Kanpur, UTTAR PRADESH :

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A student from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur created a world record for continuously reading books for 27 hours and five minutes. His feat was acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records on Monday.

The 22-year-old boy, Allauddin, broke the previous record of continuous reading for 24 hours which was held by Yatish Chandra Shukla of Lakhimpur Kheri, who achieved this feat two years back.

His teacher, Dilip Gangwar, who helped him achieving this milestone said that the executive officers of the Guinness Book told him that he could break the earlier record if he could read for 24 hours and five minutes, but Allauddin said he would continuously read for 27 hours.

The Gangwar coaching made subsequent arrangements for Allauddin and a judge Mahesh Vishnoi, from Guinness Book of World Record was assigned to monitor the reading feat.

According to the rules to set this record, Allauddin could only take breaks of 30 seconds to sip water or to take some edibles and he would not be allowed to go to the washroom during the reading time.

Allauddin, standing firm on his desire to break the record started reading at 10 am on Sunday and finished on Monday. He took less than three breaks of less than 30 seconds to sip small quantities of water, said Dilip Gangwar.

Several eminent people, including former union minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal, MLC Arun Pathak and Satish Nigam witnessed the challenging task.

source: http://www.english.jagran.com / Jagran English / Home> English News> Trending / posted by Talib Khan / August 27th, 2019