Chandra Bahadur Dangi

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Chandra Bahadur Dangi
File:Chandra 04.jpg
Chandra Bahadur Dangi in 2012
Born (1939-11-30)30 November 1939[1]
Kalimati, Salyan District, Nepal[1]
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Pago Pago, American Samoa, U.S.
Residence Purandhara VDC, Dang District, Nepal[2]
Nationality Nepalese
Occupation Farmer, craftsman
Known for World's shortest adult human
Height 54.6 cm (1 ft 9.5 in)[2]
Weight 32 lb (15 kg)[2]

Chandra Bahadur Dangi (30 November 1939 – 3 September 2015) (Nepali: चन्द्रबहादुर डाँगी, Audio file "Chandra Bahadur Dangi.ogg" not found) was the shortest man in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence, measuring Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)..[2] Dangi was a primordial dwarf. He broke the record of Gul Mohammed (1957–97), whose height was Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).. Chandra came to the attention of the media when a wood contractor saw him in his village in the Dang district of Nepal, and he was awarded the title of shortest adult human ever recorded after his height was measured in February 2012.[3] He was subsequently included in the Guinness World Records. Three of his five brothers were less than 1.22 m (four feet) tall, while his two sisters and two other brothers are of average height.[4]

Biography

Dangi was born on 30 November 1939.[1] It is unknown what medical condition limited his growth.[5] He lived in a remote village, Reemkholi, approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) away from Kathmandu, Nepal's capital. Prior to being recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest man in 2012, he had never left his home village.[6] After being awarded the title, he said he had always wished to travel to all parts of his country and the world. He stated that being the shortest man in the world and a citizen of Nepal, he wanted to use his status to popularise his country.[7]

In 2012, at the age of 73, Dangi met the world’s shortest woman, Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India. The pair posed together for the 57th edition of The Guinness Book of Records in 2013.[5] On 13 November 2014, as part of Guinness World Records Day, Dangi met the world's tallest living man, Sultan Kösen, at an event in London.[7]

Chandra died in American Samoa on 3 September 2015 at the age of 75, at the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago. His exact cause of death was not disclosed, although The Kathmandu Post reported that he had previously been suffering from pneumonia.[8][9][10] He had been touring the South Pacific for much of the year with Samoa's Tupa'l Bruno's Magic Circus.[11]

Gallery

  • Chandra 03.jpg

    Chandra Bahadur Dangi being presented with one of his awards

  • Chandra Bahadur Dangi in Sydney.jpg

    Chandra Bahadur Dangi in Sydney

  • Chandra bahadur dangi with jyoti amge(right) , thaneswar Guragai(middle).jpg

    Jyoti Amge (left) with Chandra Bahadur Dangi (right)

See also

References

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Preceded by Shortest recognised person
2012–2015		 Succeeded by
Junrey Balawing
Preceded by Shortest recognised adult human ever
2012–present		 Succeeded by
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