KBC Offline Quiz (November 26, 2021): Who is the first Indian woman in the world to swim across the seven important seas?
Bula Choudhury
Shivani Kataria
Maana Patel
Dolly Nazir
Answer: Bula Choudhury
Bula Choudhury (born 2 January 1970 in Hugli, India) is an Arjuna awardee, a Padma shri awardee, a former India national women’s swimming champion, and a former member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 2006 to 2011.
In 2005, she became the first woman to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar, the Tyrrhenian Sea, Cook Strait, Toroneos Gulf (Gulf of Kassándra) in Greece, the Catalina Channel off the California coast, and from Three Anchor Bay to Robben Island near Cape Town, South Africa. She set a new record by swimming the 30-kilometer course in 3 hours and 26 minutes. She is now considering opening a swimming school in Kolkata.
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