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T H E H U M A N S T O R Y PHYSICAL FEATS

Only Samurai Reshma Lalwani (b Feb 23, 1973) of was awarded the 6th by International Goju -do Federation and also by World Budo Organisation. She represented India as the Team Manager at the World Goju Ryu Karate-do Championship 2013, held in . A recipient of several awards, she is Chairman for the Women Welfare Committee of Pahuyuth Indian Association. Mallakhamb performance at 45 ft Jitendra Singh Ranawat (b June 9, 1993) and Abhishek Pal (b Sept 10, 1996) of Jawahar Mallakhamb Group from Ratlam, performed mallakhamb at a height of 45- ft with the help of crane on March 29, 2016. The mallakhamb stick was 5-ft long and 5 inch wide. Using a fire stick they showed some poses for 1 min 36 sec.

Breaking Mangalore roof tiles Wusu International Association Largest Silambam performance organized a record event at Nehru rd On the 93 birth anniversary celebrations of Arutchelvar Dr N Memorial Hall, Camp, , on July Mahalingam, founder of Sakthi Group, 1,350 artistes performed 15, 2016. As three black belts, Yuga Akhare (25), Silambam Martial Art for 1 hr (from 4.00-5.00 pm) at Kumaraguru Vaijayanti Badade and Rutuja Amravati (17) stood College of Technology, Coimbatore, on March 20, straight 2001 Mangalore roof tiles were broken 2016. The first of its kind in the world, Silambam artistes came on their bodies by Shihan Vikram Marathe and his together across Tamil Nadu to showcase the intricacies of the art, students in 26 min 12 sec. Each had 667 tiles through a one-hour synchronised performance. broken on her.

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Only visually-challenged winner of awards Krishna Sheth (b March 29, 2004) of Mumbai, the only sight-challenged boy pursuing Taekwondo since he was 10 has won (18) Gold, (6) Silver and (7) Bronze medals at district/state, national and international level. The latest taekwondo performance was at World 8th Cultural Expo 2014 in Poomsae, July 4-9, 2014. He has been competing with children of normal eyesight from 41 countries. Krishna also participates in like and athletics and won many medals.

World Martial Arts Championship World Martial Arts Championship was conducted by World Martial Kombat Federation where 23 students from various schools included India participated in at Cottonera Complex, Malta from Nov 13-15, 2015. The students won 6 gold, 8 silver 18 bronze medals. Tarush Lalwani - 1 silver, 2 bronze; Mandar Parekh - 1 gold, 1 silver; Maariyah Sheikh - 1 bronze; Om Godge - 1 bronze; Hitanshu Parekh, 1 bronze; Aryan Tibrewala - 1 bronze; Simrit Nagi - 1 bronze; Dishitta Mehta - 1 silver; Jhanvi Shah - 1 gold; Samita Lalwani - 2 bronze; Maanav Chhugani - 2 silver; Anusha Naik - 1 silver; Anish Pariani - 1 bronze; Aditya Gogia - 1 bronze; Siddharth Pariani - 1 gold; Mannan Malik - 1 gold, 1 Bronze; Manvirr Malik - 1 gold, 1 bronze; Shveni Gala - 1 gold, 2 silver ; Vedant Lalwani - 1 bronze; Meher Kapoor, 1 bronze; Zoish Irani - 1 bronze; Krisha Shah - 1 bronze; Jayaditya Arora - 1 bronze

Ambedkar School of Martial Arts feats Anil Bansfore (31) broke 4,035 tiles for 40 min in Dhanbad, Jharkhand on June 1, 2016. Amarjit Kumar Bansfore (20) broke 100 watermelons with his head in one minute at Dhanbad, Jharkhand on June 1, 2016. Amarjit Kumar Bansfore (20) did 7,058 sit-ups in 4 hr 45 min at Dhanbad, Jharkhand on June 1, 2016.

One-hand knuckle push-ups Sandeep Kumar (b May 19, 1994) of Bhiwani, Haryana, attempted 52 one-hand knuckle push-ups at Govt Sr Sec School Chandwas, Bhiwani on July 15, 2016.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 26 3/31/2017, 3:10 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Torso push-ups Jaspreet Singh Karla (b August 30, 1999) of Ludhiana, Punjab performed 62 torso push-ups on June 7, 2016.

Wall punches Nakul Shokeen (b August 16, 2002) of Gurgaon, Haryana attempted 245 wall punches at Alpine Convent School on May 25, 2016.

Stomach punches Amit Kumar (b April 14, 1992) of Ghaziabad, UP endured 500+ stomach punches by 15 people who stood in turn to him hard. The event was held at his at 2.00 pm Nehru Place, New on May 15, 2016.

Fastest one- hand Shreyas Raju RG (b July 17, 1996) of Chikkaballapur, did 142 fastest one-hand rotation of his right hand in one min at Chikkaballapur on June 13, 2016. Full knuckles push-ups Bibhuti Nayak (b July 15, 1968) of Navi Mumbai executed 83 knuckle push-ups in one minute at National Centre for (NCPA) during the 6th International Literary Festival tagged with Tata Lit Live and his biography Man on Fire promotion show on Oct 31, 2015.

Pull-ups K Yogamanigandprabhu (b April 21, 1986) of Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu did 93 pull-ups in one min at Tirupattur town park on June 21, 2016.

