Guinness World Records 2024: India's notable achievements and more
Guinness World Records 2024 edition has just been released, featuring an impressive array of 2,638 record-breaking achievements from around the globe. Over 60 of these remarkable feats hail from India, showcasing the nation's prowess in various domains.
The book, distributed in India by Penguin Random House, is organized into nine content-rich chapters and features five special sections.
One of the standout records in this edition is India's connection with rainfall. Cherrapunji, the high-altitude town in Meghalaya, holds a record for receiving an astounding 2.493 meters (8 feet 2 inches) of rainfall in just 48 hours on June 15-16, 1995.
The World Meteorological Organization has verified this as the most extreme 48-hour period of rainfall ever recorded.
Further, Cherrapunji's meteorological history reveals additional records. In July 1861, the region saw a staggering 9,300 millimeters (366 inches) of rain in a single calendar month.
The 12-month record for rainfall was also set in Cherrapunji, with an astonishing 26,461 millimeters (1,041.75 inches) of rainfall between August 1, 1860, and July 31, 1861.
A record that has stood since 1937 is «Jalakanyaka» or «Mermaid,» a massive sculpture created by Indian artist Kanayi Kunhiraman. This concrete mermaid, located at Shankumugham Beach in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, measures 26.5 meters (87 feet) in length and 7.6 meters (25 feet) in height, lying in a 32-meter (105-foot) shell-shaped pool.
Another outstanding achievement features Saloo Choudhury and his wife Neena Choudhury, who circumnavigated the earth by car in 1989 and 1991.
Covering six continents, their journey spanned 24,901 road miles (40,075 kilometers) – more than the length of the equator. The Choudhurys'
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