HUMAN BEING T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Tongue twister! Vidhi Jain (b Dec 25, 1986) of Surat, Gujarat can make a flower with her tongue and keep it that way for about 2 min 20 sec. Two births with an exact year gap Rubina Sultana, 34, of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh has delivered two children (all by caesarian section) with an exact gap of one year. Her first child, a girl, Ayesha Nausheen was at 6.48 am on April 9, 2015. The second, a boy, Saabir Hussain was born at 6.33 am on April 9, 2016. The deliveries were in the same hospital, Sree Ashwin Hospital and by the same doctor Dr G Padmaja. The father of the children is MH Moinuddin. Longest tongue Siddhant Prateek Mishra (b March 20, 1999) of Ramgargh, Jharkhand has the longest tongue - 9.66 cm long. Touching the nose with tongue Vinod Kumar (b Dec 6, 1965) of Mohali, Punjab touched his nose with his tongue 135 times in one min on March 9, 2016. Editor s note: This record will be dropped from 2018 Longest moustache Girdhar Diameter (b April 4, 1959) of Bikaner, Rajasthan has been nurturing a19 ft luxurious moustache for many years, 9 ft 5 inch on both sides. He has won awards for the moustache and is a popular guest in TV shows. Largest number of great-grandchildren of a living person Pramila Devi Yadavrao Hote (b July 23, 1923) has a family of 95 living members in Pune, of which 31 are greatgrandchildren. The youngest is born on March 5, 2015 and the 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 was teacher by profession. Same birth facts! Ria Gala Mangal (b April 1, 1985) of Mumbai gave birth to a boy, Shaurya, on Dec 9, 2013. Three years later, Ria had boy 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 the same room 112 in Breach Candy Hospital. Father of the children is Tushar Mangal. 1 0 humanstory 2017 - I.pmd 10
T H E H U M A N S T O R Y MEMORY Vedic Math and Abacus Competition Indian Institute of Vedic Math & Abacus organised a written math test, open to all students, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi in which 3,122 children attempted to solve math questions on Sunday Dec 20, 2015. Registrations were done through schools weeks ahead and on-spot registrations were also open on the day. Children were provided sealed question papers with 100 questions at around 12.30 pm and were given 10 min to attempt as many questions as possible. Only Abacus was allowed for calculations. Abacus Champs Academy On May 3, 2016, the following records were attempted with 100% accuracy. The students were trained by Davinder Singh, chief mentor and head teacher Ravinder Kaur. The events were monitored by Anant Kasibhatla of My Memory Zone in New Delhi. 1. Yatharth Khanna (b August 11, 2003) solved 35 problems of 3 digits X 3 digits in 5 min. 2. Sangeet (b August 21, 2000) solved the addition of 300 rows of 2 digit numbers flashed on a screen at a speed of 1 sec on Flash Anzan 3. Suraj Chakraborty (b May 30, 2005) solved the addition of 1000 rows of 1 digit flashed on a screen at a speed of 0.6 sec on Flash Anzan 4. Utkarsh Dhilliwal (b June 19, 2005) solved the addition of 40 rows of 5 digit numbers only by listening without using any pen or paper in 4 min 20 sec 5. Shubjot Singh (b Dec 10, 2005) solved the addition of 80 rows of 4 digit numbers flashed on a screen at a speed of 5 sec on Flash Anzan. 6. Tushar Singh (b April 2, 2003) solved the addition of 200 rows of 3 digit numbers flashed on 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. Multiplication of same number to itself On August 25, 2015, Vivek Raj (b March 13, 1990) of Alappuzha, Kerala accurately multiplied a 2 digit number to itself over and over until it reached 11 digits in 15 seconds. 