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Pulling vehicles by ears Laxmi Narayan Patel, 40, of Pali Tehsil Pali, Zilla Korba, Chhattisgarh pulled a 2.50 tonne Mahindra Minidor with both ears to 64 m in one minute on April 18, 2013.

Head stand on a moving cycle Lakshay Jangid (b July 31, 1994) of Jaipur, Rajasthan did the longest head stand on a moving cycle for 1.050 km on a sloping road in 3 min 11 sec on May 5, 2016.

Multiple records in a day Chandra Sekaran C, presently serving under Engineering Stores Platoon, set three records in the presence of Army personnel at Ambala on May 5, 2016.  Double-hand cartwheels in 127 m in 1 min  Most one-leg run-skips - 112 in 1 min  Most one-leg standing skips - 235 in 1 min More records in a day Chandra Sekaran C, presently serving under Engineering Stores Platoon, made three records in the presence of Army personnel on August 17, 2016.  Front roll – 49 in one min  Handstand roll – 23 in one min  Cross leg front roll – 40 in one min

Punches (1 hr) Master Prabhakar Reddy (b April 22, 1985), a martial trainer of Nellore, did 23,196 punches at stomach level in one hour starting at 9.00 am and finishing at 10.00 am at Martial Arts Building on April 2, 2016. The average punching rate was 390 in one min.

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Jetlee’s multi-activities in one day Dragon A Jetlee (b May 1, 1977) of Trichy, Tamil Nadu made seven records at Trichy and Karur on June 14, 15 2016.  Bending 3 ft long, 8 mm thick, 345 g 12 iron rods in 1 min  Holding 14 standard sized balls in 8 min 43 sec  Holding 14 burning candles of 0.5 in size 7 inch long in mouth for 4 min 7.2 sec  Sirasana on a 5 ft high table for 1 min  Standing on 1 kg Medicine ball for 10 min  Holding 14 standard sized tennis balls in open palm for 8 min 43 sec  Neck rotation 121 times in one min

Fastest reciting of Indian Constitution Articles Ramesh Pittla (b April 10, 1985) of Marriguda Villlage & Mandal, Nalgonda,Telangana recited all the 24 parts of the Indian Constitution consisting of 448 Articles within the shortest time - 25 min - at the Telugu Book of Records office on July 23, 2016.

Fastest newspaper bag making Most distance travelled To commemorate International Women’s Day, with on head March 8, students of Bon Secours College for Manoj Mishra of , West Women, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu decided to make Bengal travelled with a football paper bags using newspapers to create an balanced on the head 49.17 km awareness to eradicate plastic and plastic bag on Jan 1, 2016. He took 11 hours usage and distributed them to shop owners. Using to complete the journey. paper of 23.5 cm width with 30 cm in height, 3,000 students FASTEST made 8,835 bags which came to 2 or 3 bags per student per minute. A full length of Hindu newspaper with 4 pages was folded to make a bag, with one edge of one pasted with glue. The activity took just 1 min from 11.30 am.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 29 3/31/2017, 3:10 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y WR: Fastest stacking of Rs 10 coins Shripad Krishnarao Vaidya (b May 5, 1969) of , Maharashtra stacked 73 bi-metal Rs 10 coins in fastest time by one hand (right hand) in one min on Nov 21, 2015.

WR: Fastest forward slalom on quad skates Prayatn Sharma (b Nov 25, 2000) of Gwalior, MP Fastest chapatti making demonstrated the fastest forward slalom on quad Sonam Ritesh Paliwal (b April 23, 1989) of skates, crossing 20 cones without touching them Nagpur has a small tiffin carrier services catering in 4 sec and 16 nanosec on June 12, 2016. business for office goers and makes fast, perfect, round 6-inch, 1.2 mm thickness chapattis (phulkas or rotis). On June 22, 2016 she got together a small audience at her home and displayed her chapatti skill. She started cooking chapattis at 10.57am and finished at 11.57 am making 103 chapattis.

Fastest human peace logo As a theme for their 36th annual sport meet, Fusco’s Matric Hr Sec School, Madurai, Tamil Nadu made the fastest human peace logo formation for world peace with 1,200 students in 2 min 44 sec on Jan 29, 2016. The diameter of the logo was 154 ft (47.3 m). There were 5,000 people as audience.

Fastest Shodan SK Ibrahim, Karate instructor of Nellore, Andhra Pradesh organsied Tekik Shodan Kata with 666 students for 10 min on March 16, 2016. The Kata which has 20 steps was scheduled to be performed for 12 min but it was completed in 10 min.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 30 3/31/2017, 3:10 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Fastest balloon blowing N Sadham Hussain (b June 26, 1994), a student of Fastest reverse engineering college of Dr NGP Institute of spelling Technology, Takmeil Fatima Coimbatore, Abidhusain Rizvi (b June Tamil Nadu 23, 1999) attempted inflated 1,000 fastest reverse spelling at balloons of 20 cm Royal College of Arts, dia each from Science and Commerce, 10.00 am to 12.26:58 pm on Feb 14, 2016 at Thane, Maharashtra on VOC Park in Coimbatore. In order to subsidise Nov 7, 2015. She was his education, he did part-time work and learnt given 50 words – 20 the art of blowing up balloons. He is now in great words of 6 letters, 20 demand in college functions, kids’ parties, words of 7 letters and 10 weddings and local functions. words of 10 letters. The event took 1 min 5.11 sec.

