Author: ABR Team

Ankana Das (born on October 19, 2013) of West Bengal, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for performing eight types of dance forms, namely Rabindra Nritya, Bengali Folk, Creative Dance, Chinese Dance, Modern Dance, Nepali Dance, Bollywood Dance and Western Dance in 15 minutes, at the age of 9 years and 10 months, as confirmed on September 11, 2023.

Durgesh Bhagwan Borse (born on July 31, 2002) of Maharashtra, India, along with his brother, set a record for performing the maximum number of alternate fist bumps in 30 seconds. They performed 345 alternate fist bumps in 30 seconds, as confirmed on September 13, 2023.

Pankaj Jain (born on November 8, 1968) of Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for floating in the reclined Parvatasana yoga pose in water for the longest duration. He floated in the reclined Parvatasana yoga pose (mountain pose) for 1 hour and 5 minutes at the Cawnpore Club Swimming Pool, as confirmed on September 13, 2023.

Pankaj Mehta (born on June 6, 1986) of Uttarakhand, India, set a record for being the fastest to summit Mt. Yunam carrying a bicycle. He started trekking from the Yunam Base Camp on August 23, 2023 at 4:02 am carrying a 12 kg bicycle (a SCOTT Scale 940), and reached the summit of Mt. Yunam (6,111 m) at 12:36 pm; trekking 3.89 km in 8 hours and 34 minutes, as confirmed on September 8, 2023.

Kunal Bhagwan Borse (born on May 22, 2004) of Maharashtra, India, along with his brother, set a record for performing the maximum number of alternate fist bumps in 30 seconds. They performed 345 alternate fist bumps in 30 seconds, as confirmed on September 13, 2023.

Aagan Naresh (born on September 10, 2019) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for reading the maximum number of English words. He read 1,399 English words (consisting of 3 to 12 letters) in 40 minutes by looking at the words on a mobile screen, at the age of 3 years, 11 months and 11 days, as confirmed on September 9, 2023.

Lakshya Agrawal (born on July 13, 2017) of Rajasthan, India, set a record for running the maximum distance on Independence Day holding the Indian Flag. He ran for a distance of 11.77 km on August 15, 2023 (Independence Day) in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 16 seconds from Vikram Chowk to Shaheed Smarak Kota while holding the Indian Flag, at the age of 6 years, 1 month and 2 days, as confirmed on August 25, 2023.

Commissionerate Police, Amritsar and CATT (The Congenital Anomaly Treatment Trust) set the record for the largest congregation and walkathon by students to pray for drug free Punjab at the Harmandir Sahib (The Golden Temple) in Amritsar, Punjab, India. A total of more than 35000 students in yellow-coloured dresses from 57 Schools, walked through the walled city and congregated at the Golden Temple to offer prayer (Ardaas) for a ‘Drug free Punjab’ in the presence of ‘Bhagwant Mann’, Chief Minister of Punjab as confirmed on October 18, 2023.

Municipal Corporation of Andhra Pradesh, India set the record for maximum people taking selfies to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. A total of 25000 People from different age groups gathered at a single venue and took selfies mega Selfie Camp on the eve of ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ and dedicated the selfies to the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi ‘The father of Nation’ at ASR Stadium, Near Railway Station, Eluru, as confirmed on October 2, 2023.

Haresh Barath Mohan (born on July 15, 2007) of Tamil Nadu, India set a record for non-stop swimming across Palk Strait. He being an autistic child swam 14.4 nautical miles in 11 hours, 52 minutes and 20 seconds in the open sea from Thalaimanar (Srilanka) to Dhanush Kodi, Tamil Nadu, India at the age of 16 years, 2 months and 22 days, as confirmed on October 7, 2023.