Masudur rahman swimmer biography of mahatma gandhi
India swimmer Masudur Rahman Baidya, the only man with amputated legs to cross the English Channel in , died this morning after a heart attack..
As a nine-year-old, Masudur, who loved to swim, had been run over by a goods train.
A ‘hero’ to Sachin, he was first person to swim across English Channel without both legs
A popular London daily had once quoted “Even a mighty ocean can become your pond if you believe hard enough”. This quote from the daily was on Masudur Rahman Baidya, the only man with amputated legs to cross the English Channel in 1997 English Channel in July 1997 and the Strait of Gibraltar in September 2001.
Born in Ballavpur village of N.24 Parganas district of West bengal, Rahman became a worldwide phenomenon after crossing the English Channel.
It is not every day that one comes across people who dare to embrace what life has to offer and make the most of what they have rather than fret about what they do not.
Having lost both his legs, knee downwards in a train accident at the tender age of 11, life could have ended for Masudur.
Instead of resigning himself in discouragement, he decided to turn his life around and when he did so, the world was in awe.
Born as a son to a Muslim Imam, who