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T H E H U M A N S T O R Y SMALLEST Compass Sai Talabuthala Lightest chair (b June 3, Kamal Dev Sharma (b Jan 1969) of 12, 1951) of New Delhi Peddapuram, made the lightest 450 gm Andhra folding chair 26 inch high, Pradesh made 7.6 inch wide and 8 inch a miniature long which can carry a golden load of 100 kg. With compass which improvements made since indicates November 2014 the directions only product was finalized in by magnetic November 2015. Made of power of north and aluminum pipes, nuts and south directions. Made of bolts and ebonite sheet the gold and steel shaving blade and a small needle he chair is easy to fold and assembled 36 divisions of NSEW in tiny letters on unload in 3 min. It is made Dec 21, 2015. The 464 mg compass with 9.50 mm for those who have to dia took 2 hr 27 min 35 sec to make. stand in long queues in buses, trains and other places. WR: Smallest cricket stadium Shaminder Singh (b Jan 13, 1976) of Coventry, UK, built a handmade miniature four-storey, 3-ft tall cricket stadium covering 6 x 6 ft complete with15 mm stumps and 5 mm bails in seven months from Feb to August 2015. The stadium has apple i pad working as a big screen with floodlights with lights in the stumps, a pitch with real clay, working slide doors and more than 1000 LED lights. Numerous stands named after legendary cricketers - Sachin Tendulkar, Sir Donald Bradman, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, even Queen Elizabeth - are covered with Indian flag colours. There is enough space for 3,660 to sit. It has players’ dugout, Coca-Cola drink trolley, pitch cover, present ceremony board and advertisements galore. BBC and Sky Sports stands have plastic glass. A digital scoreboard shows time and scores. The stadium has CCTV cameras and charity stands for organisations like Save the Children, Cancer Research UK, British Red Cross, Water Aid etc. Shaminder spent £3000 pound on the stadium. His stadium was covered by many print and electronic media, British and Indian like BBC News, Mirror, Daily Mail, Dainik Jagran, Jagbani, Punjab Kesari, Pune Mirror, Ajit News etc. humanstory 2017 -III.pmd 49 3/31/2017, 3:12 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Smallest gold number lock Ganesh Subramaniyam (b May 6, 1975) a goldsmith of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, made the working model of a miniature working number lock at his home. The numbers can change from 000 to 999. The lock could be opened when the digits 567 are set. He started in February 2011 and took seven months to make it by August. A solo effort, the lock was 3 mm high, 1 mm in circumference and made of 40 g of 22 ct gold. COLLECTIONS WR: Autographs Yogiraj Dr Sarvesh Soni (b Nov 3, 1972) of Nashik, Maharashtra has the largest collection of autographed photographs of VVIPs of the world, a hobby since 1991. The collection of 32,318 autographs includes 8,348 Indians and 23,970 foreign celebrities from 217 countries on June 30, 2016. He has autographed photos of presidents, prime ministers, governor-generals, kings, queens, heads of states and freedom fighters. Autographs (Dravid) Satish Chaphekar (b Feb 5, 1957) of Dombivli, Mumbai is an avid autograph collector with 9,000 celebrity autographs since 1969. He has a special collection of 48 autographs of cricketer Rahul Dravid for his 48 centuries. Not only does he keep the autographs in his album but he got Dravid to sign 6-10 times on each bat! He is one of the few autograph collectors who have shared their autographs on a global site. For his interview and autograph collection, visit http:// csridentity.com/thane/satishchaphekar.asp. Bindis A Kalaivani (b Feb 6, 1993) of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu has a collection of bindis of various sizes and colours sourced from shops and markets. Each bindi has a separate design without repetition. She took 18 months – June 2014 to December 2015 – to collect 2,000 bindis. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 50 humanstory 2017 -III.pmd 50 3/31/2017, 3:12 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Autographed First Day Covers of astronauts Deepak Sharma (b Nov 8, 1985) of Moradabad, UP has the largest collection of 50 unduplicated autographed First Day Covers of 50 astronauts, a collection since November 2014. His collection includes many famous astronauts like Rakesh Sharma, Ravish Malhotra, Valentina Tereshkova, Alexey Leonov, Helen Sharman, Gerald P Carr, Naoko Yamazaki and many more. Autographed photos of astronauts Deepak Sharma (b Nov 8, 1985) of Moradabad, UP has the largest collection of 325 unduplicated autographed photos of 175 astronauts, a collection since November 2000. His collection