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Official: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali poses with his certificates after being declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records officials at 21.5 inches.
11:49AM GMT 13 Nov 2014. The world's smallest man has met the world's tallest man for the first time. At 8ft 3in, it was a new high for Sultan KÃ¶sen to meet the world's shortest living man Chandra Bahadur Dangi at an event in London. It is the first time the pair have met and their encounter in the UK marked the Guinness World Records Day.