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Indian swimmer

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]

Early life

Mihir Sen was born in a Baidya-Brahmin family^[4] on 16 November 1930 in Purulia, West Bengal, to physician Ramesh Sengupta and his wife, Lilabati.

Largely due to the efforts of his mother Lilabati, the Sens moved to Cuttack when Mihir was eight, as Cuttack had better schools.^[2]

Mihir graduated with a degree in law from th