Chandra Bahadur Dangi was the shortest man in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence, measuring 54.6 cm Dangi was a primordial dwarf. He broke the record of Gul Mohammed, whose height was 57 cm.
Chandra came to the attention of the media when a wood contractor saw him in his village in the Dang district of Nepal, and he was awarded the title of shortest adult human ever recorded after his height was measured in February 2012. He was subsequently included in the Guinness World Records. Three of his five brothers were less than four feet tall, while his two sisters and two other brothers are of average height.
