Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the shortest man in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence, measuring 54.6cm (21.5 in) Dangi is a primordial dwarf. He broke the record of Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), the shortest adult human whose height was 0.57 m (1 ft 10 in). Chandra came to news highlights of local media when a wood contractor saw him in his village. All of his family members are of usual size.
He was awarded the title of shortest adult human ever recorded after his height was measured in 24 hours. He was subsequently enrolled in the Guinness World Record book. Dangi lives with his nephews in a remote village of Nepal which is some 400 km away from the country's capital. He wishes to travel all parts of his country and the world. He stated that with him being the shortest man of the world and belonging to Nepal, he wants to popularize his village and his country through the medium of this title.
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1. Chandra measures 54.6cm (21.5 in), making him the same size of six stacked cans of baked beans.
2. He is the seventh sibling of a family of six brothers and two sisters.
3. He lives in the isolated Nepalese village of Reemkholi in Dang district, some 540 kilometres southwest of the capital Kathmandu. The village has 200 homes, a few solar panels for electricity and no television.
4. He is looked after by his immediate older brother and his family.
5. Three of his five brothers were less than four feet tall, while his two sisters and two brothers are of average height.
6. Despite his age, he claims to have never taken any kind of medication or to have ever been examined by a doctor.
7. He hopes to use his new found fame to travel, admitting: "I think things will be better now. I hope that I will be famous all over the world"
8. Chandra spends his days making placemats and head straps for villagers to carry heavy loads on their backs.
9. He also helps look after the village's buffalos and cows.
10. Chandra traveled to Kathmandu in order to be measured by Guinness World Records officials, marking the first time he had visited the Nepalese capital.
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