Chandan Biswas

Chandan Biswas (born 5 November 1985) is a Bengali Adventure sports personnel and Travel Writer. He became the first to complete the Solo Trans-Himalaya Cycling Expedition.[1] He directed a documentary film Charaiveti based on his own adventurous journey.[2]

Chandan Biswas
চন্দন বিশ্বাস
Born
Chandan Biswas

(1985-11-05) 5 November 1985
Patna, Bihar
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Explorer
Cyclist
Websitechandanbiswas.com

Expeditions

Biswas started adventure sports since 2010. He involves with mountaineering, rock climbing and mountain cycling also.[3]

Biswas was the first to successfully complete the Solo Trans-Himalaya Cycling Expedition. It took him 153 days extend over February 2017 to July 2017.[4] In this journey Biswas cycled 6,249 km spanning the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India.[5][6]

He walked along Narmada River Trail and valley in 2018 covering 1,047 km in 47 days spanning 4 states of India.[7][8][9][10] Also in 2016 he led a Intra-Country Cycling and Running team from Kolkata to Dhaka to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement ahead of the International Mother Language Day.[11][12][13]

Adventure timeline
  • 2018 - Narmada River Trail on foot | 1,047 km | 47 Days | Solo
  • 2017 - Trans-Himalaya & SAARC Countries Cycling Expedition | 6,249 km | 153 Days | Solo
  • 2016 - Kolkata to Dhaka Inter-Country Cycling Program | Akshar Yatra

Life

He is a cinematographer by profession. He regularly writes for newspaper publications and magazines.[14][15][16]

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References
  1. "দু'চাকায় ট্রান্স হিমালয় জয়, নজির গড়ল বাঙালি ছেলে". bengali.news18.com. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. "Movie Schedule (Venue Wise) - Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. Khanna, Rohit (16 December 2021). "Climbers have expeditions lined up after Covid hiatus". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. "Trans-Himalayan Cycling Expedition by Chandan Biswas". dreamwanderlust.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  5. "HNAF fetes cyclist for completing half of Himalayan trek". thestatesman.com. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  6. "ছবির নেশায় সঙ্গী সাইকেল". anandabazar.com. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  7. "পায়ে হেঁটে নর্মদার উৎস থেকে মোহনা". anandabazar.com. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  8. "পায়ে হেঁটে নর্মদার মোহনা থেকে উৎস পরিক্রমা". sangbadpratidin.in. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  9. "নর্মদা অতিক্রম হৃদয়পুরের চন্দনের". The Wall. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  10. "পায়ে পায়ে নর্মদা সারা". Indian Express Bangla. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  11. "Indian cyclists travel to Bangladesh to pay respect to language martyrs". Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  12. "ঢাকার পথে ভারতীয় অক্ষরযাত্রা দলের ছয় সদস্য". prothomalo.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  13. Akkhsarjatra. Vol. 3. Kolkata: Long Jounrey. 2016. pp. 98–100. ISSN 2455-1767.
  14. "সাইকেলেই হিমালয় জয় বাংলার ছেলের". ebela.in. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  15. "সত্যরূপ জানতেনই না উনি বিশ্বরেকর্ডের পথে!". bengali.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  16. "পায়ে হেঁটে, ইচ্ছে মত নর্মদা". bengali.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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