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<div>{{Short description|tallest Indian ever}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Vikas Kumar Uppal<br />
| image = http://resize0.indiatvnews.com/en/centered/oldbucket/750_533/mainnational/Know-about-Indi30388.jpg<br />
| birth_name = Vikas Kumar Uppal<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1986|01|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|6|30|1986|01|01}}<br />
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| known_for = Tallest Indian<br />
| height = {{convert|8|ft|8<br />
|in|m|order=flip}} (disputed) <br />
| other names = Vicky<br />
}}<br />
'''Vikas Kumar "Vicky" Uppal''' (1 January 1986 – 30 June 2007) was a native and resident of [[India]], said to be [[India]]'s tallest man until his death on 30 June 2007 when he died during a failed [[brain tumor]] operation in [[Delhi]], [[India]].<br />
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On 12 January 2004 ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' reported him to be {{convert|8|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on|order=flip}} tall and still growing, being in his late teens.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040112/punjab1.htm#16<br />
|title=Standing tall at 8 ft8inches<br />
|access-date=2017-07-01<br />
|date=2004-01-12<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Vicky Uppal was from the [[Rohtak]] district in the Indian state of [[Haryana]]. He was photographed for ''The Hindu'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=9467656 |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001025905/http://thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=9467656 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |df=dmy-all}}<br />
</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=9467655 |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726051843/http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=9467655 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |df=dmy-all}}<br />
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on 25 September 2006 at a rally held by the [[Indian National Lok Dal]]. He was thought to be {{convert|8|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|order=flip}} tall; however, have been reported otherwise <ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://tallestlivingman.blogspot.com/<br />
|title=World's Tallest Living Man<br />
|access-date=2007-05-05<br />
|date=2007-01-04<br />
}}</ref> to be an unconfirmed {{convert|8|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on|order=flip}} tall, and as was born in 1986 was most likely that he could grow no further. He could have been considered the world's tallest living man, but the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' has strict verification criteria; hence, did not measure Uppal. He also had been said to have hands {{convert|13|in|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}} long and feet {{convert|19|in|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}} long, and appears in photographs to be proportionate, not obviously a [[pathological]] ([[Acromegaly|acromegalic]], for example) giant. He also acted in a Bollywood movie ''[[Rang De Basanti]].''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of tallest people]]<br />
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[[Category:1986 births]]<br />
[[Category:People with gigantism]]<br />
[[Category:2007 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Rohtak district]]<br />
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