After spending 2 years bedridden, Indian man breaks world record with 847 push-ups

3 min readNew DelhiJul 25, 2026 10:24 AM IST Chaudhary is also an ambassador for the Fit India movement, a government of India initiative aimed at encouraging the public to become more active. For the majority of people, performing a few standard push-ups is exhausting, let alone attempting them with a heavy backpack. But Rohtash Chaudhary, 41, is built differently. Known as the ‘Push-up Man of India’, he officially secured a Guinness World Record by performing a whopping 847 push-ups in an hour, pushing beyond the pain barrier while carrying a 27.21 kg (60-pound) pack on his back. Chaudhary achieved the historic feat at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium last week in front of a sparse but vociferous crowd, surpassing the previous world record set by Syria’s Sami Jomah Hassan in 2023.In