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TOP 10 BACK‐TO‐SCHOOL GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Posted: September 17, 2012
6. Longest pencil
As we get back into the academic swing, we have our top 10 Guinness World Records to get
everyone excited for back‐to‐school!
10. Class reunion ‐ longest elapsed time
The 1929 class of Miss Blanche Miller's Kindergarten and Continuation School in Bluefield,
West Virginia, USA had their first reunion after 70 years! While ten members of the class had
died by the time the reunion came, 55% of those alive were in attendence. (See top photo
for a picture of the class in 1929!)
9. Most schools attended
The greatest documented number of schools attended by a pupil is 265, in the case of
Wilma Williams, now Mrs R.J. Horton, from 1933 to 1943, when her parents were in show
business.
8. Largest chemistry lesson
The largest chemistry lesson involved 801 participants and was achieved by The Heathland
School (UK) in Hounslow, Middlesex, UK, on 29 February 2012. The lesson lasted 33 minutes
and was on rates of reaction. As part of the lesson all participants were required to eat a
sweet and complete a worksheet. The lesson was taken by Tom Carbro and Suvi Mohey.
7. Oldest university
The oldest existing, and continually operating educational institution in the world is the
University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco. (The University of Bologna in
Italy was founded in 1088 and is the oldest one in Europe.)
The longest pencil measured 225.21 m (738 ft 10 in) and was created by STAEDTLER Mars GmbH & Co. KG
(Germany). It was presented and measured in Nürnberg, Germany, on 15 September 2011. The pencil was
sharpened at the top and was used to write some words on a piece of paper in front of the notary.
5. Largest donation of school supplies in 24 hours
The largest donation of school supplies in 24 hours is 4,019 kg (8,860 lb 6.05 oz) and was
achieved by Ayoun Jeddah , at Mall of Arabia, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 4 April 2012. Most
of the donated school supplies came from bulk donations by stationery suppliers.
4. Oldest person to begin primary school
The world's oldest person to begin primary school was aged 84. Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge
(Kenya) enrolled into Standard One at Kapkenduiyo Primary School, Eldoret, Kenya, on 12
January 2004. He even wore the school uniform and hoped to reach Standard Eight. On 6
April 2004 it was reported that Ng'ang'a passed his first end‐of‐term exams with straight
A's in English, Kiswahili and math, making him among the top five students in the class. The
headmistress, Mrs Jane Obinchu (Kenya) made him a senior headboy as a reward.
3. Largest backpack/rucksack
The largest backpack measured 10.37 m (34 ft) in height, 7.8 m (25 ft 7.08 in) in width, 2.8 m (9 ft 2.23 in) in depth and
was produced by Omasu (Saudi Arabia), at the Mall of Arabia, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 4 April 2012. The backpack is an
exact replica of a normal sized Omasu backpack. The project to produce the oversized backpack took around two
months.
2. Largest collection of erasers
The largest collection of erasers belongs to Petra Engels (Germany) with 19,571 non duplicate erasers from 112 different
countries; which she has been collecting since 1981. Petra started collecting erasers at the age of 9. She first developed
an interest in erasers after visiting a stationery shop selling various and extraordinary erasers. Friends of her mother used
to give her erasers instead of chocolate and her parents used to bring her erasers from various business trips. Petra, now
34, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her eraser collection which is stored in 22 glass‐show‐cases and an additional
cupboard with 12 drawers.
1. Largest school by pupils
The largest school in terms of pupils is the City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, which had a record enrolment of
39,437 children on 9 August 2010 for the 2010‐11 academic year. The school admits boys and girls between ages two and
five, who can then continue their education to degree level. In 2002, it won the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. The
City Montessori has come a long way since Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti first opened it in 1959 with a loan of just

LUCKNOW: The first day in class for any new
pupil can be an overwhelming experience,
so imagine arriving for lessons as one of
40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's
biggest school.
The latest edition of Guinness World
Records awards the title to the City
Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow with
with a loan of 300 rupees ($6 at current rates) and just five pupils.
The school says that enrollment numbers have already risen above 45,000,
with 2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers, 1,000 classrooms -- and one of the
hardest first eleven cricket teams to break into.
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as famous for its exam results and
international exchange programmes as for its scale.
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their
children," said Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the age of 75.
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness
record is heartening but it's not just about size," he told AFP.
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the whole
school never gathers for assembly as there is nowhere big enough to hold them.
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 a
month for seniors.
"In such a large school, there are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites
that we have," Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has been at CMS for two years, told AFP.
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that
study.
"There are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he told AFP. "Now I am in the college team,
debating in national competitions."
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and
globalism under the motto "Jai Jagat" (Victory be to the World).
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju
Singh Chauhan says selecting a team is still tricky.
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger
picture and our best eleven for the team."
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating the previous record
holder, the Rizal High School in Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations
diplomat in New York, as well as Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.
"The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone, anywhere who wants to make a positive
difference," Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, told AFP from London.
"The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and from humble origins to being the largest
and one of the most respected educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story."
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The latest edition of
Guinness World Records
awards the title to the City
Montessori School in the
Indian city of Lucknow, with
39,437 registered pupils in
the 2010-2011 academic
year.
The school says enrolment
numbers have already risen
above 45,000, with 2,500
teachers, 3,700 computers,
1,000 classrooms - and one
of the hardest first XI cricket
teams to break into.
CMS, as it is known, was
opened by Jagdish Gandhi
and his wife Bharti in 1959
with a loan of 300 rupees ($5.50 at current rates) and just five pupils.
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as famous for
its exam results and international exchange programs as for its scale.
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our
service to their children," said Mr Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the
age of 75.
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure.
Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it's not just about size," he said.
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45
members, but the whole school never gathers for assembly as there is nowhere big enough to
hold them.
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees ($18) a month in fees for
younger pupils, rising to 2,500 ($46) a month for seniors.
"In such a large school, there are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends
across the many sites that we have," Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has been at CMS for two years, said.
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of
the thousands that study.
"There are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."
Idealistic ambitions
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he said.
"Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions."
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of
universal peace and globalism under the motto "Jai Jagat" (Victory be to the World).
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but
cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan says selecting a team is still tricky.
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then
eventually we get the bigger picture and our best XI for the team."
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating
the previous record holder, the Rizal High School in Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.

