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Arati Saha

1940 - 1994

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Arati Gupta (born Arati Saha; 24 September 1940 – 23 August 1994) was an Indian long-distance swimmer who became the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel on 29 September 1959, at the age of 19. In 1960, she became the first Indian sportswoman to be awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honor in India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arati Saha is the 161st most popular swimmer (down from 49th in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from India (down from 615th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Arati Saha ranks 161 out of 709. Before her are Hannelore Anke, Faith Leech, Felipe Muñoz, Elemér Szathmáry, Pieter van den Hoogenband, and Leslie Boardman. After her are Joe Verdeur, Joyce Cooper, Ines Diers, Lucy Morton, Thelma Kalama, and Fanny Durack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Arati Saha ranks 524. Before her are Chris Menges, Bruno Nicolè, Ernesto Cisneros, Juliet Mitchell, Yamini Krishnamurthy, and Tom Brokaw. After her are Dmitri Prigov, Danièle Sallenave, John Castle, Tommy Troelsen, Mutsuhiko Nomura, and Lokendra Bahadur Chand. Among people deceased in 1994, Arati Saha ranks 319. Before her are Carol Yager, Dan Hartman, Dolly Haas, Parveen Shakir, Aleksandr Chakovsky, and Rolf Jacobsen. After her are Julian Symons, Stephen McNally, Jimmy Miller, Ivan Fuqua, John Curry, and Eduard Kozynkevych.

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In India

Among people born in India, Arati Saha ranks 851 out of 1,861. Before her are Kalyan Singh (1932), Harold Walden (1887), Madhavrao I (1745), Kashibai (1703), Cyrus Mistry (1968), and Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940). After her are Nita Ambani (1963), Rakesh Roshan (1949), R. H. Tawney (1880), Saroo Brierley (1981), Baji Rao II (1775), and Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872).

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Among SWIMMERS In India

Among swimmers born in India, Arati Saha ranks 1. After her are Tobias Bjerg (1998), Sajan Prakash (1993), and Atuhaire Ambala (2001).

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