Largest number of great-grandchildren of aliving personPramila Devi Yadavrao Hote (b July 23, 1923) has a familyof 95 living members in Pune, of which 31 are great-grandchildren. The youngest is born on March 5, 2015 andthe oldest on June 4, 1986. Of her 31 great-grandchildren,14 stay in Pune with their parents in separate residences.Rest live in many places in India and abroad.

Pramila Devi’s late husband, Yadavrao Hote wasteacher by profession.

Longest moustacheGirdhar Diameter (b April 4, 1959) of Bikaner, Rajasthan has beennurturing a19 ft luxurious moustache for many years, 9 ft 5 inch onboth sides. He has won awards for the moustache and is a popularguest in TV shows.

Tongue twister!Vidhi Jain (b Dec 25,1986) of Surat, Gujaratcan make a flower withher tongue and keep itthat way for about2 min 20 sec.

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Longest tongueSiddhant Prateek Mishra (b March 20, 1999) ofRamgargh, Jharkhand has the longest tongue -9.66 cm long.

Touching the nose with tongueVinod Kumar (b Dec 6, 1965) of Mohali, Punjabtouched his nose with his tongue 135 times inone min on March 9, 2016.Editor’s note: This record will be dropped from2018

Same birth facts!Ria Gala Mangal (b April 1, 1985) of Mumbai gave birth toa boy, Shaurya, on Dec 9, 2013. Three years later, Ria hadboy twins Daksh and Devansh, on the same date, Dec 9,2016. Coincidentally, the children have same blood group,were attended by the same doctor, Dr Indira Hinduja, in thesame room 112 in Breach Candy Hospital. Father of thechildren is Tushar Mangal.

Two births with an exact year gapRubina Sultana, 34, of Kurnool, Andhra Pradeshhas delivered two children (all by caesariansection) with an exact gap of one year. Her firstchild, a girl, Ayesha Nausheen was at 6.48 am onApril 9, 2015. The second, a boy, Saabir Hussainwas born at 6.33 am on April 9, 2016. Thedeliveries were in the same hospital, SreeAshwin Hospital and by the same doctor Dr GPadmaja. The father of the children is MHMoinuddin.

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Vedic Math and Abacus CompetitionIndian Institute of Vedic Math & Abacus organised a written mathtest, open to all students, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, NewDelhi in which 3,122 children attempted to solve math questionson Sunday Dec 20, 2015. Registrations were done through schoolsweeks ahead and on-spot registrations were also open on the day.Children were provided sealed question papers with 100 questionsat around 12.30 pm and were given 10 min to attempt as manyquestions as possible. Only Abacus was allowed for calculations.

Multiplication of same number to itselfOn August 25, 2015, Vivek Raj (b March 13,1990) of Alappuzha, Kerala accuratelymultiplied a 2 digit number to itself over andover until it reached 11 digits in 15 seconds.

Abacus Champs AcademyOn May 3, 2016, the following records wereattempted with 100% accuracy. The studentswere trained by Davinder Singh, chief mentorand head teacher Ravinder Kaur. The eventswere monitored by Anant Kasibhatla of MyMemory Zone in New Delhi.

1. Yatharth Khanna (b August 11, 2003) solved35 problems of 3 digits X 3 digits in 5 min.

2. Sangeet (b August 21, 2000) solved theaddition of 300 rows of 2 digit numbers flashedon a screen at a speed of 1 sec on Flash Anzan

3. Suraj Chakraborty (b May 30, 2005) solved theaddition of 1000 rows of 1 digit flashed on ascreen at a speed of 0.6 sec on Flash Anzan

4. Utkarsh Dhilliwal (b June 19, 2005) solved theaddition of 40 rows of 5 digit numbers only bylistening without using any pen or paper in 4min 20 sec

5. Shubjot Singh (b Dec 10, 2005) solved theaddition of 80 rows of 4 digit numbers flashedon a screen at a speed of 5 sec on Flash Anzan.

