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Iona Young

Kind Edinburgh pensioner gives away all belongings and two homes to charity

When Brijendra Kaura moved to Edinburgh as a teenager from his Indian homeland, little did he know it would be the beginning of an unbreakable bond with the capital.

Now aged 84 and after decades of working various jobs in the city, Brijendra has returned to spend his final days in India - but not without leaving an incredible parting gift. He has donated a lifetime of possessions and his house to good causes in the city which welcomed him all those years ago.

Arriving for the first time in Edinburgh and far away from family, he studied hard and graduated from the Dick Vet in 1961 before borrowing money from friends and neighbours to fly back to India. His family begged him to stay but he knew he had to pay the neighbours who helped him back.

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