Fastest arranging Pascal Triangle Mohan Hariba Pakhare, CEO of Genius India Research and Training Institute Pvt Ltd organised the fastest arranging of 25 rows of Pascal Triangle by 325 participants from 10 schools at VJTI College ground, Matunga, Mumbai on Oct 15, 2015. The human formation of Pascal Triangle took 2½ hours from 3.30 pm to 6.00 pm.

Fastest omelet making In the fastest omelet making, CT Group of Institutes, Jalandhar trained 150 students to make 198 kinds of omelets within 10 min at the campus ground on Jan 23, 2016. Ingredients used were bacon ham cheese, herbs, different spices condiments, veg like broccoli, bell peppers, carrot, carrot, capsicum, thyme, basil, parsley, different sea food like fish, prawns, calamari mussels, lobsters and more. Some students made more than one omelet in the extra time they had.

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Mass yoga participation The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) conducted a one-hour mass yoga programme on International Yoga Day, June 21, 2016 with 60,369 participants across 176 centres in Telagana state. SCCL is situated in the districts of Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam. The one- hour sessions varied from 7.00 & 10.00 am and to 4.00 & 7.00 pm. Beneficiaries of the yoga sessions were employees, their family members, school Yogasanas across the world children, college students, SEWA members – Badari Narayan Kaggadasa Srinivasan (b April 27, 1973), a NRI women, men, old and young. from Malaysia, has performed Sirasanas in as many as 300+ places including world UNESCO heritage sites around the world for the past 15 years. Places visited and performed in were Angkor Wat, Tha Yoga poses on Pro, Phom Penh, all from Cambodia; Batu Caves, Twin Towers and BMX bike Putrajaya Malaysia; Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hill temple, Himavad Khiv Raj Gurjar Gopalaswamy Hillock temple, Somanathpur, Belur-Halebeedu- (b July 1, 1952) of Hassan, Shravanabelagola, Srirangapatna all from Mysuru. He uses Jodhpur, Rajasthan, the yoga platform to popularise sirasana, called King of Yogasana. who is an expert in yoga, performed 45 power yoga poses on his BMX bike in 6 min 36 sec at the Jodhpur Fitness Summit – Season 1 at Taj – Vivanta, on June 26, 2016. He performs yoga poses on high, narrow mountain ledges on his BMX bike.

Most kids’ haircut Champion Family Salon in Udaipur, Rajasthan organised a free haircutting session of 150 kids in 1 hr 20 min from 3.10 pm to 4.30 pm at Celebration Mall, Bhuwana on Dec 17, 2015. There were 50 hairstylists working in the salon.

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Most people ringing bells simultaneously Dainik Bhaskar organised most people ringing bells simultaneously during Maha Aarti at Ramghat, Ujjain, MP, to herald the beginning of Simhastha Kumbh with 10,000 devotees ringing bells on March 20, 2016. Leading the Maha Aarti were 50 pandits, 20 conch blowers and 31,675 participants at the Kshipra River, Ramghat. The entire event took 45 minutes from 6:45 pm to WR: Most turbans tied 7.30 pm. Santosh Ramdas Raut (b May 6, 1973) of Pune tied 129 Maratha turbans of 129 individuals (45 women & 84 men) in 1 hr at Pune Journalists Foundation Hall, Navi Peth from 11.00 am to 12.00 noon on May 24, 2016. The traditional 8 m x 1 m feta or safa was tied in presence of 150 well known people Wearing most of Pune in addition to the 129 individual turbans participants. Chimpoo Singh Oberoi (b Feb 16, 1977) of Howrah, can wear and walk easily with 12 colourful Sikh turbans on his head. He started walking with six turbans, that too awkwardly but with practice he has become adept and Most people cycling carries his turbans Indore Cycling Association organised Cyclothon- comfortably. 2015 to bring awareness to the importance of the three ‘E’s – Environment, Efficiency, Economy on Dec 27, 2015. Pedal for Pride had 15,400 cyclists of all ages from every strata of society joining – schools, institutions, corporate sector and others. It started at 8.30 am and ended at 9.30 am, covering 12 km.

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Most KG children in a cultural event at a single platform Mother’s Pride celebrated its Annual Day with 8,000+ students aged 2-4 years in a cultural event on a single stage of 26.30 m × 9.30 m from Feb 25 to Feb 28, 2016. Conducted at Siri Fort Auditorium there were two shifts with 2,200 staff including teachers, electricians, carpenters, security guards to assist the children.

Most firkis made Hundred students of VII and VIII classes of Jaycees Public Most eggs broken School, Rudrapur, by toes made 1 lakh firkis at their Rohit Boken (b Sept school campus on May 17, 4, 2002) of Manesar, 2016. Using paper, sticks and Haryana, a student of Fevicol, the 8 × 8 inch firkis Alpine Convent were , , yellow and School, Gurgaon pink. The entire event took crushed 80 eggs with 4 hr from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm his toes in one min on in their school campus. Each May 25, 2016. In student made 250 firkis in 1 hr, Martial Arts, this therefore, 1 lakh firkis! action is called ’Toe ’.

Most balls tapped on tennis racquet The Lawn Tennis Association, Maharashtra organised an International Tennis Tournament called the KPIT-ATP Tournament at the Chattrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune from Oct 24 to 31, 2015. On Oct 31 they created a record of 376 tennis enthusiasts, young and old, tapping the racket with a ball continuously for 20 sec.

