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India and Pakistan are [rivals / rivalries] in many things. Perhaps their biggest rivalry is [over / under] the game of cricket. Over 300 million Indians and Pakistanis can watch an important game between the two countries on television. They now have a new [sauce / source] of competition – to [broken / break] the world record for the most people to sing a national anthem together. India was the world record holder [earliest / earlier] in 2012, when 15,243 people [gathered / gathering] in Maharashtra state to sing India’s anthem, 'Jan Gan Man'. Pakistan [taken / took] the record in October [after / following] 44,200 people sang the Pakistani anthem, Qaumi Tarana in Lahore. India tried to [reclaim / claimed] the record on Sunday with [down / up] to 125,000 singers at Kanpur's Green Park stadium.

The new world record is still not [officially / official] . The team from the Guinness World Records needs to study the [even / event] before it [awards / award] India the title of world record holder. One of the organisers, Sumit Makhija, said [so / such] many people came to sing that he was [worries / worried] about safety. He told the BBC News agency: "We'd set a [target / aim] of 100,000 people to break Pakistan's world record. However, when over 125,000 people gathered, we were [feared / forced] to end the programme early…to [avoid / avid] a stampede.” Rajesh Chandra, one of the singers at the event, also spoke to the BBC to explain his [proud / pride] at being a record breaker. He said: "It was a proud moment for me to participate, beat Pakistan, and [set / let] a world record".