The City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had 39,437 pupils
registered in the 2010-2011 academic year, but bosses say
enrolment numbers have already risen above the 45,000 mark.
Opened back in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti, with a
loan of just 300 rupees, and amazingly, just five pupils, the school
now sprawls over 20 sites in the city and educates pupils between
the ages of three and 17.
Any parental worries about the average class size of 45 are
apparently unfounded too, as the school is famous for its worldclass
exam results and international exchange programmes.
Mr Gandhi, who still plays a part in the school at the age of 75,
said: 'The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our
efforts to please our parents with our service to their children.
'Our students have exceptional academic results each year and
outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is
heartening but it's not just about size.'
While the school promotes the advantages of being able to make
lots of friends, it does admit there is nowhere big enough to hold
an assembly.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/915168-school-with-
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Indian school children gather in front of The City
Montessori School in Lucknow on December 29, 2011.
Indian school children gather in front of The City Montessori
School in Lucknow on December 29, 2011.
Lucknow, India: The first day in class for any new pupil can be
an overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons
as one of 40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world’s biggest
school.
The first day in class for any new pupil can be an
overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as
one of 40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world’s biggest
school.
The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title
to the City Montessori School in the Indian city of Lucknow with
39,437 registered pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year.
The school says that enrolment numbers have already risen
above 45,000, with 2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers, 1,000
classrooms — and one of the hardest first eleven cricket teams
to break into.
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his
wife Bharti in 1959 with a loan of Rs300 (Dh20.38 at current
rates) and just five pupils.
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar
Pradesh state, and is as famous for its exam results and
international exchange programmes as for its scale.
“The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their children,” said Gandhi, who is still
involved in the school’s management at the age of 75.
“Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it’s not
just about size,” he told AFP.
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the whole school never gathers for
assembly as there is nowhere big enough to hold them.
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges Rs1,000 a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 a month for seniors.
“In such a large school, there are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites that we have,” Ritika Ghosh,
14, who has been at CMS for two years, told AFP.
“But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that study.
“There are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life.”
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.
“I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence,” he told AFP. “Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions.”
The school’s size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and globalism under the motto “Jai
Jagat” (Victory be to the World).
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan says selecting a
team is still tricky.
“To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem,” he said.
“For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger picture and our best eleven for
the team.”
CMS first held the title of the world’s biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating the previous record holder, the Rizal High School in
Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations diplomat in New York, as
well as Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.
“The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone, anywhere who wants to make a positive difference,” Craig Glenday, editor-inchief
of Guinness World Records, told AFP from London.
“The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and from humble origins to being the largest and one of the most
respected educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story.”
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School children gather in front of the City Montessori School in Lucknow on December 29, 2011.
Lucknow, the capital city of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, is now home to the
world’s biggest school, according to the new edition of the Guinness Book of World
Records. The last academic year, 2,500 teachers taught a mind-boggling 39,437 students in
1,000 classrooms at Lucknow’s City Montessori School. According to the school’s website,
it now boasts over 44,000 pupils.
The school was founded in 1959 by Bharti and Jagdish Gandhi with just 300 borrowed
rupees ($5.70 at current exchange rates) and a total of five students. More than half a
century later, the school, which spreads over several campuses, can’t gather for assembly
as there is no venue in town that is big enough. Students ages between three and 17 are
divided into classrooms of 45 children each; every pupil wears identical school uniforms,
AFP reports. Younger students pay about $18, older students $47 in fees per month. The
school held the record once before, in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils — beating a school
in the Philippines with roughly 20,000 pupils.
Uttar Pradesh is in dire need of schools. The Northern state has a literacy rate below
India’s national average of 74% and ranks 29th among India’s 35 administrative divisions,
according to the 2011 census. Lucknow’s City Montessori School not only excels in size, it
has over the years been showered in awards and recognition. In 2002, it received the
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. Two years ago, the Dalai Lama conferred his Hope for
Humanity award to the school founder.
The size of the Gandhis school, which does not receive government funding, is however
dwarfed by the world’s largest university, also in India. The Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) in Delhi has no less than four million students — ten times larger than
its U.S. equivalent, the online University of Phoenix.
(MORE: The World’s Largest University Struggles to Educate Millions of New Students)
India, a country of extremes, boasts some other, more obscure, records: nowhere have
there been more people standing on one moving motorcycle (54), has a larger foreign
object been left in a patient (a pair of 13 inch-long artery forceps) or a higher number of
green coconuts been smashed in one minute by elbows (92, 7 of which were disqualified).
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BIZARRE!
Indian school with 45,000 pupils is world’s biggest
An Indian school with 45,000 pupils has been named the world’s biggest.
Guinness World Records confirmed the education establishment, The City
Montessori School in Lucknow, is the largest of its kind after having 39,437
pupils registered in the 2010-11 academic year. But, the numbers are now
said to have gone beyond 45,000. The school — which was opened in 1959
with just five pupils — employs 2,500 teachers, and has 1,000 classrooms
over 20 sites in the city.
Jagdish Gandhi — who opened the education establishment with his wife,
thanks to a loan of just 300, said, “'The phenomenal growth of the school
is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their
children. Our students have achieved exceptional academic results each
year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is
heartening but it’s not just about size.”
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LUCKNOW, India — The first day in class for any new pupil can be an
overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as one of 40,000
pupils on the roll-call of the world's biggest school.
The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title to the City
Montessori School in the Indian city of Lucknow with 39,437 registered pupils
in the 2010-2011 academic year.
The school says that enrollment numbers have already risen above 45,000, with
2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers, 1,000 classrooms -- and one of the hardest
first eleven cricket teams to break into.
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959
with a loan of 300 rupees ($6 at current rates) and just five pupils.
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state,
and is as famous for its exam results and international exchange programmes
as for its scale.
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please
our parents with our service to their children," said Gandhi, who is still involved
in the school's management at the age of 75.
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding
global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it's not just
about size," he told AFP.
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each
class has about 45 members, but the whole school never gathers for assembly
as there is nowhere big enough to hold them.
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees a month in
fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 a month for seniors.
"In such a large school, there are many advantages, one being you get to make
a lot of friends across the many sites that we have," Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has
been at CMS for two years, told AFP.
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise
you are just one of the thousands that study.
"There are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end
prepares us for real life."
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making
him more outgoing.
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he told
AFP. "Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions."
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a
philosophy of universal peace and globalism under the motto "Jai Jagat"
(Victory be to the World).
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always
a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan says selecting a team is still
tricky.
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem,"
he said.
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children
and then eventually we get the bigger picture and our best eleven for the
team."
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had
29,212 pupils, beating the previous record holder, the Rizal High School in
Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and
Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations diplomat in New York, as well as
Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.
"The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone,
anywhere who wants to make a positive difference," Craig Glenday, editor-inchief
of Guinness World Records, told AFP from London.
"The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and
from humble origins to being the largest and one of the most respected
educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story."
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That is the number on the roll-call of the
world's biggest school.
The latest edition of the Guinness World
Records awarded that title to the City
Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow, which
had 39 437 registered pupils in the 2010/11
academic year.
The school says enrollment numbers have
already risen above 45 000, with 2 500
teachers, 3 700 computers, 1 000 classrooms
– and one of the hardest first 11 cricket
teams to break into.
CMS, as the school is known, was opened by
Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959
with a loan of 300 rupees and just five pupils.
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the
capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as
famous for its exam results and international
exchange programmes as for its scale.
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their
children," said Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the age of 75.
Heartening
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness
record is heartening but it's not just about size," he said.
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the
whole school never gathers for assembly as there is nowhere big enough to hold them.
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1 000 rupees a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2
500 a month for seniors.
"In such a large school, there are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites
that we have," Ritika Ghosh (14), who has been at CMS for two years, said.
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that
study ... There are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."
Jai Jagat
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari (16) credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he said. "Now I am in the college team, debating in
national competitions."
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and
globalism under the motto: "Jai Jagat" (victory be to the world).
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh
Chauhan says selecting a team is still tricky.
"To fish out sports talent in the 45 000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger
picture and our best 11 for the team."
Awe-inspiring
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29 212 pupils, beating the previous record
holder, the Rizal High School in Manila, Philippines, which had 19 738 pupils.
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations
diplomat in New York, as well as Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.
"The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone, anywhere who wants to make a positive
difference," Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said from London.
"The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and from humble origins to being the largest and
one of the most respected educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story." – Sapa-AFP

