Khitindra Chandra Baishya

Khitindra Chandra Baishya (born 23 May 1952) is a Bangladeshi open water swimmer and freedom fighter.

[4][5] After completing his post-graduation in 1980, Baishya did a two years fellowship at Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

[5] He retired from service in 2011[5] and joined the same organization as ANS Consultant under Flight Safety and Regulations Division of CAAB.

[6] On 16 September 1974, Baishya completed a 93-hour and 11 minutes open water swim in the pond of Jagannath Hall at Dhaka University and again at the same pond for 108 hours and 5 minutes in 1976 which was organized by Dhaka University Central Students' Union.

[8][9] On 5 September 2018, he broke his previous record when he crossed 185 km in 60 hours and 55 minutes.