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Born in 1903, Bimal Mukherjee ( bn, বিমল মুখার্জী) (1903–1996) was the first Indian globe trotter to travel the entire world on a bicycle from the year 1926 to 1937. Though born in
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
his ancestral house was at Pataldanga street,
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
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West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
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[Du Chakai Duniya, by Bimal Mukherjee, Swarnakshar Prakashani Private Limited, June 1987, ]
The Voyage
Bimal Mukherjee ( bn, বিমল মুখার্জী) (1903–1996) was the first Indian globe trotter who travelled the entire world on a bicycle from the year 1926 to 1937.
[Du Chakai Duniya, by Bimal Mukherjee, Swarnakshar Prakashani Private Limited, June 1987, ] He wrote the book ''
Du Chakay Duniya'' about his experiences.
The world voyage started on bicycle from Town Hall,
Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
on 12 December 1926 and halted at
Chandannagar
Chandannagar french: Chandernagor ), also known by its former name Chandernagore and French name Chandernagor, is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is part ...
for the first night.
He and his three friends Ashok Mukherjee, Ananda Mukherjee and Manindra Ghosh had crossed the
Bohemian Alps
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in bicycles wearing flannel shirts and no woolen clothing in the month of December. They had kept warm by cycling vigorously and alternated keeping one hand in their pockets to prevent frostbite. When asked how they did the amazing feat. He had replied, ''"We are carrying the sun rays from India!"''.
See also
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Ramnath Biswas
Ramnath Biswas ( bn, রামনাথ বিশ্বাস, Ramnath Bishshash; 13 January 1894 – 1 November 1955) was an Indian revolutionary, soldier, globetrotter and travelogue writer. He is known for circumnavigating the globe by bicyc ...
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Rajesh Chandrasekar
Rajesh Chandrasekar (born ) is an Indian male road and track cyclist. On the road he competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. At the track he competed in the scratch event at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2013 UCI Track C ...
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Chandan Biswas
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1903 births
1987 deaths
Circumnavigators of the globe
Indian explorers
Indian male cyclists
Indian travel writers