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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Bimal Mukherjee<br /> বিমল মুখার্জী<br />
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| birth_name = Bimal Mukherjee<br />
| birth_date = 1903<br />
| birth_place = [[Berhampur]], [[Ganjam|Ganjam district]]<br />
| death_date = 1987<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| occupation = Explorer<br />
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'''Bimal Mukherjee''' ({{langx|bn|বিমল মুখার্জী}}; 1903–1987) was the first Indian globe trotter to travel the entire world on a bicycle from the year 1926 to 1937.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Mukherjee was born in [[Odisha]]. His ancestral house was at Pataldanga street, [[Calcutta|Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]].<ref name="Du Chakai Duniya">Du Chakai Duniya, by Bimal Mukherjee, Swarnakshar Prakashani Private Limited, June 1987, {{ISBN|81-86891-16-1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=প্রথম ভারতীয় ভূ-পর্যটক বিমল মুখোপাধ্যায় |url=https://www.jiyobangla.com/bn/news/bimal-mukherjee-the-first-indian-globetrotter-by-bicycle |access-date=2 July 2025}}</ref> The world voyage started on bicycle from Town Hall, [[Calcutta]] on 12 December 1926 and halted at [[Chandannagar]] for the first night.<ref name="Du Chakai Duniya"/> He and his three friends Ashok Mukherjee, Ananda Mukherjee and Manindra Ghosh had crossed the [[Bohemia|Bohemian Alps]] in bicycles wearing flannel shirts and no woolen clothing in the month of December.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Remembering the forgotten real-life cycling globetrotters from Bengal |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/remembering-the-forgotten-real-life-cycling-globetrotters-from-bengal/cid/2035076 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426185104/https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/remembering-the-forgotten-real-life-cycling-globetrotters-from-bengal/cid/2035076 |archive-date=2025-04-26 |access-date=2025-07-02 |language=en}}</ref> 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!"''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Du Chakai Duniya"/><br />
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==Books==<br />
He wrote the book ''[[Du Chakay Duniya]]'' about his experiences<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol - II|first=Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2004|isbn=81-86806-99-7|location=Kolkata|pages=222}}</ref> which was published in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bimal Mukherjee: A Bengali man's adventure around the world on a bicycle |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/views/reviews/bimal-mukherjee-a-bengali-mans-adventure-around-the-world-on-a-bicycle-1662809190 |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Ramnath Biswas]]<br />
* [[Rajesh Chandrasekar]]<br />
* [[Chandan Biswas]]<br />
* [[Mae Carl Jemison]]<br />
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[[Category:1903 births]]<br />
[[Category:1987 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Circumnavigators of the globe]]<br />
[[Category:Indian explorers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male cyclists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian travel writers]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from West Bengal]]<br />
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