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Most Jumping Jacks Vishal Solanki (b April 18, 1998) of Navi Mumbai performed 106 Jumping Jacks, the most in one Most rope jumps on pogo stick min at home on June 28, 2015. Jaykishan V Hingu (b March 3, 2000) of Jetpur, Rajkot performed most rope jumps – 128 – in 1 Most burpees min 21 sec at Jetpur on May 14, 2015. Vishal Solanki (b April 18, 1998) of Navi Mumbai performed 39 burpees, the most in one min at Juggling three balls on board home on June 28, 2015 Jaykishan V Hingu (b March 3, 2000) of Jetpur, Rajkot juggled 252 catches on balance board, most in one minute at his home in Jetpur on Feb 9, 2016.

Most dressed like Krishna Prajapati Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwavidyala organised Khushma Jiwan ka Paigham, Apke Naam programme at Narnaul, Haryana in presence of Dadi Rattan Mohini in which 359 students were dressed like Krishna at Narnaul, Haryana on Dec 20, 2015.

WR: Most flavours of paani-puri Dainik Bhaskar in association with Indori Zayka organised an Indore Food Carnival at Viddora Restaurant, Palasia Square, Indore where 51 flavours of paani-puri were prepared by Most flavours of pastries Master Chef-4 contestant Neha Shah on July 12, Divya Bhaskar of Vadodara, made most 2015. The paani-puri-based flavours included pastries using 229 flavours at Navlakhi Grounds, fruits, regular curd, cream and lots more. Around at Vadodara Navratri festival on Oct 17, 2015. A 1,500+food lovers tasted the 14,000+ paani- joint effort by Divya Bhaskar and C Cake it took puris in 4 hr and 2,000 were distributed free to 6 hr from 1.00 pm to 7.00 pm. kids, guests and record team members.

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WR: Most PET bottles collected Most shows in a year Under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiative, a Dr Gugampoo (b May 15, 1967), an Indian mega plastic bottle collection drive was International Illusionist living in Kuwait for more than organised by Bisleri International Pvt Ltd 20 years, puts up magic shows every day and often with105 Mumbai schools on Oct 4, 2015. They he performs twice or thrice too. His best year was collected 23,538.9 kg of used PET bottles and 2013 where he performed 581 magic shows from sent them to recycling plants. Collecting PET Jan 1, 2013 to Dec 31, 2013. He has won many bottles from schools took one month. awards and certificates for his magic shows.

Most e-waste collected Assisting TRIO World Academy’s efforts to save the environment from toxic hazards of ill- thought out disposal of electronic waste, around 20 students started an awareness drive, inviting citizens to dispose their e-waste accountably. They collected 294 kg e-waste and made a tree- like structure using props, some resembling animals. The waste included UPS, keyboards, batteries, CD discs, water purifier, telephone handsets, modems, cell phones, iron, electric trimmer etc. Parents and visitors brought their e-waste in a large, temporarily installed bin. Around 20 students from different classes were Most innovations created involved from Oct 1 to Oct 10, 2015. Gireeshan MG (b Jan 13, 1984) of Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Kerala known as ‘Desi Edison’ has Musical headphone from scraps 157 technical innovations to his Subhash Chandra Jha (b Jan 5, 1979) credit. A scientist in Bharath invented a musical headphone as an University at , he has 32 educational toy in 15-20 min at LBR patents, published 25 journals office on July 20, 2016. The and two books. Some of his headphone works on an exclusive electronic inventions are Smart musical instrument without magnet, Paralysis Person Assistant system speaker and electric current or (SPPA), Old Sound Generation battery. The unique device made of from Space and other incredible household scraps explains how cutting-edge creations. sounds move in solid state.

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Copyrights acquired in fastest time Prof Varun Kumar M (b July 21, 1987) of Vellore, Tamil Nadu, faculty member of VIT University, has acquired two independent copyrights filed and received in fastest time – 11 months from April 2014 to February 2015. His real-time project work ‘Enhancement of vehicle control using securitized GSM technology Road Runner’ will change the field of automation through an Android mobile. His innovations registration numbers SW-8275/2015 and SW-8276/2015 are categorized under individual safety (Smart Mobile Application). He was assisted by students Vijayakumar M (b May 15, 1993) and Karthikeyan (b Feb 19, 1993).

BIGGEST / TALLEST

Tallest pen tower Five students from Maharishi Vidya Mandir Public School, Sitapur, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - Nitish Kumar Kushwaha, Aviral Trivedi, Rahul Tallest artificial tree Kumar Pandey, Vaibhav Mishra and Hritik Gupta Amanora Town Centre Mall, Pune installed an – made a 6.09 m (20 ft) tower using 5,735 artificial Christmas tree,vvv v62vv ft tall at the Central discarded, waste pens in 45 days from Nov 3 to Atrium on Dec 25, 2015. Work on the tree started Dec17, 2015. The students completed the on Dec 3, 2015 and completed on Dec 18. project in their school free periods.

