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			{{Short description\|Stunt performer and Guinnes World Record holder (1964–2013)}}
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	'''Sailendra Nath Roy''' (1964–2013) was an Indian man who registered his name in the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] for the farthest distance travelled on a [[zip-line\|zip wire]] using hair.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-9000/farthest-distance-travelled-on-a-zip-wire-(zip-line)-using-hair/\|title=Sailendra Nath Roy\|access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref> He ~~created~~ the record at Neemrana Fort Palace, Neemrana, [[Rajasthan]], India, on 1 March 2011. Sailendra zip lined the entire 82.5 m attached to the zip wire only by his hair, which he tied in a looped ponytail. Again in September 2012, he pulled a [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway\|Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive]] with his ponytail in north Bengal for 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) in the town of [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9553076/Man-pulls-train-with-hair-in-world-record-attempt.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920112925/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9553076/Man-pulls-train-with-hair-in-world-record-attempt.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=20 September 2012\|title=Man pulls train with hair in world record attempt\|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=19 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/man-uses-his-hair-to-pull-darjeeling-himalayan-train--17741.html\|title=Man uses his hair to pull Darjeeling Himalayan train\|publisher=indiatvnews.com\|date=2012-10-20\|access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref>		{{Infobox person
			\|name = Sailendra Nath Roy
			\|birth_date = {{birth year\|1964}}
			\|birth_place = India
			\|death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|2013\|4\|28\|1964}}
			\|death_place = [[Teesta River]]
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			'''Sailendra Nath Roy''' (1964–2013) was an Indian man who registered his name in the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] for the farthest distance travelled on a [[zip-line\|zip wire]] using hair.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-9000/farthest-distance-travelled-on-a-zip-wire-(zip-line)-using-hair/\|title=Sailendra Nath Roy\|access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref> He achieved the record at Neemrana Fort Palace, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India, on 1 March 2011. Sailendra zip lined the entire 82.5 m attached to the zip wire only by his hair, which he tied in a looped ponytail. Again in September 2012, he pulled a [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway\|Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive]] with his ponytail in north Bengal for 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) in the town of [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9553076/Man-pulls-train-with-hair-in-world-record-attempt.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920112925/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9553076/Man-pulls-train-with-hair-in-world-record-attempt.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=20 September 2012\|title=Man pulls train with hair in world record attempt\|website=The Daily Telegraph\|date=19 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/man-uses-his-hair-to-pull-darjeeling-himalayan-train--17741.html\|title=Man uses his hair to pull Darjeeling Himalayan train\|publisher=indiatvnews.com\|date=2012-10-20\|access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref>

	==Death==		==Death==
	Roy died on 28 April 2013, while trying to beat his own record of farthest distance travelled on a zip wire using hair. Roy died due to a heart attack during his record try at [[Teesta River]].{{cn\|date=September 2020}} His ponytail became stuck in the wheeler of the rope halfway through the stunt and he was left hanging in midair for about 25 minutes. He was 49 years old.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/guinness-record-holder-dies-while-trying-to-cross-teesta-on-zip-wire/article4663719.ece\|title=Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire\|first=Shiv Sahay\|last=Singh\|date=28 April 2013\|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indian-man-sailendra-nath-roy-dies-trying-to-cross-a-river-on-a-zip-wire-using-his-ponytail-8594493.html\|title=Indian stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy dies trying to cross a river on a\|date=29 April 2013\|website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>		Roy died on 28 April 2013, while trying to beat his own record of farthest distance travelled on a zip wire using hair. Roy died due to a heart attack during his record try at [[Teesta River]].{{citation needed\|date=September 2020}} His ponytail became stuck in the wheeler of the rope halfway through the stunt and he was left hanging in midair for about 25 minutes. He was 49 years old.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/guinness-record-holder-dies-while-trying-to-cross-teesta-on-zip-wire/article4663719.ece\|title=Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire\|first=Shiv Sahay\|last=Singh\|date=28 April 2013\|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indian-man-sailendra-nath-roy-dies-trying-to-cross-a-river-on-a-zip-wire-using-his-ponytail-8594493.html\|title=Indian stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy dies trying to cross a river on a\|date=29 April 2013\|website=The Independent}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Indian stunt performers]]		[[Category:Indian stunt performers]]
	[[Category:People from Siliguri]]		[[Category:People from Siliguri]]
	~~[[Category:Filmed accidental deaths]]~~
	[[Category:1964 births]]		[[Category:1964 births]]
			[[Category:Filmed deaths in India]]

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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
'''Sailendra Nath Roy''' (1964–2013) was an Indian man who registered his name in the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] for the farthest distance travelled on a [[zip-line|zip wire]] using hair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-9000/farthest-distance-travelled-on-a-zip-wire-(zip-line)-using-hair/|title=Sailendra Nath Roy|access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref> He created the record at Neemrana Fort Palace, Neemrana, [[Rajasthan]], India, on 1 March 2011. Sailendra zip lined the entire 82.5 m attached to the zip wire only by his hair, which he tied in a looped ponytail. Again in September 2012, he pulled a [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway|Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive]] with his ponytail in north Bengal for 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) in the town of [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9553076/Man-pulls-train-with-hair-in-world-record-attempt.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920112925/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9553076/Man-pulls-train-with-hair-in-world-record-attempt.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2012|title=Man pulls train with hair in world record attempt|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=19 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/man-uses-his-hair-to-pull-darjeeling-himalayan-train--17741.html|title=Man uses his hair to pull Darjeeling Himalayan train|publisher=indiatvnews.com|date=2012-10-20|access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref>

==Death==
Roy died on 28 April 2013, while trying to beat his own record of farthest distance travelled on a zip wire using hair. Roy died due to a heart attack during his record try at [[Teesta River]].{{cn|date=September 2020}} His ponytail became stuck in the wheeler of the rope halfway through the stunt and he was left hanging in midair for about 25 minutes. He was 49 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/guinness-record-holder-dies-while-trying-to-cross-teesta-on-zip-wire/article4663719.ece|title=Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire|first=Shiv Sahay|last=Singh|date=28 April 2013|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indian-man-sailendra-nath-roy-dies-trying-to-cross-a-river-on-a-zip-wire-using-his-ponytail-8594493.html|title=Indian stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy dies trying to cross a river on a|date=29 April 2013|website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Sailendra Nath}}
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian stunt performers]]
[[Category:People from Siliguri]]
[[Category:Filmed accidental deaths]]
[[Category:1964 births]]

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