The first day in class for any new pupil can be an overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving
for lessons as one of 45,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's biggest school.
The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title to the City Montessori School in
the Indian city of Lucknow, with 39,437 registered pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year.
The school says enrolment numbers have already risen above 45,000, with 2,500 teachers,
3,700 computers, 1,000 classrooms - and one of the hardest first XI cricket teams to break into.
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959 with a loan of 300 rupees ($5.50 at current rates) and
just five pupils.
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as famous for its exam results and international
exchange programs as for its scale.
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their children," said Mr
Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the age of 75.
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is
heartening but it's not just about size," he said.
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the whole school never
gathers for assembly as there is nowhere big enough to hold them.
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees ($18) a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 ($46) a
month for seniors.
"In such a large school, there are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites that we have,"
Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has been at CMS for two years, said.
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that study.
"There are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."
Idealistic ambitions
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he said.
"Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions."
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and globalism under the
motto "Jai Jagat" (Victory be to the World).
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan
says selecting a team is still tricky.
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger picture and our
best XI for the team."
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating the previous record holder, the Rizal
High School in Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.
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The first day in class for any new pupil can be an overwhelming experience, so
imagine arriving for lessons as one of 45,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's
biggest school. The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title to
the City Montessori School in the Indian city of Lucknow, with 39,437 registered
pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year.

