Khagendra Thapa Magar
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Biography
Born on 18 Asoj in the Nepali calendar, or 4 October 1992,[5] he was from the Baglung District of Nepal. Just Script error: No such module "convert". at birth, he weighed Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] In May 2008, Khagendra appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called The World's Smallest Man and Me hosted by Mark Dolan.[6]
Magar died in a Pokhara hospital on 17 January 2020 after complications from pneumonia at the age of 27.[7]
See also
- List of the verified shortest people
- List of people with dwarfism
- List of world records from Nepal
- Malati Rishidev - Shortest woman in Nepal
References
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