Author: ABR Team

Atul Kumar (born on June 21, 1957) of Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for the maximum number of handwritten books on Tulsikrit Ramayana. He wrote 9 books of Tulsikrit Ramayana from August 13, 1991 to June 26, 2024, wherein the measurement of each book varies from 11 inches x 9 inches x 3.5 inches to 11 inches x 9 inches x 4 inches, and the pages of each book vary from 556 to 640, as confirmed on July 24, 2024.

Kranti (born on December 31, 1978) of Jharkhand, India, set a record for being the youngest to donate whole blood one hundred times. He started donating whole blood (O+) at Jamshedpur Blood Centre (Jamshedpur) from the age of 18 years, 3 months and 12 days, and has donated 100 times from April 12, 1997 to May 29, 2024, at the age of 45 years, 4 months and 29 days, as confirmed on July 13, 2024.

Grigor Manukyan of Armenia set a record for performing the maximum consecutive pull ups on a bar positioned between two moving trucks. He performed a total number of 44 consecutive pull ups on a bar positioned between two moving trucks with a speed of 5 km/hr (3.1 miles/hr), as confirmed on March 23, 2024.

Sarosh Khan (born on December 4, 1976) of Rajasthan, India, set a record for the participation of the maximum number of organisations in a cleanliness drive. A total number of 18 organisations of Kota participated in a cleanliness drive that started at 8 a.m. on August 11, 2023, and was completed at 1 p.m. on August 15, 2023. Volunteers cleaned roads, temples, heritage sites, parks and other areas of the city for 101 hours non-stop

Jaipur Greater Nagar Nigam under the leadership of Mayor Dr. Somya Gurjar, in collaboration with Johari Lal Sodhani, Sodhani Sweets Pvt. Ltd, Lal Tank Road, Jaipur, India set the record for making the ‘Largest Ghevar’. They made the largest circular shaped ghevar measuring 475 kg circumference 7.3 feet and 9-inch thickness) using wheat flour, ghee (clarified butter), sugar syrup, milk, and cottage cheese, topped with saffron, spices and nut to preserve cultural heritage of Rajasthan and celebrate Teej Festival, at Abhinandan Banquet Hall, Mansarovar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, as confirmed on August 5, 2024.

Well-known acrobat Yammel Rodriguez of Mexico set a record for the maximum aerial hoop somersaults in one minute by a female in Las Vegas, USA. She performed an astonishing number of 47 somersaults, as confirmed on March 23, 2024.

Miraaya Uttekar (born on December 8, 2016) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for being the youngest to deliver a speech at TEDx Talks. She delivered a speech at TEDx Talks on the topic ‘Dreams – Your Own Superpower’ at Euro School Kharadi (Pune) on March 16, 2024, at the age of 7 years, 3 months and 8 days, as confirmed on June 4, 2024.

Avantika Verma (born on January 15, 2017) of Haryana, India, set a record for reciting the maximum number of countries’ currencies blindfolded in 30 seconds. She recited the currencies of 42 countries blindfolded in 30 seconds (the names of the countries were displayed on a laptop screen), at the age of 7 years, 4 months and 25 days, as confirmed on July 4, 2024.

Riya Rahul Kulkarni (born on February 16, 2017) of Maharashtra, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reading 370 English words (in 4 paragraphs) in one minute, at the age of 7 years and 4 months, as confirmed on July 9, 2024.

Shine India Foundation of Rajasthan, India, set a record for organising an eye donation pledge with the participation of the maximum number of people in one year. They organised a pledge for the awareness of eye donation among people from August 2022 to August 2023, wherein 52,760 people filled and submitted the eye donation forms, as confirmed on March 30, 2024.