guiness book

Aurangabad enters ‘Guinness Book…for largest simultaneous singing of
National Anthem
 On the eve of Republic Day 2012, thousands of citizens of Aurangabad created history by singing the national
anthem, Jana Gana Mana , at Divisional Sports Complex ground in the city.
 As many as 15,243 people of city took India into the Guinness Book of World Records by singing the anthem
simultaneously, erasing the previous record held by Pakistan for 5,800 individuals.
 The swelling crowd was led in the chorus on stage by Shankar Mahadevan, Mahatma Gandhi’ s grandson Tushar
Gandhi, Prashant Damle, Roopkumar and Sonali Rathod, Vaishali Samant, Swapnil Bandodkar, Pramod Sarkate
and Mrs Salaskar (widow of 26/11 martyr Vijay Salaskar) among others, who sang with Aurangabadkars to create
the world record.