Author: Asia Book of Records Team

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India set a record for the maximum participants with disabilities performing yoga at a single venue. A total of 3068 participants with disabilities like intellectual disabilities, hearing, visual & locomotor and many other disabilities in the age group of 13-40 years assembled together and performed Yoga for 30 minutes at the Kanha Shanti Vanam, Chegur, Telangana as confirmed on June 21, 2023.

Univastu Bootes Infra LLP of Haryana, India set the record for the fastest construction of Net Zero Library in Asia during the construction of Jhansi Library, located at Shiksha Bhawan, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The library being one of a kind in India was designed and reconstructed after demolishing the old library building, as per the Net-Zero vision wherein the amount of carbon emissions associated with a building is zero or negative. The construction completed in 90 days starting March 22, 2023 and ending on June 20, 2023, as confirmed on June 21, 2023.

Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive, Maharashtra, India set the record for the highest number of Pik-Up vehicle deliveries in a single day across India.  A total of 3152 vehicles of Mahindra Bolero Maxx Pik-Up across India were delivered by the dealers to the happy customers on May 31, 2023, as confirmed on June 2, 2023.

Mani Raj Singh (born on June 26, 1991) of Uttar Pradesh, India, along with his friend, set a record for being the fastest to complete a car expedition across the mainland of India. They started their car expedition at 8.00 am from Mathura on March 1, 2023, visited 28 Indian states and 6 union territories and completed it at 8.30 pm at Mathura on April 11, 2023. They covered 16, 922.90 km in 42 days by a Maruti Alto car, as confirmed on May 26, 2023.

Phil Kessel of the USA set a record for playing the maximum consecutive NHL games by an individual.  He recorded an unbroken ironman streak of 1,042 NHL games while playing for five teams between November 3, 2009 and March 1, 2023, as confirmed on June 5, 2023.

Cal Clutterbuck (CAN) of the New York Islanders, USA, set a record by hitting the maximum career hits by an NHL player. He made the all-time hits record of 3,635 with nine hits in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, passing Dustin Brown (3,632) for the most in NHL history, as confirmed on June 5, 2023.

Debojyoti Bose (born on August 28, 1987) of West Bengal, India, set a record for being the fastest to complete a solo scooty expedition from Kolkata to Muktinath temple. He started his expedition from Kolkata at 6.17 am on April 2, 2023, explored Chitwan-Mugling-Pokhara-Mustang-Kathmandu, reached Muktinath Temple (Nepal) on April 8, 2023 at 12.30 pm and finally terminated at Kolkata at 9.30 pm on April 13, 2023. He covered 3,576 km in 12 days on a Suzuki Burgman Street 125cc scooty, as confirmed on May 2, 2023.

Rituparna Baruah (born on August 6, 2004) of Assam, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reciting 18 Japanese poems (Haiku) in 47 seconds and 79 seconds at the age of 18 years and 8 months, as confirmed on April 29, 2023.

Pavithran Senthilraj (born on March 12, 2018) of Tamil Nadu, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making 118 beautiful items including insects, fishes, flags of countries, hair accessories, fruits, birds and animals on different Pistachio shells at the age of 5 years and 1 month, as confirmed on May 5, 2023.

Janya Malani (born on November 17, 2015) of Delhi, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for performing 3,468 hula hoop spins for 34 minutes and 5 seconds at the age of 6 years and 10 months, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.