The following teaser is from the February 14, 2014 edition of The Times of India website.
KOLKATA [India]: If you want a copy of the death certificate of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, ask Kolkata Municipal Corporation. One of the oldest civic bodies of the country, KMC [Kolkata Municipal Corporation] has digitized its death register, dating back 128 years, and can now issue copies on demand.
KMC, which recently traced Mark Tully’s birth certificate, has also found the record of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, who died on August 16, 1886. Starting with this date, KMC can now give copies of the millions of deaths it has recorded. Digitization of birth certificates will be taken up next.