Biggest postcard The biggest postcard in wood to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, 8’ by 4’, weighing 35 to 40 kg was prepared by about 100 students of Rajkot on Oct 2, 2015, his 146th birth anniversary. The creation of the postcard with peace messages written by children has become a permanent exhibit. The postcard looks like the traditional postcard in sunmica and has a matt finish. The text has been written using marker pens and is multi-coloured and in diverse languages. Minu Jasdanwala, a college lecturer is the man behind this giant postcard.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 37 3/31/2017, 3:10 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y WR: Biggest string ball Sharadchandra K Chachad (b Oct 4, 1928) of Mumbai has been winding a string ball for over 55 years, since 1961. Weighing nearly 13 kg with a 7 ft circumference, the string ball if unwound will be over 73.5 km long, a volume of approximately 14,600 cubic cm and a surface area of 3,900 sq cm.

Biggest 3D cricket kit Kinetic India Pvt Ltd, made the tallest 3-D cricket kit with Vodafone which included stumps, bat, ball and bails for IPL cricket match in Rajkot, Gujarat. The bright red kit was positioned on the Rajkot- Jamnagar highway at Tulsi Hotel near the cricket stadium. The entire structure was made with MS pipe covered with ACP material. The kit was on display for 40 days from April 12 to May 21, 2016. Measurements: Stumps with bails - 23 ft from Tallest Santa Claus ground level, Bat - 22 ft high Shoppers Stop Ltd made the tallest Santa Claus, 75.4 ft at Inorbit Mall in Malad, Mumbai, Biggest lock Maharashtra for Christmas. Work on Santa Link Locks (estd 1970) at started on Dec 10, 2015 and was completed on Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Jan 4, 2016. Over 30 people worked round the made the biggest clock to construct it. functional lock, 1,026 mm high; WR: Longest rubber 605 mm wide; chain 181 mm thick; Pavitra Patro (b Sept 29, 1981) weighing 55kg. of , Gujarat made The dimensions of the longest rubber band chain the key are measuring 3,308.8 m using 480 mm height; 31,416 pieces, each piece not 180mm width; exceeding 12 cm in 70 hr, 50 mm thickness; working 10 hr per day. The 3.7kg weight. Work work was done in two stages - on the lock and key from April 14-17, 2016 and started on March 1 and was completed on May May 5-7, 2016. There was a 31, 2016. public exhibition at GMDC The 15 people involved in the making of the Ground, Ahmedabad from lock were engineers, hand-skilled craftsmen and May 29-31, 2016. He used 30 technical workmen. The lock was fabricated for packets of rubber bands which Uttar Pradesh Museum at the Chief Minister, weighed 30 kg. Akhilesh Yadav’s residence.

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Biggest amateur telescope Dr Rajesh Dhole (b July 17, 1975) of Virar, Maharashtra worked on 3 large aperture reflector mirror telescopes of 22", 16", & 15.5" along with 8" & 10" glass. Dr Deepa Khandare & Dr Kamlesh Verma assisted him. It took a year and three months to finish the project from March 2014 to June 2015.

Biggest beer bottle chandelier Zero Degree Lounge & Restaurant at Dispur, Guwahati, Assam has the biggest beer bottle chandelier with 1,683 bottles with the bar covering more than 1,000 beer bottles. Work on the chandelier started on Nov 1 and was completed by Nov 17, 2015. Five persons were involved in making the chandelier.

WR: Biggest bangle Jewel Goldi (India) made the biggest gold bangle which was displayed during the Gems and Jewellery IIJS-2015 (India International Biggest wall clock Jewellery Show) held from August 6-10, 2014 Sanghpriy Tengar (b May 10, 1994) of at Mumbai. Jewel Goldi is an SRK group Shikohabad, Uttar Pradesh made a 57 inch dia company and is one of the leading diamond wall clock with a 26 inch minute hand and a 19 jewellery manufacturers. inch hour hand, taking 51 days. The work on the Details clock started on Dec 25, 2015 and was Outer diameter 2,108 mm completed by Feb 15, 2016. The frame was made Inner diameter 1,938 mm of wood while the central part was tin and wood. Weight of bangle 57 kg The cost of the clock was Rs 4,500. Man hours involved 463 hr

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Biggest Gandhi exhibition by school Panchshil School, situated at PD Malaviya College Campus, Rajkot organised a two day exhibition named Gandhi Jivan Darshan on the life of Mahatma Gandhi on Jan 30 - Jan 31, 2016. Hundred teachers and 530 students set it up. The exhibition covered the photographs and letters of Mahatma Gandhi, Amber Charkha khadi spinning, pictures of Gandhi’s teachers, his Alfred High School, Sabarmati ashram, copies of Harijan and Young India. Navijvan Trust Ahmedabad distributed books and Khadi Bhavan set up a stall to sell khadi items. Gandhi postal stamps were displayed. Contributors to the exhibition were Jayesh Hinglajiya (Gandhi photos), Madhav Jasapara (smallest charkha), Rakesh Vaidya’s Gandhi key chains, Minu Jasdanwala’s biggest postcard etc. The exhibition was visited by 4,35,827 people during the two days from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm. Footfalls were counted by a machine installed at the entrance.

WR: Biggest crochet blanket Mother India’s Crochet Queens (MICQ), spearheaded by Subashri Natarajan in Chennai, comprising 2,400 women from India and across the globe crocheted the biggest 11,148.5 sq m (120,000.98 sq ft) blanket. All participants across the world, including India ensured that everyone used 4 ply acrylic yarn and a 5 mm crochet hook to make a 40" x 40" blanket, as many pieces as they wished. There were 8,500 individual pieces in the crocheted blanket. Made in six months, it was displayed at MNM Jain College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on Jan 31, 2016.

