Allaudin of Kanpur’s CSJMU reads continuously for 27 hours, breaks Guinness World Record

The executive officers of the Guinness Book told him that he could break the earlier record of reading if he could read continuously for 24 hours and five minutes. But he said he would continuously read for 27

Allaudin, a student of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur created a record by continuously reading books for 27 hours and five minutes and thus entering Guinness Book of World Record on Monday.

Allaudin, a student of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur (HT)

Allaudin, 22, broke the previous record of continuous reading for 24 hours by Yatish Chandra Shukla of Lakhimpur Kheri about two years back.

The executive officers of the Guinness Book told him that he could break the earlier record of reading if he could read continuously for 24 hours and five minutes. But he said he would continuously read for 27, said his teacher Dilip Gangwar.

Consequently arrangements were made at the Gangwar Coaching and Mahesh Vishnoi, a judge from the Guinness Book of World Record came to monitor the reading feat. The judge told him that he could only take a break of 30 seconds for sipping water or taking some edibles but he would not be allowed to visit washroom during the reading time.

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