Haji Mohammad Alam Channa (1954 – 2 July 1998) was a Pakistani farmer who was one of the tallest living people with the height of .
According to the
Guinness Book of World Records
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, he was the tallest living man in the world between 1982 and 1998. Before his death in 1998, Channa was reported to be tall.
Biography
Born in 1954 in the city of
Sehwan
Sehwan (; ; also commonly referred to as Sehwan Sharif or ''Noble Sehwan'') is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan situated on the west bank of the Indus River north-west of Hyderabad. The city is renowned ...
in Sindh, Alam Channa is said to have stood 6 ft 4 inches by the time he was 18. He continued to grow taller till he was 26. Channa belonged to an indigent
Sindhi family. He could not get any significant education. He got married in 1989 and have son born in Chicago in August 1990 namely Abid Ali Channa presently he lives in Houston.
In 1981, a man who had watched Channa at the Dargah Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Sehwan Sharif and sent a letter and some photos of Channa to the ''
Guinness Book of World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, listi ...
''.
Months later, some officials went to Sehwan and measured Channa at 7 ft 8 inches. Channa's was listed in the Guinness book as the tallest living human on earth.
Death
He suffered from kidney failure and high blood pressure. The government decided to send him to the US and finance his treatment. He was admitted to the
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is an 895-bed Regional Trauma Center providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for h ...
in Valhalla, New York but died there on Thursday 2 July 1998.
He was buried in Sehwan.
See also
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Naseer Soomro
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List of tallest people
This is a list of the tallest people, verified by ''Guinness World Records'' or other reliable sources.
According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history, measurin ...
References
External links
"Letter from Alam Channa to Sadruddin Noorani" in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
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1953 births
1998 deaths
Sindhi people
People from Dadu District
People with gigantism
Deaths from kidney failure
Pakistani farmers