Author: Asia Book of Records Team

The Beard Team USA of Wyoming, USA, set a record of forming the longest beard chain in the world. A total of 69 men came together to form the beard chain measuring 45.99 m (150 ft 10.75 in), as confirmed on May 11, 2023.

Paul Slosar of Summerville, South Carolina, USA, set a record for having the longest moustache on a living person. The “English” style moustache hasn’t been trimmed for the last 30 years and measured 63.5 cm (2 ft 1 in), as confirmed on May 11, 2023.

Bandung Regency PAUD Working Group of Indonesia, set a record of organising the Gebyar Washing Hands with Soap (CTPS) campaign where maximum participants washed hands with soap. A total of 187,321 participants in 2,987 locations took part in the campaign to promote handwashing and cultivating a healthy lifestyle in children, as confirmed on May 11, 2023.

Pratham Mittal (born on August 11, 2005) of Gujarat, India, set a record for being the youngest to compile an international anthology. He compiled an international anthology (with two other compilers from India and Macedonia) titled ‘The Man Who Rapes? Should Be Castrated’ (ISBN: 978-93-54526-81-7), published by Spectrum of Thoughts on January 19, 2022 at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 8 days, as confirmed on March 22, 2022.

H.K. Rama Rao (born on May 24, 1938) of Karnataka, India, set a record for collecting 1,078 coins for the time period Before the Common Era (BCE), Ancient and Medieval times; from Sultanates, the Mughal Empire, Indian Kingdoms, Indian Princely States and British India from 500 BCE to 1947 CE, as confirmed on April 7, 2023.

Prof. Dr. R. Soeharso Surakarta of Indonesia, set a record of organising the event ‘My Bones are Strong Indonesia Great’ with maximum participants doing joints and bone gymnastics. As many as 1,808 people  took part in the event at 11 hospital locations, as confirmed on May 10, 2023.

Sai Saanvi Grandhe (born on August 18, 2010) of Andhra Pradesh, India (currently living in UAE), set a record for being the fastest to recite letters of the English alphabet in forward and reverse order blindfolded. She recited letters of the English alphabet from Z to A and A to Z accurately in 5 seconds at the age of 12 years, 7 months and 7 days, as confirmed on April 4, 2023.

Sidharth Sarathchandran (born on June 9, 2017) of Kerala, India, set a record for identifying the maximum number of fish species. He identified 150 fish species in 3 minutes, 42 seconds and 72 milliseconds at the age of 5 years, 6 months and 28 days, as confirmed on March 27, 2023.

Ruth Maria (born on September 27, 1982) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for wiggling the little toe (of the left leg) 37 times up and down by continuously moving the little toe on top of the adjacent finger in 30 seconds, as confirmed on April 3, 2023.

Magician master Swarang Pritam Randive (born on September 11, 2011) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of magic shows. He performed 402 magic shows from January 26, 2015 to March 21, 2023 in different locations including Maharashtra (cities and districts), Agra, Hyderabad, Surat, Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain and Nepal at the age of 11 years, 7 months and 8 days, as confirmed on April 24, 2023.