6. Tushar Singh (b April 2, 2003) solved theaddition of 200 rows of 3 digit numbers flashedon a screen at a speed of 1.5 sec on Flash Anzan.

7. Navya Karbanda (b Nov 6, 1999) solved the addition of 15 rows of 6 digit numbers by

listening, without using pen or paper in 3 min.

8. Divya Kaushik (b Feb 20, 1999) solved 10 problems of 5 digits X 5 digits in 5 min with 100% accuracy9. Divya Kaushik (b Feb 20, 1999) solved 5

problems of 6 digits X 6 digits in 5 min with100% accuracy

10. Yatharth Khanna (b August 11, 2003) solved 3problems of 8 digits X 2 digits in 1 min with100% accuracy

11. Yatharth Khanna (b August 11, 2003) solved 8problems of 4 digits X 2 digits in 1 min with100% accuracy

12. Vipin (b Feb 21, 2003) solved 25 times 2X2Rubik’s Cube and 25 times 3X3 Rubik’s Cube in14 min 50 sec

On May 7, 2016, the following records wereattempted with 100% accuracy. The events weremonitored by Anant Kasibhatla of My MemoryZone in New Delhi.1. Divya Kaushik (b Feb 20, 1999) solved 4

problems of 7 digits X 7 digits in 5 min2. Narinder Kaur (b Nov 26, 1950), oldest to solve

3X3 Rubik’s Cube, did in 1 min 46 sec.3. Vipin (b Feb 21, 2003) solved 25 times 2X2

Rubik’s Cube, 25 times 3X3 Rubik’s Cube, 25times 4x4 Rubik’s Cube and 25 times 5x5 Rubik’sCube in 2 hrs 32 min and 37 sec. He took21 min 37 sec break time.

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Baba Mohan Singh Abacus AcademyDilpreet Kaur (b Oct 11, 2001) of Kanpur solved the addition of 100 rows of 1 digit numbers in 15.83sec with 100% accuracy at the Ganges Club Arya, Kanpur on Jan 22, 2016. She was mentored byManjeet Singh.

The details of the events are as follows:# Description Quantum Time

1 4 digits ÷ 2 digits 90 tasks 1 min2 2 digits X 2 digits 37 tasks 1 min3 3 digits X 2 digits 25 tasks 1 min4 Addition of 4 rows of 3 digits 39 tasks 1 min5 Addition of 5 rows of 3 digits 32 tasks 1 min6 Addition of 3 rows of 3 digits 42 tasks 1 min7 Addition of 2 rows of 3 digits 55 tasks 1 min8 Addition of 5 rows of 2 digits 47 tasks 1 min9 Addition of 4 rows of 2 digits 58 tasks 1 min10 Addition of 3 rows of 2 digits 67 tasks 1 min11. WR: Flash Anzan - Addition of 750 one-digit numbers flashed at a speed of

0.3 sec per number using memoriad simulator software.

Marathon addition on Flash AnzanPratik Dash (b Sept 24, 2004), studying in St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh, performed thefollowing marathon addition events on Flash Anzan on June 26, 2016 with 100% accuracy.1. Addition of 1,000 rows of single digit numbers flashed at a speed of 0.5 sec interval2. Addition of 750 rows of single digit numbers flashed at a speed of 0.4 sec interval3. Addition of 310 rows of 2 digit numbers flashed at a speed of 1 sec intervalAnant Kasibhatla of My Memory Zone in New Delhi monitored his performance.

Multiplication of 8 to 10 digit numbersNand Kishore Chaudhary (b May 7, 1945) ofJaipur accurately calculated the multiplication of8d x 8d in 1 min 54 sec, 9d x 9d in 2 min 32 secand 10d x 10d in 3 min 20 sec on Sept 5, 2015.

Value of PiSuresh Kumar Sharma (b August 9, 1994) recalled70,030 digits of Pi in 17 hr 14 min with 100%accuracy at Jaipur on Oct 21, 2015.

