London: Nazar Singh, Europe's oldest man who received birthday greetings from the British Queen every year for the past decade, has died weeks after celebrating his 111th birthday.

Singh was on a visit to Punjab, the place he was born in 1904, when he passed away peacefully on Saturday - a day before Father's Day. "He was an incredible chap. He has lived a very happy and fulfilling life," said his grandson Harvinder Gill. "For the past few weeks he has been suffering with a few illnesses. He has had pneumonia but he was a fighter. Unfortunately, his time has passed," 31-year-old Gill told the 'Sunderland Chronicle.'