Ten-year-old Odia girl Meghali Malabika Swain got a slot in the India Book of Records (IBR) for speaking names of 165 rivers of the world in just one minute and 1,000 rivers’ names only in eight minutes.
Biswadeep Roy Chowdhury of IBR attended as judge for spot adjudication of the talent of Meghali here on Sunday. Meghali studies in Standard-5 at the Sai International School, Bhubaneswar.
Popularly known as Google Girl of India, a title given to her in recognition of her excellent knowledge on world geography by Zee News, Meghali has an outstanding grasp over all the mountains, plateaus, peninsulas, islands, deserts, oceans, seas, bays, gulfs, straits,channels, rivers, tributaries, etc.
In a blank world map, she can identify and locate any country or any physical geographical features of the world. She can also speak names of all 196 countries and their physical features, their capitals, currencies, languages, national flags.
Besides, she knows origins of major rivers, their flows in countries, tributaries and the cities on their banks, etc.
Also a violinist and a painter, Meghali has been felicitated by Governor Dr SC Jamir and Baba Ramdev. Her father Prafulla Kumar Swain is an OAS officer and currently working with the Idco.