Value of ‘e’Hari Ram Swami (b Dec 9, 1993) of Alwaraccurately recalled 5,462 digits of the value of ‘e’in 50 min and 51 sec in Jaipur on June 19, 2016.Anant Kasibhatla of Memory Vision, Delhi,monitored the event.

100 digit memoryPrerna Sharma (bJune 4, 1998) ofMathura memorisedand recalled a 100digit random numberin 1 min with 100%accuracy at GLAUniversity, Mathuraon July 11, 2016.

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GETS Abacus Education (Abheepsa Academy)On July 11, 2016 the students of GETS Abacus Education, Shujalpur, Madhya Pradesh under the mentorship of Kamlesh Nemaand Amit Maheshwari, performed the following records with 100% accuracy. Anant Kasibhatla of My Memory Zone in NewDelhi monitored the events.

ASHOK MEWADA (b August 1, 2002)1. WR: Five consecutive tasks of addition of 300 single digit numbers flashed by Flash Anzan at a speed of 0.3 sec per each digit2. WR: Five tasks of addition of 16 rows of 16 digit numbers in 5 min 11 sec3. WR: Five tasks of addition of 15 rows of 15 digit numbers in 4 min 34 sec4. WR: Addition of 700 rows of single digit numbers flashed at a speed of 0.3 sec interval

AJAY KUSHWAHA (b Feb 28, 2001)1. WR: Addition of 100 rows of 1 digit numbers in 11 sec and 50 millisec2. WR: Addition of 100 rows of 1 digit numbers in 20 sec and 09 millisec on the memoraid simulator.3. Addition of 5 rows of 3 digit numbers - 17 tasks in 1 min4. Addition of 4 rows of 3 digit numbers - 23 tasks in 1 min5. Addition of 3 rows of 3 digit numbers - 28 tasks in 1 min6. Addition of 2 rows of 3 digit numbers - 45 tasks in 1 min

BALVEER RAJPUT (b May 4, 2001)1. Addition of 10 rows of 9 digit numbers in 14 sec 09 millisec2. 8 tasks of Addition of 10 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min

RISHABH KANERIA (b Jan 22, 1997)1. WR: Three consecutive tasks of addition of 100 rows of 3 digit numbers flashed by Flash Anzan at a speed of 0.4 sec2. WR: Five consecutive tasks of addition of 50 rows of 4 digit numbers flashed by Flash Anzan at a speed of 1 sec3. WR: Ten consecutive tasks of division of 4 digit number by a 2 digit number in 13 sec and 62 millisec on Memoriad Simulator

Software4. WR: Ten consecutive tasks of division of 6 digit number by a 3 digit number in 40 sec and 10 millisec on

Memoriad Simulator Software.5. WR: Ten consecutive tasks of division of 10 digit number by a 5 digit number in 97 sec and 65 millisec on Memoriad

Simulator Software.6. WR: Division (without reminder) – 100 digit number divided by a 98 digit number in 4 sec and 80 millisec7. WR: Division (without reminder) – 100 digit number divided by a 97 digit number in 3 sec8. WR: Division (without reminder) – 22 tasks of division of 10 digit number divided by an 8 digit number in 1 minute.9. WR: Division (without reminder) – 11tasks of division of 10 digit number divided by a 7 digit number in 1 minute.

YOGITA PARMAR (b Dec 5, 2002)1. Four consecutive tasks of addition of 10 rows of 9 digit numbers in 2 min 29 seconds.2. Two consecutive tasks of addition of 10 rows of 9 digit numbers in 1 min.

