Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Yuvraj Singh (born on August 11, 2011) of New Delhi, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for achieving three Gold medals and one Silver medal in 25th International Children’s Taekwondo championship (held in Sindelfingen, Germany on 01 & 02/02/2020) organised by “Taekwondo Aktuell” and “World Children Taekwondo Union” and as confirmed on February 17, 2020.

Hari Krishnan R (born on September 6, 1998) of Kerala, India, set a record for carving out the names of 40 Indian brave soldiers (along with their native states), who died during the Pulwama attack in 2019, on pencil leads. He beautifully carved out the names of 40 Indian soldiers on 40 different pencil leads, as confirmed on June 30, 2020.

Baljinder Singh Maan (born on September 15, 1980) of Punjab, India, set a record for making the longest Indian flag (measuring 470 feet in length). The Indian flag is made by using 71, 000 toothpicks, as confirmed on March 13, 2020.

Dr. Tulika Chakravorty (born on January 1, 1982) of West Bengal, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master for conducting an online quiz on World Environment Day. 13582 participants took part in the quiz under the aegis of the National Service Scheme, Bangabasi Morning College, Kolkata from June 5, 2020, to June 15, 2020, as confirmed on July 14, 2020.

Yash Tiwari (born on October 24, 2001) of Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for being the youngest to write a fictional book on Covid-19. The book titled Pandemic 2020 (ISBN 978-1-64899-729-7), consisting of 315 pages, was published by Notionpress.com. The book consists of four stories based on Chinese, US, Italian and Indian citizens. It was penned on May 10, 2020, at the young age of 18 years, 9 months and 17 days, as confirmed on August 7, 2020.

Ashok Kumar (born on September 05, 1985) of Ludhiana, Punjab, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a splendid painting of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion. The portrait, measuring 18 ft x 11 ft, was painted with oil colours, as confirmed on November 28, 2019.

Jyash Tholiya (born on November 11, 2011) of Maharashtra, India set a record for singing maximum national anthems of different countries. He has memorised and beautifully sung the national anthems of 21 different countries including Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Egypt, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE, UK and USA, at the young age of 8 years, 8 months and 10 days, as confirmed on July 21, 2020.

Advita Mangesh Tivrekar (born on March 6, 2016) of Maharashtra, India, is titled as Grand Master for narrating 206 bones of the adult human body with their names, numbers and relevant information at the tender age of 4 years and 3 months, as confirmed on July 7, 2020.

Periyar (born on January 24, 1995) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of club bell (cylinder) swings using a cylinder weighing 15.69 kilograms. He performed 33 swings in one minute, as confirmed on July 17, 2020.

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Tiwari, President of Jila Jankalyan Mahasamiti and Rani Jhansi Foundation from Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for taking a remarkable initiative to honour the maximum number of Corona Warriors for their commendable efforts and addressing them on the importance of handwashing and social distancing guidelines, across 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 11,237 Corona Warriors were awarded and honoured for their participation during the Corona Pandemic from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2020.