KATHMANDU: Guinness World Records has honored Nepal’s Dor Bahadur Khapangi as the world’s shortest person.

Khapangi, 2 feet 4.9 inches (73.43 meters) tall, was handed the certificate of Guinness World Records at a program held on Tuesday.

He was born on November 14, 2004.

Dhananjay Regmi, CEO of the Tourism Board, handed over the certificate of Guinness World Records to him at a function organized at the Tourism Board today.