Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Parv Ashish Bapna (born on June 13, 2016) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for recalling the maximum types of phobias. He recalled 99 types of phobias with complete accuracy in 5 minutes at the young age of 4 years, 7 months and 23 days, as confirmed on February 5, 2021.

Amarjeet Singh Gudrana (born on December 30, 1988) of Haryana, India, set a record for qualifying the maximum number of teaching tests. He qualified 34 teaching tests: TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) 29 times including PRT-13 times, PGT-four times and TGT-twelve times, NET (National Eligibility Test) five times including once for JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) from November 2011 to December 2019, as confirmed on November 17, 2020.

Arhaan Aazim Lalani (born on November 9, 2017) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for being the fastest to identify 100 airline logos. He identified 100 airline logos in just 1 minute and 32 seconds, at the tender age of 3 years, 2 months and 11 days, as confirmed on January 20, 2021.

Kayalvizhi Saravana Selvam (born on May 29, 2006) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for reciting the names of the maximum number of branches of medical science. She recited the names of 34 branches in 30 seconds, at the age of 14 years and 5 months, as confirmed on November 3, 2020.

S. Nirush Raghavan (born on March 19, 2014) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for being the fastest to recall the capitals, currencies, and languages of all 196 UN recognised countries in 7 minutes by looking at their flags, at St. Michael’s Academy, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on March 10, 2021.

Sindhu Williams (born on December 19, 1997) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for holding the longest Two–Legged Inverted Staff Yoga Pose, at the Aum Yoga Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on March 8, 2021. She held this yoga pose for 10 minutes.

Sahil Jindal (born on July 15, 2004) of Haryana, India, set a record for being the fastest to identify blindfolded 52 playing cards. He accurately identified blindfolded the numbers written on the 52 playing cards in 26.90 seconds, as confirmed on February 6, 2021.

Maheswar.N.Pillai (born on May 5, 2000) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for neatly carving out the portraits of 15 Indian Prime Ministers (PM Narendra Modi, Charan Singh, P.V. Narasimha Rao and others) on a single jackfruit leaf using a surgical blade, pen and marker, as confirmed on December 29, 2020.

Zanea Amin Ali (born on March 3, 2007) of Telangana, India, set a record for being the youngest girl pianist. She completed RSL Level 3 Certificate in graded examination in music performance – Grade 8 piano and keyboards on January 12, 2021, at the young age of 13 years, 10 months and 9 days, as confirmed on February 9, 2021.

Dhruv Atul Mohite (born on May 16, 2003) of Maharashtra, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for swimming from Mora Port to Karanja Jetty at a fast speed. He covered a distance of 20 km in 5 hours and 40 minutes, as confirmed on January 25, 2021.