WR: Biggest mehndi Municipal School Board (MSB), , Gujarat held the largest mehndi competition for their 326 schools comprising 24,054 (20,878 from Group I and 3,176 from Group II) girl students (6 - 16 years) at Sarsana, SGCCI Convention Centre from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm on August 8, 2015. Henna cones and refreshments were provided to the during the activity.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 40 3/31/2017, 3:11 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Biggest spectacles replica Under the PM’s initiative of Swacch Bharat, Kandkuppa Chakradhar (b June 15, 1984) of Srikakulaman, Andhra Pradesh made the largest replica of spectacles at Mandal Resources Centre on Sept 30, 2015. Using plastic electrical pipes, plastic papers and Fevicol, the glasses Biggest umbrella measured Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. (SAB TV) unveiled about 2.5 m the biggest umbrella, 30-ft tall and 60 ft dia, at long 1 m high with a 2.5 m frame. It took 5hr from Carter Road, Bandra, Mumbai on July 26, 2015. 7.00 am to 12.00 noon to make the glasses. The 2,700 kg structure made of steel was made in 120 hours using 600 m cloth. Fifty people were Biggest Ganesha album involved in making the umbrella in 5 days. Marathi daily newspaper Maharashtra Times has been embossing a new idol of Ganesha on its front page every day since Feb 10, 2003. Sharadchandra K Chachad (b Oct 4, 1928) of Mumbai has made a 230-page album with over 5,000 such prints of Ganesha. The prints are pasted serially along with the sender’s name, address and print date. Biggest remote control Suraj Kumar Meher and Rajesh Kumar Meher made a TV remote control 4.5 m (177.6 inch) long, 1.18 m (46.45 inch) wide which took them 68 days from June 15 to August 22, 2015. It is an WR: Biggest maalpua exact replica of the normal TV remote but is Chef Prof Manoj Srivastava (b Dec 30, 1968) 23.68 times larger than the original one. and six chefs along with 70 students made the biggest maalpua 8 ft long and 4 ft wide weighing 61.286 kg at Manipal University, School of Hotel Management, Jaipur on Oct 16, 2015. A special fabricated 8 ft × 4 ft iron tray weighing 172 kg used ‘flame guns’ for heat control to fry the maalpua. The maalpua which took 8 hr to make was distributed to the 4,500 gathered in 30 min.

WR: Biggest Christmas Ryan International School, Jamalpur, Ludhiana, Punjab made the biggest scroll Christmas card, 25 m long 14 m wide weighing 400 kg and launched it on Dec 5, 2015. Around 1,000 Ryanites and four teachers from Class VIII to XII were involved in making the card during school hours from Dec 1 – 5, 2015. They used 2,000 pastel, fluorescent, ivory sheets, 15 kg Fevicol, 5 litres of red, , blue, black colours, 380 m cotton belt, 400 m brown tape and 6 kg of glitter.

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WR: Biggest chopsticks Hyatt Regency, Ahmedabad, Gujarat inaugurated House, their premium Sichuan restaurant by making the biggest chopsticks, 33.5 ft tall weighing 32 kg on Oct 9, 2015. The bottom diameter was 10 inch and the top was 3 inch. It was prepared in 19 days by 14 people. Materials used were 18 kg rubber, 286 kg Plaster of , 3 kg wax, 3 litres colour and 2 litres melamine polish.

Biggest business card Dr Santosh Kumar Rai, resident of Bhilia, Chhattisgarh made the largest 45 sq ft (5×9 ft) business card which was first presented to Bhilai Lion’s Club 323C Gov Amarjeet Singh Dutt, Cabinet Secretary Vibha Bhutani and Mohan Singh Cabba on May 19, 2016. He was helped by seven members.

Largest dirt cake Four enthusiastic bakers, Danish Ali, Dr Archana Diwan, Nidhi Bagri and Poonam Ankur Shri Shrimal, the ‘ Baking Buddies’ made a 1,078 kg dirt cake at The Park, Bangalore on July 31, 2016. Work on the dirt cake started at 9.00 pm on July 30 and finished at 8.10 am on July 31, 2016. They used 220 kg cream cheese, 190 litres whipping cream, 550 kg crushed sandwich cookies, 65 kg sugar, 180 litres milk, 45 kg custard powder, 35 kg candy, 85 kg butter and 35 kg as garnish to give it a garden look! The pudding was distributed especially to children who were from underprivileged backgrounds, NGOs and sight-challenged children.

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Longest domino trail Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway conducted a domino trail of chilled Jägermeister shots at High Ultra Lounge in South India’s tallest lounge bar at a height of 421 ft. The hotel successfully set the record for domino trail of 421 shots on June 26, 2016. People at the brunch witnessed an astonishing spectacle of glasses toppling one after another in quick succession. With celebrity bartenders Pankaj Kamble and Sachin Gowda from Flair-o-logy joining, it was an afternoon to remember for all.

Longest semolina barfi Chef Chandramauli and his 33 team members from School of Hotel Management Graphic Era University, had prepared the longest semolina pudding barfi 161 ft long, 10 inch wide and 1 inch thick on May 16, 2016. Time taken to prepare the barfi was 3 hr 15 min 15 sec.