Lucknow: City’s most revered City Montessori School has achieved another feat
to register it on global podium. A school that works on the principles of Gandhi
and aims at improving the heart and soul of its wards and the same school is
registered in Guinness book of world records for most number of students.
Winner of several international and national awards including UNESCO Prize for
Peace Education, CMS as it is known has Guinness world record of most number
of pupils. The founder of the school Mr. Jagdish Gandhi explains who he
managed to start the school with just 5 students back in 1965.
Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, Founder CMS said, “I am thankful to God for his grace and
blessings. We have achieved this feat because of our quality of education and we
try to inculcate knowledge based on physical, social and spiritual education. We
have developed this institution from scrap and progressed to this stage where
we are holding a student capacity of 45,000.”
A legacy that started with those five students has come a long way. Today the
school boasts of at least 20 campuses all across the Uttar Pradesh capital and a
reputation to reckon with.
Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, further added, “Interestingly, the data on which the
Guinness Book has awarded us belongs to the year 2010 when we had enrolled
39,000 students. At present there are 45,000 students rolled under CMS. But, we
have never compromised with our quality of education.”
People like Mr. Gandhi leave behind legends, inspiring initiatives that are difficult
to immaculate. But we hope such efforts find more takers in nation, which
desperately needs quality education that can serve a sizeable quantity of the
nation.
Sounds like a fantasy, but in this world of commercial materialistic education,
survives and thrives a school named City Montessori School in Lucknow that
strives to nurture souls of its students.
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[WASHINGTON] the world's
largest student school in India
"City Montessori School (City
Montessori School), nearly
40,000 students this school
forever, there is no way all the
rally, because the school
facilities and can accommodate
such people. "City Montessori
School" to break the Guinness
Book of World Records
(Guinness World Records), a
"City Montessori School" to break the Guinness
Book of World Records (Guinness World Records),
the number of students around the world to become
the largest schools. (AFP)
number of students around the world, most school students aged
between 3-17 years old, Registration number has risen to more than
45,000 people, the school has 500 teachers and 3700 computers,
1000 classrooms. And the school did not apply for any government
grants, Rs 1000-2500 tuition fees charged to students only. The
school founded by Gandhi (Jagdish Gandhi) said "the amazing growth
of our schools, to reflect on the parents certainly our teaching
efforts." Gandhi had in 1959 founded this school, not only the loan of
300 rupees, and only five students. The schools are now expanded to
20 points, and excellent student test scores and international
exchange programs. A 14-year-old students of City Montessori
School, said there are very many benefits in such a huge school which,
for example, can pay very many friends from different regions. Many
students also learn so much in the number of schools, there can be
more challenging opportunities and competitiveness.
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The Irish Independent reports the latest edition of Guinness World
Records awards the title of the world's biggest school to the City
Montessori School in the Indian city of Lucknow, with 39,437
registered pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year. CMS, as it is
known, says enrolment numbers have already risen above 45,000,
with 2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers and 1,000 classrooms.

AN Indian school with 45,000 pupils, 2,500 teachers and 1,000
classrooms has been named the world’s biggest by Guinness World
Records.
The City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had 39,437 pupils
registered in the 2010-2011 academic year, but bosses say enrolment
numbers have already risen above the 45,000 mark. Opened back in
1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti, with a loan of just 300
rupees, and amazingly, just five pupils, the school now sprawls over 20
sites in the city and educates pupils between the ages of three and 17.
Any parental worries about the average class size of 45 are apparently
unfounded too, as the school is famous for its world-class exam results
and international exchange programmes.
Mr Gandhi, who still plays a part in the school at the age of 75, said:
‘The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to
please our parents with our service to their children. Our students
have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global
exposure. Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it’s not just
about size.’
While the school promotes the advantages of being able to make lots
of friends, it does admit there is nowhere big enough to hold an
assembly. –Metro
This news was published in print paper. Access complete paper of this
day.
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
IANS Sep 23, 2012, 11.14AM IST
Tags: UNESCO|Lucknow school|Guinness Book of Records
LUCKNOW: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school
has travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils
in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS)
in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the
2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-
plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi
told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school
operates in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great
one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school
holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students
were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of
Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious Unesco Prize for Peace
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this
honour.
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Started with five students and a Rs.300 loan, a
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to
become the school with the most number of
pupils in the world, according to the Guinness
World Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the
City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on August 9,
2010, for the 2010 – 11 academic year.
School authorities said that the number of pupils
now stood at about 45,000.
The entry in the book of world records, which
documents the world’s most unique and selective
records, has enthused the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being recognized
at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi said.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is
ecstatic. He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience”.
Principal Vera Hazela says the school gives a lot of exposure to its students by holding as many
as 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over
the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi on rented
premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs. 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.IANS

