Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Enforcement Bureau CID along with the government of Tamil Nadu, India set a record for maximum students participated in a synchronous pledge against drug abuse awareness. A total of 74,48,367 students (from government aided, non-aided, private institutions) participated on August 11, 2022 at multiple locations for drug prevention awareness programmes and taking the anti-drug abuse pledge, as confirmed on September 13, 2022.

Rajeev Kunwer (born on November 6, 1966) of Punjab, India, set a record for being the fastest to recite all the elements of the periodic table, along with their atomic masses. He recited all the 118 elements of the periodic table, along with their atomic masses, in 2 minutes and 51 seconds at the age of 55 years, 10 months and 16 days, as confirmed on September 22, 2022.

Likhil Nanith (born on March 3, 2017) of Tamil Nadu, India (currently residing at Kansas, United States) set a record for performing the maximum number of sit-ups in 30 seconds. He performed 32 sit-ups (Uthak-Bethak in Hindi) in 30 seconds at the age of 5 years and 3 months, as confirmed on June 4, 2022.

Jessie Christine (born on April 20, 2015) of Tamil Nadu, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for uploading 69 YouTube videos in 69 consecutive days (August 19, 2021 to October 26, 2021); each video having different topics on life lessons including to be peaceful, small steps, value it and health check-up at the age of 6 years and 6 months, as confirmed on October 26, 2021.

Joshita Sharma (born on August 11, 1992) of Rajasthan, India, set a record for making the largest National Emblem using thread and nails. She made a large sized replica of the National Emblem of India (measuring 16 feet x 9 feet) on black painted plywood using strings of golden thread and iron nails portraying ‘Satyamev Jayate’ along with the Lion Capital of Ashoka, as confirmed on January 25, 2022.

Harshamitra (born on July 22, 2017) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for recalling the scientific names of flowers and vegetables. She recalled the scientific names of 40 flowers and vegetables in 2 minutes and 42 seconds at the age of 4 years, 6 month and 15 days, as confirmed on February 10, 2022.

Ishaan Arun (born on August 26, 2011) of Kerala, India, set a record for receiving the maximum number of e- certificates from WHO. He received 47 World Health Organisation certificates (out of which 31 were records of achievement and 16 were participation certificates) from April 25, 2020 to August 25, 2022 at the age of 11 years, as confirmed on September 3, 2022

Poonam Rani (born on July 12, 1995) of Punjab, India, set a record for writing the names of the freedom fighters using maximum safety pins. She wrote the names of 5 freedom fighters namely Mahatma Gandhi, Tantia Tope, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Bhagat Singh and Nana Sahib using 884 safety pins at the age of 27 years and 23 days, as confirmed on August 9, 2022.

Heba Saleem (born on August 21, 2015) of Kerala, India (currently residing in UAE), set a record for identifying the flags of the maximum number of countries. She identified the flags of 120 countries in one minute at the age of 6 years and 30 days, as confirmed on August 3, 2022.

Janmajaya Mohanty (born on February 20, 2017) of Odisha, India, set a record for writing the spellings of the maximum number of words in English. He wrote the spellings of 1,058 words in English including 570 alphabetical and 488 general words at the age of 5 years, 4 months and 5 days, as confirmed on August 24, 2022.