Guinness Book Recognises Madhya Pradesh's World Record in Washing Hands

The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised a record created in Madhya Pradesh on ‘World Hand washing Day’ in 2014.
The mega hand washing event was held on 15 October 2014 to create awareness about hygiene by washing hands with soap.
It was organised in all the 51 districts of Madhya Pradesh in over 13 thousand places. In it more than 12 lakh 78 thousand students had washed their hand simultaneously.
This record broke the earlier the world record which was jointly held by Argentina, Peru and Mexico. The joint record in three countries was created on October 14, 2011 in which 7,40,870 people had washed their hands simultaneously at different locations.

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015