Jaipur

Nearly one crore school children in Rajasthan created a world record by singing patriotic songs at the same time under the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' campaign to celebrate the occasion of 75th Independence Day in India.

These students from different districts across the state sang patriotic songs simultaneously on Friday morning.

The main event took place at Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur in the presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with 26,000 school children.

This achievement of children has been accorded a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

67,000 government and 50,000 private schools of the state were included in this singing programme.

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Students studying from class 9 to 12 from all over the state simultaneously sang six patriotic songs for 25 minutes to set the record.