8. Divya Kaushik (b Feb 20, 1999) solved 10 problems of 5 digits X 5 digits in 5 min with 100% accuracy 9. Divya Kaushik (b Feb 20, 1999) solved 5 problems of 6 digits X 6 digits in 5 min with 100% accuracy 10. Yatharth Khanna (b August 11, 2003) solved 3 problems of 8 digits X 2 digits in 1 min with 100% accuracy 11. Yatharth Khanna (b August 11, 2003) solved 8 problems of 4 digits X 2 digits in 1 min with 100% accuracy 12. Vipin (b Feb 21, 2003) solved 25 times 2X2 Rubik s Cube and 25 times 3X3 Rubik s Cube in 14 min 50 sec On May 7, 2016, the following records were attempted with 100% accuracy. The events were monitored by Anant Kasibhatla of My Memory Zone in New Delhi. 1. Divya Kaushik (b Feb 20, 1999) solved 4 problems of 7 digits X 7 digits in 5 min 2. 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, 25 times 4x4 Rubik s Cube and 25 times 5x5 Rubik s Cube in 2 hrs 32 min and 37 sec. He took 21 min 37 sec break time. 1 1 humanstory 2017 - I.pmd 11
T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Baba Mohan Singh Abacus Academy Dilpreet Kaur (b Oct 11, 2001) of Kanpur solved the addition of 100 rows of 1 digit numbers in 15.83 sec with 100% accuracy at the Ganges Club Arya, Kanpur on Jan 22, 2016. She was mentored by Manjeet Singh. The details of the events are as follows: # Description Quantum Time 1 4 digits 2 digits 90 tasks 1 min 2 2 digits X 2 digits 37 tasks 1 min 3 3 digits X 2 digits 25 tasks 1 min 4 Addition of 4 rows of 3 digits 39 tasks 1 min 5 Addition of 5 rows of 3 digits 32 tasks 1 min 6 Addition of 3 rows of 3 digits 42 tasks 1 min 7 Addition of 2 rows of 3 digits 55 tasks 1 min 8 Addition of 5 rows of 2 digits 47 tasks 1 min 9 Addition of 4 rows of 2 digits 58 tasks 1 min 10 Addition of 3 rows of 2 digits 67 tasks 1 min 11. 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 Anzan Pratik Dash (b Sept 24, 2004), studying in St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh, performed the following 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 interval 2. Addition of 750 rows of single digit numbers flashed at a speed of 0.4 sec interval 3. Addition of 310 rows of 2 digit numbers flashed at a speed of 1 sec interval Anant Kasibhatla of My Memory Zone in New Delhi monitored his performance. Multiplication of 8 to 10 digit numbers Nand Kishore Chaudhary (b May 7, 1945) of Jaipur accurately calculated the multiplication of 8d x 8d in 1 min 54 sec, 9d x 9d in 2 min 32 sec and 10d x 10d in 3 min 20 sec on Sept 5, 2015. 100 digit memory Prerna Sharma (b June 4, 1998) of Mathura memorised and recalled a 100 digit random number in 1 min with 100% accuracy at GLA University, Mathura on July 11, 2016. Value of Pi Suresh Kumar Sharma (b August 9, 1994) recalled 70,030 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 Alwar accurately 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. 1 2 humanstory 2017 - I.pmd 12
GETS Abacus Education (Abheepsa Academy) On July 11, 2016 the students of GETS Abacus Education, Shujalpur, Madhya Pradesh under the mentorship of Kamlesh Nema and Amit Maheshwari, performed the following records with 100% accuracy. Anant Kasibhatla of My Memory Zone in New Delhi 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 digit 2. WR: Five tasks of addition of 16 rows of 16 digit numbers in 5 min 11 sec 3. WR: Five tasks of addition of 15 rows of 15 digit numbers in 4 min 34 sec 4. 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 millisec 2. 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 min 4. Addition of 4 rows of 3 digit numbers - 23 tasks in 1 min 5. Addition of 3 rows of 3 digit numbers - 28 tasks in 1 min 6. 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 millisec 2. 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 sec 2. WR: Five consecutive tasks of addition of 50 rows of 4 digit numbers flashed by Flash Anzan at a speed of 1 sec 3. WR: Ten consecutive tasks of division of 4 digit number by a 2 digit number in 13 sec and 62 millisec on Memoriad Simulator Software 4. 