Guinness World Record
According to the official Guinness record database:
- Record Title: Largest collection of newspapers (different titles)
- Record Holder: Shashanka Sekhar Dash
- Total Newspapers: 4,515 different titles
- Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Date Verified: 30 November 2019
This record was officially recognized by Guinness World Records, confirming that Dash possesses the largest collection of newspapers with different titles in the world.
His collection includes newspapers gathered from 138 countries and in 94 different languages, making it one of the most diverse newspaper archives globally.