Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Arav Bhardwaj (born on January 6, 2012) of Delhi, India, set a record for completing the longest bicycle ride to celebrate the 75th Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, along with his father. Their journey was flagged of by Shri N. Biren Singh, Honourable Chief Minister of Manipur from INA War Memorial on April 14, 2022 at 10:29 am and completed at India Gate, Delhi on May 15, 2022. They travelled across 7 states and covered 2,612 km in 32 days, as confirmed on August 10, 2022.

Munshi Darud (born on April 25, 1994) of West Bengal, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for writing 485 letters on social issues which were published in 31 daily newspapers in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Jharkhand; broadcasting 105 letters across radio channels. The names of radio channels are All India Radio, Radio Tehran and Radio Japan. All the letters were published and broadcast from August 27, 2012 to January 4, 2022, as confirmed on January 2, 2023.

Sarija S. (born on May 8, 1989) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making 10 portraits of famous personalities including Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore using their quotes on education on separate A4 size ivory sheets with a black marker pen and pencils, as confirmed on February 28, 2023.

Vainavi B.C. (born on December 6, 2014) of Karnataka, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reciting 60 shlokas of the Bhagavad Gita including 20 shlokas from chapter 1, 20 shlokas from chapter 12 and 20 shlokas from chapter 15 in 5 minutes at the age of 7 years and 1 month, as confirmed on January 12, 2023.

HDFC Bank Ltd, India set a record for launching the maximum number of branches across the country in a single financial year by opening 1476 branches in FY 2022-23. These are spread across Metro, Urban, Semi Urban and Rural locations. This is a part of its commitment to offer world class products/services to more Indians.

Ajanta Pharma Limited of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India set a record for the largest life saving CPR awareness and training campaign. A total of 1077 workshops were organised where live demo/training for Life Saving CPR was provided by 1019 doctors from April 22, 2022 till February 23, 2023 pan India. These workshops were attended by a total of 27559 participants, including 4711 doctors, 9117 paramedics, 6456 patients and 7275 general public, as confirmed on March 10, 2023.

Nirmal Kumar (born on May 25, 1978) of Bihar, India, set a record for being the fastest to complete a motorcycle expedition to Char Dham of Uttarakhand along with his wife. They started their journey on October 10, 2021 from Patna; travelled across Lucknow, Haridwar, Yamunotri, Gangotri, Gomukh, Kedarnath, Badrinath and completed it on October 24, 2021 at Patna. They covered 4,300 km in 15 days, as confirmed on October 12, 2022.

Surya Hariprasad (born on August 8, 2011) of Kerala, India (currently living in Malaysia), set a record for solving the maximum number of different types of Rubik’s Cubes. He solved 69 types of Rubik’s Cubes in one hour at the age of 11 years, 4 months and 29 days, as confirmed on January 24, 2023.

Arhaan Sai Gourishetty (born on July 27, 2021) of Telangana, India, set a record for making the maximum number of colourful abstract paintings on canvas using acrylic fluid paint. He made 50 colourful abstract paintings on canvas sheets using different colours of acrylic fluid paint showcasing Sponge art, Bottle squeeze technique, Fork scrape technique, Wave effect with seashells, Race car track effect and other techniques at the age of 1 year, 6 months and 3 days, as confirmed on February 11, 2023.

Dyneesious Dcrus Hentry (born on August 31, 1982) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for performing backward indoor roller skating for the longest duration. He performed nonstop backward (reverse) indoor skating on roller skates for 2 hours, 58 minutes and 22 seconds, as confirmed on January 20, 2023.