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"My grandmother would wake me really early to go swimming with me at Anderson Club. She swam and exercised every morning, and this was her routine for a few days before she passed away.

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She believed she had survived long because of how fit she was," says Ritendranath Mitra, grandson of Bengal's gifted athlete #IlaMitra who⁠
once qualified in 1940 to compete in the #Olympics.⁠

At 12, she was well-recognised in the region for her sports abilities.⁠
Her proud father would take her for swimming practice and escort her to several track competitions all through the city while managing his office schedule.⁠
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