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 millisec 7. WR: Division (without reminder) 100 digit number divided by a 97 digit number in 3 sec 8. 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 min 2. Addition 22 tasks of 2 rows of 5 digit numbers in 1 min 3. 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 min 2. 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 min 2. Addition 55 tasks of 3 rows of 2 digit numbers in 1 min T H E H U M A N S T O R Y MAYANK JAIN (b May 12, 2005) 1. Addition 5 tasks of 50 rows of 2 digit numbers in 28 sec using Memoraid Flash Anzan 2. Addition 3 consecutive tasks of 100 rows of 2 digit numbers each flashed at a speed of 0.3 sec 3. Addition 10 rows of 20 digit numbers in 34.01 sec 4. Addition 3 tasks of 10 rows of 20 digit numbers in 3 min 37 sec 5. Addition 35 tasks of 2 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min 1 3 humanstory 2017 - I.pmd 13
TRENDZ Abacus (Kota) T H E H U M A N S T O R Y 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 min 2. Addition 3 tasks of 4 rows of 8 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Addition 15 tasks of 2 rows of 9 digit numbers in 1 min 4. Addition 14 tasks of 2 rows of 10 digit numbers in 1 min Aishnee Porwal (b Jan 11, 2003) 1. Addition 2 tasks of 10 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 min 2. Multiplication 6 tasks of 3 digit X 3 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Multiplication 6 tasks of 4 digit X 4 digit numbers in 1 min Anumeha Jain (b July 9, 2002) accurately calculated 5 tasks of squares of 3 digit numbers in 1 min Deepak Sisodiya (b March 8, 2000) 1. Addition 4 tasks of 10 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min 2. Addition 3 tasks of 10 rows of 5 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Addition 2 tasks of 10 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 min Ishanpreet Singh (b July 22, 2001) 1. Addition 1 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min 2. Addition 4 tasks of 3 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Addition 4 tasks of 3 rows of 8 digit numbers in 1 min 4. Addition 9 tasks of 10 rows of 6 digit numbers in 5 min 5. Addition 15 tasks of 3 rows of 9 digit numbers in 5 min 6. Addition 14 tasks of 3 rows of 10 digit numbers in 5 min Mahak Khandelwal (b Oct 18, 2001) 1. Addition 10 tasks of 3 rows of 6 digit numbers in 1 min SKILL Fastest blindfolded Rubik s Cube solving (Level 1: Woman) Soundhariya Hariharan (July 9, 2005) of Mumbai solved 3x3 Rubik s Cube blindfold in a competition held by Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited (SCMU) under World Cubing Association (WCA) at St Xavier s College, Mumbai in 2 min 56.43 sec on Feb 6, 2016. This category will be dropped from subsequent editions Fastest blindfold Mirror Cube solving (Level 1) Dhruv Kundrai (b June 22, 2004) of Chandigarh solved 3x3 Mirror Cube blindfolded in 1 min 48 sec at home with video recording on April 9, 2016 (one attempt). This category will be dropped from subsequent editions Fastest blindfold Mirror Cube solving Chinmay P Prabhu (b August 13, 1998) solved 3x3 Mirror Cube blindfolded in three attempts in 1 min 31.92 sec, 1 min 40.50 and 2 min 10.78 sec. 1 4 humanstory 2017 - I.pmd 14
T H E H U M A N S T O R Y 2. Addition 4 tasks of 4 rows of 6 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Addition 2 tasks of 10 rows of 7 digit numbers in 1 min 4. Multiplication 6 tasks of 3 digit 3 digit numbers in 1 min Manas Kakkar (b Jan 11, 2004) 1. Addition 1 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min 2. Addition 1 tasks of 30 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 min Sangam Gupta (b April 15, 2004) calculated 23 tasks of addition of 10 rows of 1 digit numbers in 1 min Shlok Sharma (b May 25, 2005) calculated 10 tasks of addition of 10 rows of 2 digit numbers in 1 min Shreya Sharma (b August 28, 2002) 1. Addition 165 rows of 1 digit numbers