T H E H U M A N S T O R Y PHYSICAL FEATS Only woman Samurai Samurai Reshma Lalwani (b Feb 23, 1973) of Mumbai was awarded the 6th dan by International Goju Ryu Karate-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 South Africa. 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, Madhya Pradesh performed mallakhamb exercises 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 Martial Arts Association Largest Silambam performance organized a record breaking event at Nehru rd On the 93 birth anniversary celebrations of Arutchelvar Dr N Memorial Hall, Camp, Pune, Maharashtra 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, Tamil Nadu 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 girl had 667 tiles through a one-hour synchronised performance. broken on her. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 25 humanstory 2017 II.pmd 25 3/31/2017, 3:10 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Only visually-challenged winner of taekwondo 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, Seoul July 4-9, 2014. He has been competing with children of normal eyesight from 41 countries. Krishna also participates in sports like gymnastics 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 Mixed Martial Arts at Cottonera Sport 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. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 26 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 punch him hard. The event was held at his gym at 2.00 pm Nehru Place, New Delhi on May 15, 2016. Fastest one- hand rotation Shreyas Raju RG (b July 17, 1996) of Chikkaballapur, Karnataka 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 Performing Arts (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. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 27 humanstory 2017 II.pmd 27 3/31/2017, 3:10 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y 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, Andhra Pradesh 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. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 28 humanstory 2017 II.pmd 28 3/31/2017, 3:10 PM T H E H U M A N S T O R Y 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 tennis 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 football on head March 8, students of Bon Secours College for Manoj Mishra of Kolkata, 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. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 29 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 Nagpur, 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.