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Chandra, meet Sultan â Chandra Bahadur Dangi, at 21Â½ inches the shortest adult ever verified by Guinness World Records, poses Thursday in London with the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, who stands 8 feet 3 inches tall. Chandra, meet Sultan â Dangi, 74, is a weaver in a remote village of Nepal. He weighs just 32 pounds.
Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man, and Chandra Dangi, the world's shortest man, attend the Guinness World Records Day at St. Thomas' Hospital on Nov. 13 in London, England. Fred Duval, FilmMagic. Fullscreen. Sultan Kosen is 8 feet 9 inches tall, and Chandra Dangi measures 21-and-a-half inches.