, 99, of Bradford, tied the knot in a Sikh ceremony on January 6, 1925 in India, when the country was under British rule.

Their marriage is believed to have lasted four years longer than that of the current record holders, and their family are checking with Guinness World Records to confirm the achievement.

Happily ever after: Karam and Kartari Chand married in India in 1925 and moved to Britain in the Sixties

They have eight children, 27 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren and put their long marriage down to getting along with each other and enjoying life.

Mr Chand, a retired mill worker who moved to the UK in 1965 and enjoys a daily cigarette and a regular tot of whisky, said: ‘Eat and drink what you want, but in moderation. ’

Mrs Chand added: ‘Being married for 86 years is a blessing, but . . . we just get along with each other and are family focused – it’s simple.’

She added that she was looking forward to getting her telegram from the Queen next year and is conscious of the need to stay fit and healthy.

‘We have always eaten good wholesome
food, there’s nothing artificial in our diet but things like ghee
(clarified butter), milk and fresh yogurt are what we like.

‘We know that being married for 86 years
is a blessing, but equally we will be ready to go when it’s time, it’s
all up to the will of God, but we really have lived a good life.’

'I have never held back from enjoying my life': Karam enjoys a daily cigarette and a regular tot of whisky

‘I have never held back from enjoying my life’: Karam enjoys a daily cigarette and a regular tot of whisky

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Such a sweet and heartwarming story of a couple who married in 1925.
It’s wonderful that they are still so happily together after 86 years of marriage; and I can imagine them both when they were once so young and first married.
What a life you have both lived, Karam and Katari. I would love to listen to the stories of the life you have experienced from the 1920’s; but in any case, I’m so glad that you are still together, and enjoying life.
God bless you, and Happy Anniversary!

– Kate, Manchester, 09/1/2012 05:26

I am ashamed to call myself a Brit after reading all these nasty comments. I congratulate Mr. Mrs Chand. May you have many more Wedding Anniversaries. Lovely couple. Reminds me of my parents.

– Liz, Canada, 09/1/2012 03:01

I’m rather sceptic about the ages of this couple especially the male.
– MM, SW France, 8/1/2012 8:19
—- The numbers don’t add up. If they were married on 6 January 1925 they have been married 87 years not 86, I have never heard of a couple boasting of their longevity underestimating their time married. If they were married aged 19 and 13 they would presumably have great, great, great grandchildren by now or did their entire family stop producing progeny in the 60s. I would not have have thought Mr Chand would have permitted to move to Britain at the age of 59, particularly as the mills were closing in the sixties. Mr Chand’s ears are completely different in the two photos which is odd because ears continue growing and his are flatter to his head than the early photo.
In rural environments young men frequently avoided military conscription by assuming the identity of an older relative, if Mr Chand had been born in 1925 he would have been drafted for WWII.

– Al, St Lucia, 09/1/2012 02:22

“They moved to Britain in the Sixties” . . . . . Of course they did – just in time to claim a pension and take advantage of the NHS!

– John Bull, UK NOT EUSSR, 08/1/2012 22:06

“They moved to Britain in the Sixties” . . . . . Of course they did – just in time to claim a pension and take advantage of the NHS!

– John Bull, UK NOT EUSSR, 08/1/2012 22:05

Yes i would take a wiskey a day if i were married to the same woman for 86 years!!! anyway good on you fella.

– jim, oslo, 08/1/2012 21:44

I’m glad he got his teeth sorted…………….

– GT, E. Yorkshire, 08/1/2012 21:24

its quite astonishing how 2 can become 50 and more. i hope my family gets that massive.

– Alistair, Bath, 08/1/2012 20:21

Pathetic. I drink two bottles of scotch and smoke 60 tabs a day. I’m 24 and I’m going to live foreva.