Author: ABR Team

Room to Read India, India, set the record for ‘Maximum Participants in a Read-A-Thon Across Multiple Locations’. With 53,63,059 participants from 11 states — Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Held on September 8, 2026, 11:00-11:30 AM as part of India Gets Reading 8.0, themed ‘My Words, My Story | मेरे शब्द, मेरी कहानी,’ it aligned with NEP 2020 and NIPUN Bharat, as confirmed on September 25, 2026.

A grand Hanoi celebration marked the success of Vườn Tình Yêu – Prem Ki Surdhara, highlighting India–Vietnam friendship, cultural exchange and the power of cinema.

Mansi Jangid (born on June 8, 2008) of Rajasthan, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for conducting classes on Mnemonics, wherein she taught memory-enhancing techniques to students of Government Secondary School (Lalsot), Dausa, continuously for 5 hours and 30 minutes on January 30, 2026 (under the aegis of Sw. Moolchand Meena Teacher Training College and the mentorship of Rahul Kumar), at the age of 17 years and 9 months, as confirmed on April 3, 2026.

Mona (born on July 21, 2004) of Madhya Pradesh, India, set a record for making the largest typographic portrait of Lord Hanuman using vermilion. She made the largest typographic portrait of Lord Hanuman, measuring 10 feet x 10 feet, on a sheet of white cloth by writing the divine word ‘Ram’ numerous times in Hindi, using vermilion and a paintbrush, as confirmed on August 25, 2026.

Dr. Yogesh Narania (born on July 2, 1977) of Rajasthan, India, set a record for clearing the UGC-NET examination the maximum number of times in different subjects. He cleared the UGC-NET examination (National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professor) 18 times in seventeen subjects between June 2002 and December 2025, as confirmed on June 10, 2026.

Siddharth Singh (born on September 8, 2018) of Haryana, India, set a record for being the fastest to name the currencies of 100 countries. He named the currencies of 100 countries in 1 minute by viewing the names of the countries on a laptop screen, at the age of 7 years, 9 months and 10 days, as confirmed on June 30, 2026.

Vedant Kumar (born on December 24, 2017) of Bihar, India, set a record for recalling the names of the maximum number of districts along with Chief Ministers of all Indian states. He recalled the names of 732 districts, along with the Chief Ministers of all 28 Indian states, in 10 minutes and 50 seconds, at the age of 8 years, 8 months and 5 days, as confirmed on September 7, 2026.

Ankur Das (born on November 26, 1994) of Assam, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for performing 50 one-hand push-ups in 30 seconds, as confirmed on July 7, 2026.

This certificate is awarded to Sreshta Yellanki for simultaneously identifying, along with her twin, 34 MRI images of anatomical structures, comprising the brain, heart, kidney, stomach, liver and joints, in 5 minutes and 45 seconds by viewing the images on a laptop screen, at the age of 3 years and 11 months, as confirmed on March 2, 2026.

Shubham Roy (born on November 9, 2007) of West Bengal, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reciting reverse counting of numbers from 100 to 1 in Bengali in 21.86 seconds, at the age of 18 years and 8 months, as confirmed on August 27, 2026.