{"id":186340,"date":"2023-09-27T20:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=186340"},"modified":"2023-09-27T20:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:19:57","slug":"indian-great-grandmother-92-finally-goes-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/indian-great-grandmother-92-finally-goes-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian great-grandmother, 92, finally goes to school"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Indian great-grandmother aged 92 has learned to read and write after going to school for the first time and inspiring others to join her, media and officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>

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Salima Khan, born in around 1931 and who was married at the age of 14 \u2014 two years before the end of British colonial rule in India \u2014 had a lifelong dream of being able to read and write.<\/p>\n

Khan, from Bulandshahr in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, said there were no schools in her village when she was a girl.<\/p>

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