in 1 min 2. Addition 96 rows of 2 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Addition 25 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 min 4. Addition 15 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min 5. Multiplication 2 tasks of 5 digit 5 digit numbers in 1 min Krishna Rohira (b August 4, 2004) calculated 5 tasks of addition of 10 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 min Shruti Verma (b Sept 21, 2001) calculated 19 tasks of addition of 4 rows of 3 digit numbers in 1 min Sparsh Mangal (b March19, 2005) 1. Addition 4 tasks of 10 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min 2. Addition 1 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Addition 3 tasks of 10 rows of 6 digit numbers in 1 min 4. Addition 2 tasks of 10 rows of 8 digit numbers in 1 min 5. Addition 1 task of 10 rows of 9 digit numbers in 1 min 6. Addition 6 tasks of 30 rows of 4 digit numbers in 5 min 7. Addition 10 tasks of 10 rows of 8 digit numbers in 5 min Sudhanshu Bhatia (b May 26, 2000) 1. Addition 10 tasks of 10 rows of 10 digit numbers in 6 min 29 sec 2. Multiplication 13 tasks of 2 digit 3 digit numbers in 1 min 3. Multiplication 2 tasks of 5 digit 5 digit numbers in 1 min Fastest solving of most Pyraminxes (group) Aniket Das, Kunal Oak, Naman Jethani, Nikhil Soares and Paarth Arora solved 524 Pyraminxes in 15 min at Adharika Bhavan, Kandivali (West), Mumbai. It was a part of the Rubik s Cube competition titled SCMU 2016 associated with World Cube Association. Fastest solving of most Megaminxes (group) Ankit Gupta, Anish Rajesh, ChetanDhanjal and Nikhil Soares solved 131 Megaminxes in one hour from 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm at Adharika Bhavan, Kandivali (West), Mumbai. It was a part of the Rubik s Cube competition titled SCMU 2016 associated with World Cube Association. 1 5 humanstory 2017 - I.pmd 15
World Puzzle Championship Prasanna Seshadri stood 19 th in Sofia, Bulgaria at the World Puzzle Championship 2015, the best recorded position by an Indian. The team of Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao, Amit Sowani and Swaroop Guggilam finished at 10 th position in Sofia, Bulgaria at the World Puzzle Championship 2015, the best recorded position by an Indian team. T H E H U M A N S T O R Y Logic Masters India s Indian Sudoku Championship sub-events: On July 16, 2016, Rohan Rao solved most Sudokus within 30 min, ie, 11 Sudokus of medium difficulty, from 10.00 to 11.00 am at Quality Inn Sabari, T Nagar, Chennai. On July 16, 2016, Kishore Kumar became Classic Sudoku Master by triumphing in a knockout format lasting 1 hr from 5.00 pm at Quality Inn Sabari, T Nagar, Chennai. World Sudoku & Puzzle claims Prasanna Seshadri finished at 7 th position in Sofia, Bulgaria at World Sudoku Championship 2015, the best recorded position by an Indian. The team of Rohan Rao, Prasanna Seshadri, Rishi Puri and Sumit Bothra finished at 6 th position in London, UK at World Sudoku Championships 2014, the best recorded position by an Indian team. WR: Windsor knot tying (blindfolded) Dr Deepak M Sharma (b June 2, 1967) of Bhopal, MP attempted two styles of blindfolded tie tying a normal tie knot by hand on table in 11 sec and a Windsor knot tied within 20 sec on July 10, 2016. The attempt was videographed in Nagpur in front of his family members. Lifting weight by thumb nail Prathap A (b July 1, 1995) of Aranthangi, Tamil Nadu lifted 9.58 kg by his thumb nail for 1 min 30 sec in Mookambigai College of Engineering campus on at 3.15 pm on Feb 11, 2016. Breaking beer bottles with slingshot (blindfolded) Pawan Dhillon (b August 10, 1983) of Babroli village, Rewari, Haryana can ride a motorcycle standing blindfolded and break beer bottles (kept on a 2 ft high table) with a slingshot. He attempted the same on the Kosli to Jhajjar highway on July 1, 2016. 1 6 humanstory 2017 - I.pmd 16 25-03-2017, 00:52