page_title: Brojen Das
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Brojen Das / Awards
context_page_description: Brojen Das was a Bangladeshi swimmer, who was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it six times.
context_section_description: 1956: Awarded by Dhaka University
  1960: Pride of Performance award by the Pakistan government.
  1965: Induction into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
  1986: Letona Trophy, i.e. King of the Channel from the Channel Swimming Association of the United Kingdom
  1976: National Sports Award, Bangladesh
  Atish Dipankar Medal
  Gold Medal by Kazi Mahabubullah Trust and Jahanara Jana Kalyan Trust
  1999: Independence Day Award, Bangladesh (posthumous)
caption: Brojen Das receiving the Letona Trophy, 1986
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