Who was the first Indian to conquer the English Channel from Dover to Calais in 1958, and also the only man to swim the oceans of the five continents in one calendar year in 1966?

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Answer 1

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Key Points

Mihir Sen was the first Indian to conquer the English Channel from Dover to Calais in 1958.
He was also the first Asian to achieve this feat. In 1966, he became the only person to swim the oceans of the five continents in one calendar year.
His incredible achievements in the world of swimming made him a renowned figure in India and internationally.

Additional Information

Ramanathan Krishnan was an Indian tennis player.
- He is considered one of India's greatest tennis players and achieved significant success during his career.
- Krishnan reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1960 and 1961, becoming the first Indian to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.
Khashaba Jadhav, also known as K. D. Jadhav, was an Indian wrestler and the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal in an individual sport.
He was born on January 15, 1926, in Maharashtra, India.
Jadhav competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, in the bantamweight category of freestyle wrestling.