Mihir Sen

Mihir Sen
Born(1930-11-16)16 November 1930
Purulia, Manbhum, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died11 June 1997(1997-06-11) (aged 66)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupation(s)Barrister, Businessman
SpouseBella Weingarten Sen
ChildrenSupriya Sen Chundra Sen Debika Sen and Sumantha Sen
AwardsPadma Shri in 1959
Padma Bhushan in 1967
Blitz Nehru Trophy in 1967

Mihir Sen (16 November 1930 – 11 June 1997) was a famous Indian long distance swimmer and lawyer. He was the first Asian to conquer the English Channel from Dover to Calais in 1958,[1] and did so in the fastest time (14 hrs & 45 mins). He was the only man to swim the oceans of the five continents in one calendar year (1966). These included the Palk Strait, Dardanelles, Bosphorus, Gibraltar, and the entire length of the Panama Canal.[2] This unique achievement earned him a place in The Guinness Book of Records as the "world's greatest long distance swimmer".[3]

  1. ^ "OUR SPORTSMEN". 123india.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007. Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Begging recall". Statesman News Service. The Statesman, 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Mihir Sen Hailed Greatest". The Indian Express. 1 January 1970. p. 16. Retrieved 9 April 2017.