Google Doodle Arati Saha: Google keeps celebrating special occasions with its Doodle. Today (Thursday) Google Doodle is celebrating the 80th birth anniversary of the great Indian swimmer Arati Saha. Today's doodle dedicated to 'Bharat Ki Jalpari' Saha shows him crossing the English Channel.
Arati Saha was the first Asian female swimmer to cross the English Channel. In swimming, this feat is considered equivalent to climbing Mount Everest. It was a 42 mile (67.5 km) journey, starting from Cape Gris Nez in France to Sandgate in England. Saha covered this distance in 16 hours and 20 minutes.
Saha was the most youthful individual from the primary group to speak to the recently autonomous India at the Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Around then, he was just 11 years of age.
Saha tried to cross the English Channel at 18 years old. She was not fruitful in this exertion. In any case, he didn't surrender. Only a month later, on 29 September 1959, Aarti Saha, in a subsequent endeavor, indicated the capacity to cross the English Channel in the wake of being hit for 16 hours and 20 minutes by waves and solid flows of water.
Aarti Saha was honoured by Padma Shri in 1960. She was the principal lady to get the Padma Shri Award. India Post likewise delivered a postage stamp in the year 1998 to motivate ladies from their lives. Aarti passed on 24 September 1994 at 53 years old. Today, Google has committed its doodle to the birth commemoration of this extraordinary character.
What is English Channel?
The English Channel is the longest and coldest water stream that separates South England and Northern France. This English channel connects the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. Due to low temperature and swimming difficulties, it is called 'Mount Everest of Swimming'.
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