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Sporting Witness: India's Queen of the Oceans

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India's Queen of the Oceans

05/11/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, India's Queen of the Oceans

How Bula Choudhury was the first woman to swim straits of the world's seven seas.

In 2004, the Indian long-distance swimmer Bula Choudhury became the first woman to complete the challenge of crossing straits of the world’s seven seas. Choudhury is a former Indian national swimming champion in the pool, who was inspired to switch to the open ocean by a traditional Bengali folk tale. Her challenge took her to five continents, although she says one of her hardest swims was in the cold waters of the English Channel. Bula Choudhury talks to  Maya Mitter. The programme is a Made-In-Manchester Production.

PHOTO: Bula Choudhury (personal collection)

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