OP Jindal Global University sets world record for largest human national flag
Divyansh | March 20, 2024 | 04:32 PM IST | 1 min read
The New Guinness World Record was set by participation of 7,368 students of OP Jindal Global University. The event was organised in collaboration with the Flag Foundation of India.
NEW DELHI: OP Jindal Global University (JGU) in collaboration with the Flag Foundation of India (FFI) has set a Guinness World Records was creating the largest human waving national flag. The feat was achieved by the participation of 7,368 students and staff of JGU which was endorsed by the officials of the Guinness World Records organisation.
It was a momentous occasion as all participants enthusiastically gathered in the colours of the Indian flag to mark this unique occasion which included students from all schools and institutes of JGU, staff, faculty and other officials.
Adjudicator for the Guinness World Records, Rishi Nath, who was present on the campus to certify the event, said, “I am delighted to announce that O.P. Jindal Global University in collaboration with the Flag Foundation of India has successfully created the largest human waving flag record with 7,368 enthusiastic participants. JGU and FFI is now the record holder for this activity and I am pleased to endorse their effort that this new record will be a part of the Official Guinness Book of World Records.”
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Major general (retd) Ashim Kohli, secretary general, Flag Foundation of India said, “By choosing the path of striving to uphold the dignity of the Tiranga, this project aims at regenerating that sense of pride and removing those layers of hesitation which keep us from living a life of a true nationalist. The ‘Flag Foundation of India’ is an attempt to rekindle that spirit of nationalism. We have also installed more than 80 monumental flags across the length and breadth of the nation.
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