Nepal's 17-year-old Dor Bahadur Khapangi becomes world's youngest teenager

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: May 27 2022

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A Nepalese teen has been confirmed as the world's shortest teenager living (male).
Guinness World Records announced Dor Bahadur Khapangi, 17, from Sindhuli district in Nepal, is the world's shortest living male teenager.
He has an average height of 73.43 centimetres (2 feet 4.9 inches).
Khapngi was born on November 14, 2004.
The title was previously held by Nepal's Khagendra Thapa Magar.
The overall shortest person in the world is the shortest living female living (mobile), Jyoti Amge from India. At 62.8 centimetres (2 feet 0.72 inches), Jyoti has held the record since 2009.

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Nepal's 17-year-old Dor Bahadur Khapangi becomes world's youngest teenager