A Lucknow school has earned the distinction of being the “largest school by pupils” in the
world and has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The City Montessori School with a record
45,000-plus students has been adjudged the
largest in the world on the basis of number
of pupils, according to the school founder
manager Jagadish Gandhi.
made it the largest in the world.
The record book said that the school had
39,437 students on August 9, 2010 enrolled
at its different branches in the city, which
The school had started its journey way back in 1959 with merely five students from a
single room and with a loan of Rs 300, said Gandhi while speaking to Deccan Herald here
on Sunday.
“It has been a long journey that has witnessed several ups and downs”, Gandhi says and
attributes the success of the school and the achievements to the continued support of the
parents, students and the dedicated staff and the school’s philosophy, that placed spiritual
development at the centre. “True progress of humanity is impossible unless and until the
goals to which education is geared are completely revised with spiritual development at its
centre, not as an add on at the margins of education”, he said.
Gandhi felt that these new goals for education would free it from its largely economic
context.
“This revises greatly our expectations of human potential and its outcome through
education”, he adds.
“In this new role, a school presents new possibilities and has the power to transform
individuals and society”, says Gandhi.
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Uttar Pradesh | Posted on Sep 23, 2012 at 10:42am IST
Lucknow's City Montessori School is world's 'largest'
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world,
according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in
Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11
academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
Lucknow's City Montessori School is world's 'largest'
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective
records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is
being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in
the city, is equally ecstatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which
"mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a
rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow
school has travelled a long way to become the school with the most
number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of
Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori
School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils
on August 09, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told a news agency that the number of pupils
now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which
documents the world's most unique
and selective records, has enthused
the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only
our size but also our philosophy of
world peace is being recognised at
a global level," school founder
Jagdish Gandhi told a news agency.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student
on one of the 20 branches the
school operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has
been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said
the school holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife
Bharti Gandhi in rented premises with just five students and a
borrowed capital of Rs 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever
to receive this honour.
IANS
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
By Mohit Dubey | IANS India Private Limited – Sun 23 Sep, 2012
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five
students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the school with the
most number of pupils in the world, according to
the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the
City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010,
for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of
pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the
world's most unique and selective records, has
enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish
Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school
operates in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a
"great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the
school holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital
of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive
this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
– Indo-Asian News Service
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The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City
Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-
11 academic year. School authorities said that the number
of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness has enthused the students and
staff. “We are very happy that not only our size but also
our philosophy of world peace is being recognised at a
global level,” said school founder Jagdish Gandhi.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his
wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five
students. The school has also been awarded UNESCO Prize
for Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school
worldwide ever to receive this honour.
25

Lucknow school sets Guinness world record with over
45,000 students
Lucknow: A city based school has become the one with
the most number of pupils in the world, according to
the Guinness Book of Records.
The City Montessori School had a record enrollment of
39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic
year, the record books says.
Media reports say currently, the school has a 45,000-
plus strength.
The school was founded in 1959 in rented premises with
just five students and a loan of Rs 300.
The school has also been awarded UNESCO Prize for
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school
worldwide ever to receive this honour.
26

Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a
long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to
the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on August 09, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic
year.
School authorities told a news agency that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective records,
has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being
recognised at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told a news agency.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city,
is equally ecstatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which
"mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed
over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in rented
premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
27

Lucknow school with 45,000
students sets Guinness record
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Starting from five students and a Rs. 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way
to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the
Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on 9 August 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
estatic.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the
world’s most unique and selective records, has
enthused the students and staff.
The school has 20 branches across Lucknow:
Reuters
“We are very happy that not only our size but also
our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at
a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told
IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20
branches the school operates in the city, is equally
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which
“mattered a lot in the transition” of his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented
premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
IANS
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Lucknow school is world’s ‘largest’
Lucknow, Sep 23: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with
the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness
Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori
School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on
Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at
45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique
and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of
world peace is being recognized at a global level,” school founder
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the
school operates in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching
experience” which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been
a “great one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the
school holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife
Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a
borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever
to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
– Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb
IANS

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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
September 23, 201200
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan a Lucknow
school has travelled a long way to become the school with the most
number of pupils in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School
(CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39437 pupils on Aug 9 2010
for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at
45000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness which documents the world's most unique and
selective records has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of
world peace is being recognized at a global level" school founder Jagdish
Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school
operates in the city is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a
"great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students she said the
school holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management staff and
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed
capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace
Education in 2002 becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive
this honour.

Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
Sunday September 23, 2012 10:39:53 AM, Mohit Dubey, IANS
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the
world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in
Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11
academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace
is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates
in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience"
which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great
one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds
32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in
a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this
honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
31

LUCKNOW: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long
way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the
Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique and selective records, has
enthused the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being
recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is
equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which “mattered
a lot in the transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over
the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented
premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious Unesco Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a
Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to
become the school with the most number of pupils in the
world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City
Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-
11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now
stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's
most unique and selective records, has enthused the
students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our
philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a global
level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20
branches the school operates in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which
"mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a
rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
-- Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb

Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school
has travelled a long way to become the school with the most
number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of
Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the
City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010,
for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of
pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the
world's most unique and selective records, has
enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also
our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the
city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which
"mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a
rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in) (IANS)
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:31:18 AM (IST)
Lucknow School is World's 'Largest'
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS): Starting from five students and a Rs.300
loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the
school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the
Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori
School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils
on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at
45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique
and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of
world peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the
school operates in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a
"great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the
school holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife
Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a
borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to
receive this honour.
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the
school with the most number of pupils in the world,
according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City
Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-
11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils
now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's
most unique and selective records, has enthused the
students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our
philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a
global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20
branches the school operates in the city, is equally
estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an
"enriching experience" which "mattered a lot in the
transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the
school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students,
she said the school holds 32 educational international
events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the
management, staff and students were overjoyed over
the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi
and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with
just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive
this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
36

