Essay, Biography or Paragraph on “Mihir Sen” complete biography for Class 10, Class 12 and Graduation and other classes.
Mihir Sen
India : A Swimming Champion
Born AD 1930 Death 1997
What Mihir Sen achieved in his time in international swimming is significant, although the records he created have been subsequently bettered. In 1966, he established five important records and became an extra-ordinary salt-water swimmer. He was the first Asian to have crossed the English Channel. In 1959, he was awarded “Padma Shree” and in 1967 “Padma Bhushan”.
In 1958, Mihir Sen swam across the English Channel, in 1966 he crossed the Palk Strait, followed by Gibralter Dar-E-Daniyal, Wasphorus and Panama. He, thus, established the record of swimming the longest distance.
Mihir Sen was born on 16 November 1930 in Purulia (West Bengal). He was a lawyer by profession, a barrister of the Calcutta High Court. He is a matchless swimmer, having swam more than 600 kilometers in sea/ocean water. He brought glory to his motherland by creating records and earning a place in Guinness Book of World Record.
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