Founder · Jaipur World Record Carnival

Manmohan Agarwal

Multiple World Record Holder · Entrepreneur · Social Visionary

From 64,691 inscriptions on a single postcard to 508,603 trees planted in one hour — a career built on the belief that extraordinary things are achieved not by dreaming, but by relentlessly pursuing the dream.

Seven-time Guinness World Record holder
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Manmohan Agarwal speaking at the two Guinness World Records CPR event, St. Xavier's College, Jaipur
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Passion, turned into
something measurable.

Find your passion, and it’s no longer work. Manmohan Agarwal

Born in the heart of Rajasthan, Manmohan Agarwal turned creativity and sheer persistence into one of India's most prolific record-breaking careers.

The work spans an unusual range — micro-art fine enough to need a magnifying glass, language written backwards, monumental objects measured in tons, and public events measured in hundreds of thousands of people. What connects them is not the category but the conviction: that extraordinary accomplishments come not from dreaming, but from pursuing the dream with dedication and invention.

His records have been recognised across multiple national and international organisations, including Guinness World Records and the Limca Book of Records. One of his designs — a perpetual calendar capable of calculating dates far into the future — holds copyright registration from the Government of India and was launched by the former Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Alongside the records runs a second body of work in affordable housing, where the measure of success is families in homes rather than entries in a book.

01 Record highlights

Eleven of them.
These are the numbers.

Micro-art to monuments, and single postcards to half a million trees. Certifying body noted where the record has been formally recognised.

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    “Ram”, written 64,691 times on a single postcard

    A micro-writing record totalling more than 194,000 characters on one postcard.

  2. 0trees

    508,603 trees planted in a single hour

    The Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam environmental initiative — a world record set sixty minutes at a time, by tens of thousands of hands at once.

  3. 0photographs

    197,610 unique photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    The largest photo exhibition on a single personality — no image repeated. Triton Mall, Jaipur, 17 September 2018, with GSSS School, Laxman Dungri; the photographs were gathered over six months.

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    The world's largest wall calendar

    Hand-painted, measuring 120 ft × 40 ft.

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    The largest continuous dance performance

    Three thousand and fifty children, synchronised for nine minutes and fifty-eight seconds.

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    11,111 miniatures of Lord Ganesha on one postcard

    A micro-art record, drawn on a single side.

  7. 0birthdays

    One person for every date of the year

    366 individuals gathered in one place, each representing a different birth date from 1 January to 31 December.

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    Sixty-three world languages, written in reverse

    Mirror script across sixty-three writing systems — a feat of linguistic and draughtsman's skill in equal measure.

  9. 0feet

    The world's largest wooden spoon

    Forty feet of carved wood, now displayed at the Alankar Museum, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

  10. 11′3″tall

    The world's largest screw

    Eleven feet three inches of engineering built for no reason other than that nobody had done it.

  11. ∞perpetual

    A perpetual calendar that calculates dates far into the future

    Copyright registered with the Government of India, and launched by the former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje.

What each one took — the eleven in full

02 Entrepreneurial impact

The other record,
measured in homes.

Alongside the record-breaking runs a body of work in affordable housing and urban development.

Through government-supported schemes, more than three and a half thousand families have benefited from housing subsidies and ownership opportunities — culminating in one of Rajasthan's largest affordable housing projects.

0 Families supported through housing subsidy and ownership schemes
0 Residential units in a single project — among Rajasthan's largest
0 Families housed by that project alone
Delivered under
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) Mukhyamantri Jan Awas Yojana
Roles
Founder

Jaipur World Record Carnival

Planning, organising and documenting large-scale record attempts across schools, colleges, NGOs, government bodies and communities.

Secretary

Rajasthan Affordable Housing Development Association

Representing developers working on affordable housing across the state.

Member

RERA Conciliation Forum

Resolving disputes between homebuyers and developers under the state regulatory authority.

Recognition

Judged by somebody
else's rules.

Every record here was adjudicated by an independent body against a published standard of evidence — which is the only reason any of it is worth showing you.

Guinness World RecordsSeven times
Limca Book of RecordsIndia
Asia Book of RecordsContinental
India Book of RecordsNational
Golden Book of RecordsInternational
Unique Book of RecordsInternational
Selected One from each record

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Records are not achievements. They are tools for inspiring communities — and proof of what collective determination can accomplish.

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