Longest dandiya sticks Telenor India Communications Pvt Ltd and Storyboard Brandcom Pvt Ltd made the longest dandiya sticks Longest broom each 40 ft tall Dr Abhilash Modi, Ravi Panchal, and 6 ft diameter Prashant Runwal, Mukut Vaishnav, during Navratri Utkarsh Singh, Rahul Panchal, at Ahmedabad, Shubham Gangwal, Kailash Lohar Gujarat from Oct of Bhilwara, Rajasthan made the 13 to 22, 2015. longest broom for PM Narendra The iron dandiya Modi’s Swacch Bharat sticks, wrapped Abhiyan initiative. The by colourful flex 7.77m (25 ft 3 in) long illuminated by 3.54 m (11 ft 5 in) wide LED lights, took broom took 10 hr to three days to make and was displayed make. Created at Suchna Kendra by Hooda Arts Choraha, Bhilwara, on they were displayed at Karnavati Club Lawns, SG August 30, 2015. Highway, Ahmedabad.

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Longest Chunariya Yatra Vishal Chunariya Yatra is observed in the Longest rakhi northern cow belt especially in Madhya Pradesh, On Rakhi Purnima, Yannita Priyadarshini and a faith-driven celebration by thousands during Biswakanta Panda made the biggest 50 ft dia rakhi the 9-day Navratri festival. In Indore, Chunariya IDENTICAL with 500 ft strap embedded with rice, paddy Yatra has been organised for the past six years. MEASUREMENTS grains and cloth at the inauguration of Shehara Devotees walk 6 km chanting slokas and singing FOR THE TWO Sampark at Indira Gandhi Park in Bhubaneswar, bhajans. Chunariya is a 2 km long sari carried on RAKHIS HAVE COME Odisha on August 29, 2015. Inaugurated at devotees’ head covering the 2 km distance. On FROM TWO 5.00 pm, the rakhi was on public display for two Oct 18, 2015, the Chunariya procession started DIFFERENT days. The theme was Jagannath, the spirit behind at Bada Ganapati temple and reached Bjasan STATES! Odisha culture. Mata temple and offered the chunariya to Durga Mata. Longest rakhi Sheetal School of Sanskar Group in Jamnagar, Gujarat, made the Longest pens largest rakhi with 700 students and 60 teachers for Raksha Bandhan Prabir Sarkar (b Sept 25, 1975) working in Ropar, (Rakhi) on August 28, 2015. The rakhi was a 50-ft square thick paper Punjab designed and coordinated the development with a 275 ft thick cloth on both sides so the total length was 550ft. of the longest working ball point pen and fountain The basic design had decorative strips, sponge, and wooden pen at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, powder filled with slogans and drawing. There were many messages IIT Ropar on March 3, 2016. Manufactured by in the rakhi like Cleanliness, Save Energy, Save Water, Save students Aditya Raj, Arjun Jha, Avinash Dhinva and Environment, Save the Girl Child and Respect our Independence. Mohit Kumar, they were assisted by laboratory assistants Randhir, Giridhiri, Rakesh, and Maneet. The 23 m (74.4 ft) long pen can write like an ordinary pen. It took 2-3 months to make, at a cost of Rs 18,000. The fountain pen is a replica of the ball point pen with some differences. The total length is approx 23 m (75.5 ft) with 3.02 m (9 ft 11 inch) cap. The dia is 25 cm (9.82 inch). Made of plastic and wood with a nib made of aluminum, the pen uses control valve knobs to control the , and a tube to allow the flow of the ink. The pen took around 3 months to make at a cost of Rs 22,000.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 44 3/31/2017, 3:11 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y WR: Longest banner The Career Counselling Committee (CCC) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) displayed a 63.7 km long cloth banner 1 m (3.2 ft) wide at Poonjery village of Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu on August 22, 2015. The banner was arranged in three blocks of 99, 185 and 203 rows with a gap between 16 rows. The unfurled banner with smaller banners stitched together was hung on poles depicting messages of Chartered Accountant Education. The 10 acre land was hired for the purpose. The messages created awareness about Chartered Accountancy as a career among students and parents. The conference at Banquets and Resorts, Mahabalipuram was attended by over 2,000 people.

WR: Longest cold meat platter Culinary Academy of India (CAI) with Chef Director, six Faculty, and 100 students made the longest 30 ft long 8 ft wide cold meat platter at their premises in Begumpet, Telangana for Christmas on Dec 23, 2015. Using varieties of meats, around 100 chefs worked for 800 man hours creating life-size butter sculptures, intricate vegetable and fruit carvings. Meats varied from lamb, chicken, turkey, lobsters, prawns, buffalo and salmon were made into classical pates, En Croutes, Roulade’s etc.

Longest ramp White Leaf Entertainment Media Pvt Ltd built the longest fashion show ramp, 96 ft long and 10 ft wide at Glam Icon Audition atrium at Phoenix Marketcity, Mumbai on Nov 14, 2015. The ramp was made by 10 helpers and five executives over 4 hours.

Longest wave with hand fans POP Boy’z Crew, a and Event Management group from Balkum, Thane, Maharashtra organised the longest moving wave with tricolour hand fans by 306 participants for 5 min 15 sec at Balkum Pada No 2, West Thane on Jan 26, 2016, Republic Day.

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Longest walkway (temporary) RMB Event Management Pvt Ltd created a 11,060 m long 16 ft high and 30 ft wide temporary covered walkway iron (MS) structure for the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India for their annual exhibition – India International Jewellery Show 2015. Designed by Delhi-based architects, Atelier Anonyme Designs, it was held from August 6-11, 2015 at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, NESCO Compound, Goregaon, Mumbai. The purpose of the walkway was to connect all the used exhibition halls inside the compound for over 5,000 visitors. The total length of the structure was more than 1,200 running meters.