India
Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
Lucknow |Sunday, 2012 10:36:05 AM IST
Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to
become the school with the most number of
pupils in the world, according to the Guinness
Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the
City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had
a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9,
2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of
pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents
the world's most unique and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is
being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in
the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which
"mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a
rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
-- Indo-Asian News Service md/mr/tb
( 298 Words)
2012-09-23-10:18:54 (IANS)
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Lucknow school is worlds
largest
Source: ibnlive | 23 Sep 2012 10:42:34 AM | View (37)
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow
school has travelled a long way to become the school with the most
number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of
Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori
School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437 pupils on
Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at
45,000-plus.
The school is also the only one in the world to receive the prestigious
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique
and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of
world peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the
school operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a
"great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the
school holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife
Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a
borrowed capital of Rs 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to
receive this honour.
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CMS — Largest
School in the
World
The picture on the left is a
reproduction of the one
published in Guinness
Book of World Records
2013. News of CMS’ entry
in the Guinness Book as
the largest school in the
World has been covered
extensively in all leading
publications of the world
viz. Time Magazine, USA;
MAIL & GUARDIAN, Africa;
ABC News, USA; The
Nation, Pakistan; Mail
Online, UK and others.
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42
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow
school has travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of
pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in
Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-
11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique and
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world
peace is being recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told
IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates
in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience”
which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great
one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds
32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in
a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
– Indo-Asian News Service

43
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according
to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective records, has
enthused the students and staff.
We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being
recognized at a global level, school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is
equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an enriching experience which mattered a lot
in the transition in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a great one.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32 educational
international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over
the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises
with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, becoming
the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
-- Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb

Lucknow school sets world record for highest
student enrolment in year
ANI London, Thu, 13 Sep 2012
London, September 13 (ANI): The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India,
has been included in the latest edition of Guinness Book of World Records for
the highest number of students being enrolled in a year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic
year, the Daily Mail reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike
Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest
mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany,
was named the oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got
recognition for having the largest 'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a
circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms
with a greater circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32
stone), was also named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest
bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based
farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy
car - a vehicle created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which
measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013
Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and
documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)
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By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, Sep 23 : Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world,
according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective
records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being
recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the
city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which
"mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed
over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented
premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
©IANS
45

Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
By Mohit Dubey | Sunday, September 23, 2012 | 10:18:16 AM IST (+05:30 GMT) 0 Comment
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow
school has travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils
in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled
a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the
Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective records, has
enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being recognized
at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is equally
estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which "mattered a lot
in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32 educational
international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over the
Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises
with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, becoming
the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
-- Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb
46

Lucknow - Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way
to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book
of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective records, has
enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being
recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is
equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which "mattered a
lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32 educational
international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over
the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises
with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, becoming
the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
47

48
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with the
most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of
Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School
(CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010,
for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-
plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi
told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school
operates in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great
one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school
holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students
were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital
of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this
honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
-- Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb

49
LUCKNOW: Starting from five students and a Rs.300
loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to
become the school with the most number of pupils in
the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City
Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique and
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world
peace is being recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told
IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates
in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience”
which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great
one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds
32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in
a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious Unesco Prize for Peace Education in
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.

Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world,
according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique and selective records,
has enthused the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being
recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city,
is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which
“mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed
over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented
premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
– Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb
50

Lucknow school is world`s `largest`
The City Montessori School in Lucknow had a
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on August
09, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
51

52
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school
has travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the
world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique and selective
records, has enthused the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being
recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the
city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which
“mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32
educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed
over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented
premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
– Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb

2010-11 academic year.
Starting from five students and a
Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the
school with the most number of pupils
in the world, according to the
Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book
says the City Montessori School (CMS)
in Lucknow had a record enrolment of
39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told
IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates
in the city, is equally estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience"
which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great
one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds
32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in
a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
53

Lucknow school is worlds largest
Source: ibnlive | 23 Sep 2012 10:42:34 AM | View (38)
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with
the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437
pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The school is also the only one in the world to receive the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective records, has enthused the students and
staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a global level," school
founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his
persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32 educational international events every
year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a
borrowed capital of Rs 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide
ever to receive this honour.
54

Lucknow school sets
world record for
highest student
enrolment
in year
Submitted by Raman Iyer on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 05:52 Featured London United Kingdom
London, September 13 : The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest
edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students
being enrolled in a year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year,
the Daily Mail reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa
Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle,
measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest `guns' - biceps and
triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater
circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named as
the world's heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a
Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2
cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
55

Lucknow school placed in
Guinness World Records
for highest student
enrolment in year
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has got a place in the latest
edition of Guinness Book of World Records for enrolling highest number of
students in a year. The Daily Mail reported a record enrolment of 39,437
pupils in this school for the 2010-2011 academic year. In 2012, its
enrollment has reached over 45,000 pupils, which is a world record.
The school was founded in 1959 by Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi.
Being inspired by ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and
others, a young and idealistic Jagdish Gandhi went out to create a school
in 1959 with just five children on roll, no personal wealth, which later came
to known as City Montessori School. It is affiliated to the Council for the
Indian School Certificate Examinations and offers education up to undergraduate
level. Earlier,the school has been ranked 6th in the "most
respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007.
The 2013 Guinness World Records is published in 22 languages in more
than 100 countries, and is full of surprising stories.
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Lucknow school sets world record for highest
student enrolment in year
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition
of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled
in a year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the
Daily Mail reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail
and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a
towering 3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named
the oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the
largest 'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a
greater circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone),
was also named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and
the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm,
measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a
vehicle created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm
(17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World
Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new
extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)
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Lucknow school sets world record for highest student
enrolment in year
London, September 13 (ANI): The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been included in
the latest edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being
enrolled in a year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily Mail
reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his
monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest ‘guns’ – biceps
and triceps – with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater
circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named
as the world’s heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition’s animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just
76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehicle created
by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to
its highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the
human body. (ANI)
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The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of Guinness Book
of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily Mail reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his
monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest guns - biceps and
triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater
circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named
as the worlds heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new editions animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog,
a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2
cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by
students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its
highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the
human body.
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Lucknow school sets world record f
student enrolment in year
London, September 13 (ANI):
The City Montessori School in
Lucknow, India, has been
included in the latest edition of
Guinness Book of World
Records for the highest number
of students being enrolled in a
year.
hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
It made a record enrolment of
39,437 pupils for the 2010-
2011 academic year, the Daily
Mail reported.
Among others to find a place in
the 2013 edition is Popeye
lookalike Moustafa Ismail and
his monstrous biceps, and a
man with the tallest mohican
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest 'guns' - biceps
and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater
circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named
as the world's heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just
76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created
by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to
its highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the
human body. (ANI)
City Montessori School, Lucknow, Guinness Book of World Records, Popeye

