Google on Thursday remembered Indian swimmer Arati Saha who became the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel on her 80th birth anniversary. Thereafter, she became the first woman to be awarded the Padma Shri. In 1999, the Indian postal department celebrated her conquest by bringing out a postage stamp of ₹ 3 denomination.
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