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Largest alumni meet Alumni of South Point Ex-students Association (Aspexs) held their annual get-together, Rendezvous 2016, in association with The Telegraph at Wet-o- Wild, Nicco Park, Kolkata on Jan 9, 2016. There was singing, dancing and catching up with buddies over a plate of biryani. The celebrations started at 6.00 pm and ended at 11.00pm. In all, 1,859 alumni attended the function.

Largest Gandhi topi (cap) Vasant Thakur, President of Nashik Shahar Congress Sevadal made a 50 ft x 3 ft Gandhi topi (cap) for Gandhi Jayanti at the Congress Committee grounds on Mahatma Gandhi Road, Nashik which was unveiled on Oct 2, 2014. Using 108 m long cloth and 1,100 m thread it took two days to make the cap - 11.30 am to 3 pm on July 30 to 4.00 pm to 9.00 pm on August 1, 2014. The cap was unveiled on Oct 2, 2014 and displayed on a 4-ft tall scaffold. Around 500+ were present at the venue.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 46 3/31/2017, 3:11 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Largest Diwali diya designs The Resort, luxury beach resort located in Madh-Marve, Malad, Mumbai celebrated ‘Rang Diyas’ with 7,000 traditional diyas covering 13,000 sq ft for Diwali on Nov 6, 2015. The diyas did not have any colour or paint. They were displayed in attractive designs across the resort lawns. The design was created in a span of 7 hr and by 7.00 pm, the symmetrical formation of diyas was ready for visitors. Thirty women from the NGO Kirti Mahila Utkarsh dressed in traditional attire created the designs with diyas.

Largest iron diya Divya Bhaskar made a gigantic iron lamp 25 ft x 18 ft and installed it at the Central Mall atrium, Ahmedabad during the Diwali season culminating on Nov 11, 2015. The lamp covered with flex was illuminated at the back. Made by six people, it took 17 hr, starting at 10.00 am and finishing it at 3.00 am. The diya was erected and installed with support from Zero Exposure.

Largest Plumber Meet Largest newspaper clippings On World Plumber Day, March 11, 2016, Finolex Bibhuti Bhusana Patnaik (b March 4, 1955) of Industries Ltd conducted the most number of Jatani, Odisha has the largest collection of Odia Plumber Meets on a single day across India. The newspaper clippings thematically arranged on 60 9.00 am to 6.30 pm meet, organised simultaneously subjects since 1975. Neatly inserted in different across 26 states and 58 cities, was attended by folders some of the topics are environment, 3,000 plumbers. The meet was to disseminate trees, snakes, dogs, politicians like chief minister information and impart training about the best of Odisha, former President late APJ Abdul industry practices and technologies to plumbers and Kalam, Mother Teresa and so on. In total he has felicitate them for their contribution to maintaining over 4.5 lakh newspaper cuttings in 77 volumes. hygiene, sanitation and saving water.

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humanstory 2017 II.pmd 47 3/31/2017, 3:11 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Largest projection screen Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited made the largest single seamless 440 ft long × 24 ft high projection screen for the event ‘Night of the Stars’ at International Convention Centre, Hyderabad on August 19, 2015. The 270 degree screen used 13-20,000 lumen projectors. Over 550 attended the event. Measurements: Project screen: 270 degree Screen length: 546 ft Screen height: 24 ft Projection area: 13,104 sq ft Number of projectors used: 17

Largest Shivling & longest rudraksha mala Largest fire resistant safe Batukbhai Vyas (b August 9, 1970) of Dharampur- Udyog Bharti, Surat Div, Gujarat sells gigantic fire Valsad, Gujarat made a rudraksha Shivling, resistant safes. The first was made for a diamond starting with a 28 cm (11 inch) one in 2000. Since manufacturer in March 11, 2015. The 2,435 mm then he has been increasing the (96 in) high, 1,625 height and the number of beads mm (64 in) wide in the Shivling. By Feb 29, 2016, and 1,320 mm (53 it had become 10.13 m (33 ft 3 in) deep safe has inch) high and 5.03 m (16 ft 6 two handles, three inch) dia with 25 lakh rudraksha key locks with 10 beads, both large and small. Lever SS key and Weighing 4,610 kg, the length of one numerical the string (rudraksha mala or combination lock. chain) was 64.5 km. Work on The door of the the Shivling started on Oct 22, safe made with 2015 and finished on Feb 28, 12 mm solid MS 2016, total 130 days. More than plate has 5mm 15 lakh people visited during thickness with the nine days darshan 3 mm inner body thickness. The massive 5 tonne programme organised by Rudrakshotsav & safe was lifted onto the 8th of the building. Chorwadotsav Samiti at Chorwad, Junagadh, In 2015-16 they sold 200 safes! Gujarat.

WR: Largest potluck party Foodaholics organised the largest potluck party with 505 people who brought their own homemade delicacies at Andaz Party Plot, Ahmedabad on Dec 20, 2015. Each participant brought food enough to share with six people. The potluck party emphasized people’s love for good food and culinary skills, a community where they get together in a cordial atmosphere. The party started at 12.00 noon and it was over after 3.00 pm. Foodaholics is an online community with 33,000+ active members in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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