Shamsher Khan
Indian swimmer
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Shamsher Khan is the first Indian swimmer who represented India in 1956 Summer Olympics. He ranked 5th at the Melbourne Games of 1956. In 1954, he made a national record in the 200-meter butterfly event. He broke the existing national record at the national meet in Bangalore in 1955.
Shamsher Khan was in the Indian Army and also a participated in the Indo-China war in 1962 and the war with Pakistan in 1971. He got retirement from the Indian Army in 1973 from Subedar rank.