Wikipedia's first sentence called it “patronymic”. Today it says “corporal in the malaysian army and a member of the first group of malaysians to successfully climb mount everes”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
In this Indian name , the name Maniam is a patronymic , and the person should be referred to by the given name , Moorthy . Maniam Moorthy , also known as Mohammad Abdullah , was a corporal in the Malaysian Army and a member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest .1A Malaysian Indian born and raised Hindu , a controversy about his religion arose after his death; he was buried as a Muslim against the wishes of his wife in accordance with a Syariah Court ruling that he had converted to Islam without the knowledge of his family.2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
In this Indian name , the name Maniam is a patronymic , and the person should be referred to by the given name , Moorthy . Moorthy ( Moorthy Maniam ), also known as Mohammad Abdullah , was a corporal in the Malaysian Army and a member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest . A Malaysian Indian born and raised Hindu , a controversy about his religion arose after his death; he was buried as a Muslim against the wishes of his wife in accordance with a Syariah Court ruling that he had converted to Islam without the knowledge of his family.
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In this Indian name , the name Maniam is a patronymic , and the person should be referred to by the given name , Moorthy . Moorthy ( Moorthy Maniam ) ( Tamil : மூர்த்தி மணியம்) , was a corporal in the Malaysian Army and a member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest . He was a Malaysian Indian born and raised Hindu .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Malaysian army corporal and mountain climber In this Indian name , the name Maniam is a patronymic , and the person should be referred to by the given name , Moorthy . Moorthy Maniam ( Tamil : மூர்த்தி மணியம்), simply known as M. Moorthy , was a corporal in the Malaysian Army and a member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest . He was a Malaysian Indian , born and raised Hindu .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “patronymic”. Today it says “corporal in the malaysian army and a member of the first group of malaysians to successfully climb mount everes”. Read the current article and compare.
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patronymic
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corporal in the malaysian army and a member of the first group of malaysians to successfully climb mount everes
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