Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Maximum participants in an annual memorial marathon Kalaignar Memorial International Marathon set the record for Maximum participants in an Annual Memorial Marathon at Olcott Memorial School, Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 43102 participants joined and took part in the event which consisted of 4 different runs; a full marathon of 42.195kms, a half-marathon of 21.097kms, a 10km marathon and a 5km run on August 7, 2022. The record was confirmed on October 6, 2022.

Gurpreet Singh Sidhu (born on January 17, 1990) of Punjab, India, along with 10 teammates, set a record for hoisting the longest Indian flag on Mount Kanamo. The team of 11 members summited Mount Kanamo (5,974 m) on August 28, 2022 at 10:31 am and hoisted the longest Indian flag (measuring 328 ft x 3 ft), as confirmed on September 15, 2022.

Emil Yohan Shinu (born on October 6, 2016) of Kerala, India (currently residing in Newcastle, United Kingdom), set a record for making the maximum number of LEGO models. He built 27 Lego models including an excavator, frog, fish, tree, apple, big swan, car, airplane, robot, castle, swan, sailing boat, house, elephant, right angle tower, jeep car, stage, garage, camera, drone, house, robot, spiderman, ironman, fountain and stairs in 9 minutes and 49 seconds, at the age of 6 years and 22 days, as confirmed on October 28, 2022.

Rajendran V. R. (born on February 21, 1980) of Kerala, India, set a record for depicting the Ramayana on a dry banana leaf. He depicted the Ramayana on a dry banana leaf (measuring 6 feet x 2.5 feet) and completed the painting in 10 hours and 45 minutes using acrylic colours, as confirmed on September 26, 2022.

INDIAN NAVY in collaboration with NWWA (Navy Welfare and Wellness Association) set the record for Maximum Participation of Students in a Hybrid School Quiz, wherein 8520 students of grades IX to XII successfully participated in the hybrid school quiz from 4260 schools. The quiz used hybrid platforms both offline and online, where the students used proprofs.com platform for online quizzing, while the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya hosted the offline sessions at Karwar, Karnataka on November 23, 2022.

Subiksha Abey EL Dorado (born on August 22, 1990) of Kerala, India, set a record for making the largest portrait of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam by using pyrography. She made a portrait (measuring 8 ft. in height and 4 ft. in width) of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam by using rubb wood and a pyrography (micro torch), as confirmed on August 20, 2022.

Prinsumon P.B. (born on April 14, 1979) of Kerala, India, set a record for making the biggest replica of an Air India craft. He made a large size replica of an Air India craft (measuring 12 ft. x 11 ft. x 6.5 ft.) using GI sheets, plastic buckets and metal pipes in 8 hours, as confirmed on October 3, 2022.

Bharat Jyoti Debnath (born on December 31, 1986) of Assam, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making five dress items including bangles and crown using bamboo craft, as confirmed on September 5, 2022.

Porus, a division of Lloyd Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Maharashtra, India, set a record for conducting the maximum number of digital continuous medical education programmes on Cardio-diabetic medicines, namely Benidin (Benidipine) and Sugaflo (Dapagliflozin). A total number of 125 digital CMEs were conducted wherein 2,014 doctors benefited through this initiative between July 7, 2021 and January 31, 2022.

Rtn. S. Sundar, Executive Director, Potan Super Foods and Women Power Tamil Nadu, 555 CLUB, Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for conducting the longest women entrepreneurs’ virtual business showcase session, wherein a total number of 555 women participated. The session, which started at 9.09 am on September 9, 2021 and ended at 10.37 pm on September 20, 202 1asted for 277 hours and 28 minutes.