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India's first Olympic swimmer Shamsher Khan passes away

Vijayawada: India’s first Olympic swimmer Shamsher Khan passed away in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district on Sunday, following prolonged illness. He was 87 and survived by three daughters and two sons. Khan, who had represented India in 1956 Melbourne Olympics, breathed his last at his house in Islampur, a small village near Repalle in Guntur. According […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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