or highest
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, has set a world
record in enrolling highest number of students in a
year. It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for
the 2010-2011 academic year,
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AZERBAIJAN
Baku, September 18 (AzerTAc). The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been
included in the latest edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of
students being enrolled in a year. It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-
2011 academic year, the Daily Mail reported. Among others to find a place in the 2013
edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the
tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in. Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old
retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest gymnast while Egyptianborn
Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest `guns` - biceps and triceps - with
a circumference of 25.5in. The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin,
Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also
named as the world`s heaviest sportswoman. Among the new edition`s animal-based
records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in
from foot to withers. Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armaghbased
farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers. Other records in the 57th
edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and
teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its
highest part. Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013
Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents
numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
© AzerTAc. All rights reserved.

VANCOUVER, CANADA
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long
way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of
Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique and selective records, has enthused
the students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a
global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is equally
estatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which “mattered a lot in the
transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32 educational
international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over the
Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just
five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only
school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
— Indo-Asian News Service
md/mr/tb
IANS 2012-09-23 10:18:16
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LONDON, U.K.
Lucknow school sets world record for highest student
enrolment in year
Big News Network (ANI) Thursday 13th September, 2012
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of
Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a
year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily Mail
reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his
monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest 'guns' - biceps
and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater
circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also
named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just
76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created
by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to
its highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the
human body. (ANI)

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Latest Guinness World Records to feature world’s heaviest sportswoman, and
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Moustafa Ismail, who has the world's largest biceps and triceps. Picture: PA
Published on Thursday 13 September 2012 00:00
GUINNESS World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting global achievement, including
new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast and the lowest ever car.
• Latest Guinness World Records to feature extremes of human physicality, including world’s heaviest sportswoman and
bodybuilder with largest ‘guns’
• 57th edition of book, which is expected to sell 2.7 million copies, also includes world’s shortest bull and a 44” tall dog
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world’s heaviest sportswoman and the
most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7
million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast;
Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest “guns” - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in;
and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world’s heaviest
sportswoman.
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human
head.
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a
professional body-builder.
Among the new edition’s animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring
44” from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to
withers.
Farmer’s son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five months old and admits that the bull’s fate would have been different if he
had been of a normal stature.
Ryan said: “When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef.
“However, by Christmas time, he still hadn’t grown and because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him.
“His size saved his life and now he’s going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It’s brilliant and amazing to have Archie in the
new Guinness Worlds book.”
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and teachers in
Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the
2010-2011 academic year.
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AFRICA
Some Weird Entries In This Year's Guinness Book Of Record (PHOTOS)
admin | September 13, 2012 | 0 Comments
It’s been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes of Mo Farah and
Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World Records.
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous
biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
It’s not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a mighty Great Dane to
a teeny bull.
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world’s heaviest sportswoman
and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts,
has spent ten years pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps.
He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach – which he hates
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell
around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest
gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest ‘guns’ – biceps and triceps – with a
circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world’s heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr
Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils
for the 2010-2011 academic year.

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IRELAND
Guinness World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting
global achievement, including new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast and the
lowest ever car.
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the
world's heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest
ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World
Recordsis expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes
relating to the human body.
These include Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest "guns" - biceps
and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in; 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher
from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast; and London-based sumo wrestler
Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest
sportswoman.
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, has arms with a
greater circumference than the average human head. The 24-year-old, originally from
Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a
professional body-builder.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the
tallest dog, a Great Danemeasuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures
just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers. Farmer's son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five
months old and admits that the bull's fate would have been different if he had been of a normal
stature.
Ryan said: "When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef. However, by Christmas time, he
still hadn't grown and because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him. His size
saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and amazing
to have Archie in the new Guinness Worlds book."
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle
created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from
the ground to its highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.

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KUWAIT
Our World
Thursday, September 13, 2012
From the human Popeye to the tallest Mohican: The weird
and wacky entries in this year's Guinness Book of
Records
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes
of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the latest
Guinness Book of World Records.
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail
and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft
8in.
It's not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a
mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has spent ten years
pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach -
which he hates
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's
heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the
human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named
the oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' - biceps and
triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest sportswoman.
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference
than the average human head.
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'His size saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and
amazing to have Archie in the new Guinness Worlds book.'
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by
students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its
highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of
39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.

