Thursday 14 October 2010

Mr. Khagendra Thapa Magar

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Khagendra Thapa Magar (born October 14, 1992 in Nepal), son of Rup Bahadur and Dhana Maya Thapa Magar, was the shortest teenager in the world, measuring 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in). Magar took the title of shortest man from Edward Nino Hernandez when he turned 18 on October 14, 2010. Born on Asoj 18, 2049 in the Nepali calendar, or October 14, 1992,[1] Magar is from the Baglung District of Nepal and is dubbed as a "little Buddha" by the villagers.


Khagendra Thapa Magar with his father (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

Khagendra Thapa Magar sits outside his parents' vegetable shop with his mother and a young woman and her one-year-old child (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

Dhana Maya helps her son, Khagendra Thapa Magar, change out of his clothes after school (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

Khagendra Thapa Magar and his brother Manesh peel mangoes in their house, Nepal (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

Khagendra Thapa Magar stands in his school uniform in preparation for his school-day (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

Khagendra Thapa Magar writes in class, helped by a school friend (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

Khagendra Thapa Magar outside his house in Nepal (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

Khagendra Thapa Magar is carried to school on his brother's back (Photo by Tom van Cakenberghe)

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