WR: KRISHNA MAHESHWARI (b August 25, 2000) performed super subtraction task of subtracting a 70 digit number from another 70 digit number in 49 sec

RITESH KHATRI (b Feb 26, 2003)1. Addition – 66 tasks of 4 rows of 1 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 22 tasks of 2 rows of 5 digit numbers in 1 min3. Addition – 12 tasks of 3 rows of 5 digit numbers in 1 min

RUDRA SHARMA (b Feb 1, 2005)1. Addition – 23 tasks of 3 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 13 tasks of 4 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min

PRATYUSH GOLAIT (b Nov 27, 2006)1. Addition – 37 tasks of 4 rows of 2 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 55 tasks of 3 rows of 2 digit numbers in 1 min

MAYANK JAIN (b May 12, 2005)1. Addition – 5 tasks of 50 rows of 2 digit numbers in 28 sec using Memoraid Flash Anzan2. Addition – 3 consecutive tasks of 100 rows of 2 digit numbers each flashed at a speed of 0.3 sec3. Addition – 10 rows of 20 digit numbers in 34.01 sec4. Addition – 3 tasks of 10 rows of 20 digit numbers in 3 min 37 sec5. Addition – 35 tasks of 2 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min

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On June 26, 2016, students of Trendz Abacus, Kota, Rajasthan, created the following records with 100%accuracy. The event was held in Hotel YKS, CAD circle. Chief trainer was Rahul Mishra.

Aagam Jain (b May 18, 2005)1. Addition – 23 tasks of 2 rows of 6 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 3 tasks of 4 rows of 8 digit numbers in 1 min3. Addition – 15 tasks of 2 rows of 9 digit numbers in 1 min4. Addition – 14 tasks of 2 rows of 10 digit numbers in 1 minAishnee Porwal (b Jan 11, 2003)1. Addition – 2 tasks of 10 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 min2. Multiplication – 6 tasks of 3 digit X 3 digit numbers in 1 min3. Multiplication – 6 tasks of 4 digit X 4 digit numbers in 1 minAnumeha Jain (b July 9, 2002) accurately calculated 5 tasks of squares of 3 digit numbers in 1 minDeepak Sisodiya (b March 8, 2000)1. Addition – 4 tasks of 10 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 3 tasks of 10 rows of 5 digit numbers in 1 min3. Addition – 2 tasks of 10 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 minIshanpreet Singh (b July 22, 2001)1. Addition – 1 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 4 tasks of 3 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 min3. Addition – 4 tasks of 3 rows of 8 digit numbers in 1 min4. Addition – 9 tasks of 10 rows of 6 digit numbers in 5 min5. Addition – 15 tasks of 3 rows of 9 digit numbers in 5 min6. Addition – 14 tasks of 3 rows of 10 digit numbers in 5 minMahak Khandelwal (b Oct 18, 2001)1. Addition – 10 tasks of 3 rows of 6 digit numbers in 1 min

Fastest blindfolded Rubik’s Cubesolving (Level 1: Woman)Soundhariya Hariharan (July 9, 2005) ofMumbai solved 3x3 Rubik’s Cube blindfoldin a competition held by Speed Cubing

Mumbai Unlimited (SCMU) under WorldCubing Association (WCA) at St Xavier’s

College, Mumbai in 2 min 56.43 sec on Feb 6,2016.This category will be dropped from subsequenteditions

Fastest blindfoldMirror Cube solving

(Level 1)Dhruv Kundrai (b June22, 2004) ofChandigarh solved

3x3 Mirror Cubeblindfolded in 1 min 48

sec at home with video recording on April 9, 2016(one attempt).This category will be dropped from subsequenteditions

Fastest blindfold Mirror Cube solvingChinmay P Prabhu (b August 13, 1998) solved 3x3 Mirror Cubeblindfolded in three attempts – in 1 min 31.92 sec, 1 min 40.50 and 2min 10.78 sec.

