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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Siddiqa Parveen<br />
| other_names = Siddiqa Parvin<br />
| birth_date = 1985<br />
| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| known_for = Tallest living female, tallest Indian woman<br />
| height = 7 ft 8 in<br />
}}<br />
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'''Siddiqa Parveen''' (born 1985) is an Indian woman currently listed by [[Guinness World Records]] as [[List of tallest people|the tallest living woman]]. She is also the tallest Indian woman in recorded history at {{convert|7|ft|8|in|abbr=on|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackay |first=Don |date=2014-01-28 |title=World's tallest woman recovering after operation to remove tumour and prevent her back breaking |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-tallest-woman-recovering-after-3069717 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Guinness World Records 2014 |publisher=Craig Glenday}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Siddiqa Parveen first became known in 2012 when [[India TV|India TV News]] reported her to be {{convert|8|ft|0|in|abbr=on|m}} and {{Convert|160|kg|lb}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=India TV News |date=2012-07-04 |title=8-ft tall woman in hospital for abnormal height, weight gain |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/8-ft-tall-woman-hospital-abnormal-height-weight-gain-16824.html |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}</ref> In December 2012, she was measured lying down by Dr. Debasis Saha and found to be at least {{convert|7|ft|3.5|in|abbr=on|m}}, but her fully upright height was estimated to be at least {{convert|7|ft|8|in|abbr=on|m}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Records |first=Guinness World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f896CgAAQBAJ&dq=siddiqa+parveen&pg=PA56 |title=Guinness World Records 2016 |date=2015-09-10 |publisher=Guinness World Records |isbn=978-1-910561-03-4 |language=ar}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Dharmendra Pratap Singh]] - Tallest living man in India<br />
* [[Vikas Uppal]] - Tallest ever Indian<br />
* [[Sultan Kösen]] - Tallest living man<br />
* [[Robert Wadlow]] - Tallest man ever<br />
* [[Zeng Jinlian]] - Tallest woman ever<br />
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[[Category:1985 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People with gigantism]]<br />
[[Category:World record holders]]</div>Ajay Kumar