PAKISTAN
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the
incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes of Mo
Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with
some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World
Records.Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the
2013 edition of Guinness Book of World Record is Popeye
lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a
man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a
towering 3ft 8in. It's not just humans either, with all
creatures great and small snatching a few records - from a
mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull. The 57th version of
best-selling reference book also features new verified
entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and the most
conquests of Mount Everest. These include 86-year-old
Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig,
Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast and Londonbased
sumo wrestler Sharran Other records in the 57th
edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a
vehicle created by students and teachers in Asakuchi,
Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground
to its highest part. The City Montessori School in Lucknow,
India, also enters the new edition, with a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic
year. DM
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CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Lucknow school sets world record
for highest student enrolment in
year
Trinidad News.Net Thursday 13th September, 2012
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of
Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a
year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily
Mail reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and
his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering
3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the
oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest
'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a
greater circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was
also named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the
tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm,
measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle
created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in)
from the ground to its highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World
Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new
extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)
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Some weird entries in this year's Guinness Book
Of Record
These are some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of
World Records.
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition
is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous
biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle,
measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from
Massachusetts, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a
day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than
spinach – which he hates
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest
sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to
sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the
oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' – biceps and triceps –
with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder
Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average
human head.
Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft
Tallest dog: Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag in Michigan. On his hind legs, he
towers over her at 7ft 4in
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to
become a professional body-builder. Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the
shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe's spear-like hairdo peaks at more than 3ft 8in, thanks
to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehicle created by students
and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437
pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk
Culled from African Spotlight
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CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of
Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a
year.
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily
Mail reported.
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and
his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering
3ft 8in.
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the
oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest
‘guns’ - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a
greater circumference than the average human head.
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was
also named as the world’s heaviest sportswoman.
Among the new edition’s animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the
tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm,
measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle
created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in)
from the ground to its highest part.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World
Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new
extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)
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LONDON, U.K.
Guinness World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting global achievement, including
new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast and the lowest ever car.
The 57th version of the best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and
the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7
million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast;
Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest "guns" - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in;
and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest
sportswoman.
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human
head.
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a
professional body-builder.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring
44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to
withers.
Farmer's son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five months old and admits that the bull's fate would have been different if he
had been of a normal stature.
Ryan said: "When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef.
"However, by Christmas time, he still hadn't grown and because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him.
"His size saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and amazing to have Archie in the
new Guinness Worlds book."
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and teachers in
Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the
2010-2011 academic year.
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Some Weird Entries In This Year's Guinness Book Of Record (PHOTOS)
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the
likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the
latest Guinness Book of World Records.
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail
and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft
8in.
It's not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a
mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has spent ten years
pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach –
which he hates
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and the most
conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies
and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born
Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' – biceps and triceps – with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo
wrestler Sharran
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in
Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.
Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding,
from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft
Tallest dog: Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag
in Michigan. On his hind legs, he towers over her at 7ft 4in
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a professional bodybuilder.
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in
from foot to withers.
Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe's spear-like hairdo
peaks at more than 3ft 8in, thanks to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehiclecreated by
students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its
highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record
enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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GhanaNation News: From the human Popeye to the world's biggest horse: The weird and wacky entries in this year's
Guinness Book of Records
From the human Popeye to the world's biggest horse: The weird and wacky entries
in this year's Guinness Book of Records
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By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 18:18 EST, 12 September 2012 | UPDATED: 06:56 EST, 13 September 2012
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica
Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World Records.
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps,
and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
It's not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a mighty Great Dane to a teeny
bull.
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a day to
get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach - which he hates The 57th version of best-selling reference
book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as
well as the tallest ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7
million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast;
Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in;
and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest
sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the
average human head.
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Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands - or almost 7ft A 29-year-old
bull called Archie, from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, measures just 30in from his hooves to his withers Tallest dog:
Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag in Michigan. On his hind legs, he towers over her at 7ft 4in
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a
professional body-builder. Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to
withers.
Farmer's son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five months old and admits that the bull's fate would have been different if he
had been of a normal stature.
Ryan said: 'When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef. However, by Christmas time, he still hadn't grown and
because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him.
Heaviest female athlete: British sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander wolfed down a high calorie diet of takeaways and fried
chicken to get into the record books at 32st
(Left) Biggest Barbie collection: Blonde Barbie fan Bettina Dorfmann, 52, from Germany, has 15,000 dolls she's collected since
1993 - they fill a room. (Right) Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe’s spear-like hairdo peaks at more than
3ft 8in, thanks to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel
Fastest sheep: Zippy Lambourghini, from a farm in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, won't bleat after winning 165 out of
179 races
Largest hotdog: Feeling peckish? This 7lb, 16in monster on sale in Chicago will set you back £24
'His size saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and amazing to have Archie in
the new Guinness Worlds book.'
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and teachers
in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the
2010-2011 academic year.
VIDEO: REAL-LIFE POPEYE SAYS HE WILL NOW AIM FOR 30 INCH \'GUNS\'...
VIDEO: HEAVIEST FEMALE SUMO WRESTLER, BIGGEST DOG, FASTEST SHEEP... THE BEST OF
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Lucknow school is world`s `largest`
Lucknow: Starting from five students and
a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has
travelled a long way to become the school
with the most number of pupils in the
world, according to the Guinness Book of
Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book
says the City Montessori School (CMS) in
Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437
pupils on August 09, 2010, for the 2010-
11 academic year.
School authorities told a news agency that
the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-
plus.
The entry in the Guinness, which
documents the world’s most unique and
selective records, has enthused the
students and staff.
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of
world peace is being recognised at a global level,” school founder
Jagdish Gandhi told a news agency.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school
operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching
experience” which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a
“great one”.
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the
school holds 32 educational international events every year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti
Gandhi in rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital
of Rs 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive
this honour.
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