The World’s Shortest Man, Who Measured 67.08 cm is No More

Khagendra Magar, the world’s shortest man, as verified by Guinness Book of World Records and who could walk on this earth for 27 years, died in a hospital in Nepal.

Khagendra Thapa Magar popularly known as Khagendra Magar, measured 67.08 centimeters, which is about 2 feet 2.41 inches, died because of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhara, which is 200 kilometres from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. He lived with his parents in Pokhara.

Confirming the news of his death, his brother Mahesh Thapa Magar said, “He has been in and out of hospital because of pneumonia. But this time his heart was also affected. He passed away today”.

In the year 2010, Magar was first declared the shortest man in the world after his 18th birthday, which is photographed as he holds a certificate, which is only a bit smaller than him.

But eventually, he lost the title after Chandra Bahadur Dangi, measured 54.6 centimeters, was discovered by Guinness Book of World Records and was named the world’s shortest mobile man. Dangi was also from Nepal. Khagendra Magar regained the title after the death of Dangi in the year 2015.

According to Guinness Book of World Records, his father Roop Bahadur then said, “He was so tiny, when he was born that he could fit in the palm of your hand, and it was very hard to bathe him because he was so small”.

As the world’s shortest man 27-year-old Magar travelled more than six foreign countries and was made popular throughout the world as he appeared on television in Europe and the United States.

Guinness Book of World Record’s Editor-in-chief Craig Glenday, said, “We are terribly sad to hear the news from Nepal that Khagendra is no longer with us. Life can be challenging when you weigh just 6 kilograms and you don’t fit into a world built for the average person. But Khagendra certainly didn’t let his small size stop him from getting the most out of life”.

In the course of time, Magar also became the official face of Nepal’s tourism campaign, which promoted him as ‘the smallest man in a country which is also home to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest.

As the world’s shortest man, Magar met other short people across the world, including the shortest woman from India, Jyoti Amge.

Now, Edward ‘Nino’ Hernandez from Colombia retains the record for the shortest living mobile man. A DJ by profession, Nino stands 70.21 centimeters tall.