ALLAHABAD (PTI); A lifelong ambition to cam a place in the Guinness book of World Records made Om Prakash Singh to thread aneedle20675 times in two hours. The cashier-cum-general clerk at the United Bank of India here in the western Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in a live demonstration on July 25 1993 threaded a strand of cotton through a number 13 need 20675 times in two hours. He thus broke the previous record of 11796 times in two hours to enter his name in the Guinness book.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 15, 1994