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2. Addition – 4 tasks of 4 rows of 6 digit numbers in 1 min3. Addition – 2 tasks of 10 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 min4. Multiplication – 6 tasks of 3 digit × 3 digit numbers in 1 minManas Kakkar (b Jan 11, 2004)1. Addition – 1 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 1 tasks of 30 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 minSangam Gupta (b April 15, 2004) calculated 23 tasks of addition of 10 rows of 1 digit numbers in 1 minShlok Sharma (b May 25, 2005) calculated 10 tasks of addition of 10 rows of 2 digit numbers in 1 minShreya Sharma (b August 28, 2002)1. Addition – 165 rows of 1 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 96 rows of 2 digit numbers in 1 min3. Addition – 25 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 min4. Addition – 15 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min5. Multiplication – 2 tasks of 5 digit × 5 digit numbers in 1 minKrishna Rohira (b August 4, 2004) calculated 5 tasks of addition of 10 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 minShruti Verma (b Sept 21, 2001) calculated 19 tasks of addition of 4 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 minSparsh Mangal (b March19, 2005)1. Addition – 4 tasks of 10 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min2. Addition – 1 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min3. Addition – 3 tasks of 10 rows of 6 digit numbers in 1 min4. Addition – 2 tasks of 10 rows of 8 digit numbers in 1 min5. Addition – 1 task of 10 rows of 9 digit numbers in 1 min6. Addition – 6 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 5 min7. Addition – 10 tasks of 10 rows of 8 digit numbers in 5 minSudhanshu Bhatia (b May 26, 2000)1. Addition – 10 tasks of 10 rows of 10 digit numbers in 6 min 29 sec2. Multiplication – 13 tasks of 2 digit × 3 digit numbers in 1 min3. Multiplication – 2 tasks of 5 digit × 5 digit numbers in 1 min

Fastest solving of most Megaminxes(group)Ankit Gupta, Anish Rajesh, ChetanDhanjaland Nikhil Soares solved 131 Megaminxesin one hour from 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm atAdharika Bhavan, Kandivali (West),Mumbai. It was a part of the Rubik’s Cubecompetition titled “SCMU 2016” associatedwith World Cube Association.

Fastest solving of most Pyraminxes(group)Aniket Das, Kunal Oak, Naman Jethani,Nikhil Soares and Paarth Arora solved 524Pyraminxes in 15 min at Adharika Bhavan,Kandivali (West), Mumbai. It was a part ofthe Rubik’s Cube competition titled“SCMU 2016” associated with World CubeAssociation.

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World Sudoku & Puzzle claims Prasanna Seshadri finished at 7th position in Sofia, Bulgaria at WorldSudoku Championship 2015, the best recorded position by an Indian. The team of Rohan Rao, Prasanna Seshadri, Rishi Puri and SumitBothra finished at 6th position in London, UK at World SudokuChampionships 2014, the best recorded position by an Indian team.

World Puzzle ChampionshipPrasanna Seshadri stood 19th in Sofia, Bulgariaat the World Puzzle Championship 2015, thebest recorded position by an Indian. The team of Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao,Amit Sowani and Swaroop Guggilam finishedat 10th position in Sofia, Bulgaria at the WorldPuzzle Championship 2015, the bestrecorded position by an Indian team.

Logic Masters India’s Indian SudokuChampionship sub-events: On July 16, 2016, Rohan Rao solved mostSudokus within 30 min, ie, 11 Sudokus ofmedium difficulty, from 10.00 to 11.00 am atQuality Inn Sabari, T Nagar, Chennai. On July 16, 2016, Kishore Kumar becameClassic Sudoku Master by triumphing in aknockout format lasting 1 hr from 5.00 pm atQuality Inn Sabari, T Nagar, Chennai.

WR: Windsor knot tying (blindfolded)Dr Deepak M Sharma (b June 2, 1967) ofBhopal, MP attempted two styles of blindfoldedtie tying – a normal tie knot by hand on table in11 sec and a Windsor knot tied within 20 sec onJuly 10, 2016. The attempt was videographed in

Nagpur in front of his family members.

Breaking beer bottles with slingshot(blindfolded)Pawan Dhillon (b August 10, 1983) of Babrolivillage, Rewari, Haryana can ride a motorcyclestanding blindfolded and break beer bottles (kepton a 2 ft high table) with a slingshot. He attemptedthe same on the Kosli to Jhajjar highway on July 1,2016.

Lifting weight by thumbnailPrathap A (b July 1, 1995) ofAranthangi, Tamil Nadu lifted

9.58 kg by his thumb nail for 1min 30 sec in Mookambigai

College of Engineering campus on at3.15 pm on Feb 11, 2016.

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