includes many famous astronauts like Rakesh Sharma, Sunita Williams, Valentina Tereshkova, Alexey Leonov, Edgar Mitchell, Charles Duke, Richard F Gordon, Edward Gibson and many more. Chalk carved items Cookery prizes won Shridhara S (b July 15, 1969) of Bangarpet, Sushma KK (b Dec 21, Karnataka has a miniature chalk carvings 1952) of Jaipur, collection since Feb 2012, kept at his Rajasthan, who is an home. He has 510 household items, expert cook, has been 1,001 sparrows, elephants 1,050 and winning prizes at 50 mudrikas, total 2,711. All items are cookery competitions done with blade, ball pin and acrylic since April 1995. By June colours. Each item takes 8-10 min to 30, 2016, she had won 99 prizes. She has written carve. He holds exhibitions in schools, three books on cookery – Lajawab Vyanjan, colleges and other venues. Marwari Rasoi and Ek Chammach Tel ki Rasoi. Crosswords Raju Umamaheswar of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu has a collection of solved and unsolved crosswords, a hobby pursued since 1991. By May 31, 2016, he had 1,58,525 solved crosswords (including online). He solves them every day and marks them with the date, time and location, creating a detailed diary of his work. Umamaheswar has been participating in the Hindu Crossword Corner blog daily as also other crossword blogs like The Crossword Unclued, Business Times, Hindustan Times etc. Diecast models of cars/bikes Mohammad Yaseen (b May 27, 1992) of Bhopal, MP is a passionate collector of diecast models, copy or replica of originals like Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Land Rover, Lamborghini and bikes like Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Triumph, Harley Davidson and many more, a hobby since 2009. These are licensed products which are only made when companies give them permission to use their logos, engine design, interiors that are original. Car models come in 1:32, 1:24, 1:18 sizes and bikes in 1:18, 1:12, 1:6. At present he has 60 cars and 50 bikes in a showroom in his home. He also clicks photos of all models with his digital camera. His car/bikes model collection is from many countries – Singapore, South Africa, UAE, Ireland etc. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 51 humanstory 2017 -III.pmd 51 3/31/2017, 3:12 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Gandhi memorabilia Dr Bhanu Pratap Singh (b Jan 7, 1961) of Raipur, Chhattisgarh has the most unduplicated photographs of Mahatma Gandhi – 1,667 – collected over the last 10 years. He has 235 photographs of A3 size and 1,358 of 6×4 inch besides 74 cartoons, art works and paintings on Gandhi. He started collecting these photographs after visiting Raj Ghat and Gandhi Smarak Museum in New Delhi in 2010. He also wrote a coffee table book Rare Photographs on Gandhi on Oct 2, 2014. Key cards Deepak Sant (b Oct 5, 1953) from Nagpur, Maharastra has a collection 70 key cards from various countries starting in 2009. Key cards are from across the world – the USA, Canada, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, UAE, Germany etc. Part of his own travels Recipes key cards are collected Bhaskarbhai C Patel (b July 6, 1938) of Vadodara, Gujarat has a through friends, family collection of handwritten vegetarian recipes and news clipping of relatives who also travel. They request hotel recipes that started in 1999. He has 16,639 handwritten recipes and personnel if they can keep the cards as souvenirs 23,023 paper cuttings; total is 39,662. and they usually oblige! WR: Key rings Rakesh Vaid (b Sept 7, 1953) of Delhi is a passionate key ring collector, a hobby he started in 1979. By June 30, 2016, he had increased his collection to 28,000. He displays his collection in a separate room in cupboards, almirahs and on display boards. His mind-boggling collection has not only unusual shapes and sizes but also handmade key rings like India Gate, swimming pool, gramophone, kitchen-rack others which he has made himself. He also makes handmade key rings using his own precision work tools. Ganesha idols and other artifacts Pabsetti Shekhar (b Feb 22, 1961) of Secunderabad, Telangana has been collecting Ganesha items, big and small since July 3, 1973. By June 30, 2016 his collection had grown to 16,865 Ganesh idols, 18,422 photographs (available in 95 albums), 1,098 posters, 170 books on Lord Ganesh, 184 key chains and 168 audio/video cassettes. The articles vary in form, size, shape and material – gold, silver, bronze, brass, aluminum, precious stones, terracotta etc. He has unusual items like pen stand, wall hanging, lamp, switch mirror, watch bell, all Ganesh items. His collection is from more than 30 countries. In 2013, Temple of Fine Arts, Malaysia awarded him the Best Collection Award.