Nepali’s delight at being declared smallest man

Home to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, Nepal yesterday added another height-related superlative — of having the world’s shortest man.

A Guinness World Records team measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi at 54.6cm (21.5 inches, or roughly the height of this page), declaring the 72-year-old shorter than the previous title holder, Junrey Balawing, from the Philippines, who stood at 23.5 inches at the age of 18 last year.

“The good news is that Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the world’s shortest living man,” said Guinness Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday after measurements were taken.