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Presentation on Indian mount Everest climbers.
Indian Mount Everest climbers
Indian Mount Everest climbers
Indian Mount Everest climbers
Love Raj Singh
Dharmshaktu
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu is an Indian mountaineer, who
has climbed over 36 highest peaks of Himalayas. He is the
first Indian to climb Mount Everest for seven times. For this,
he was honoured by Nepal at a function organised by
Adventure Sports Tourism Society in Kathmandu on 8, June
2017. He has been mountaineering for last 30 years and
climbed the Mt. Everest as a part of the first Indian civilian
expedition, in 1998. His second climb on the Everest was in
2006, with a team of BSF. He then led a team of NIM to
Everest in 2009. In May 2012, his summit on Everest was as
a member of the Eco Everest Expedition that focused on
cleaning the mountain. After this, he climbed the mountain
again in 2013, for the fifth time. His sixth summit on the
Everest was on 27, May 2017, while leading a team of Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC, India's National
Oil Company) officers. In 2014, he was awarded the Padma
Shri by Government of India.
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Bachendri Pal
Bachendri Pal is the first Indian woman mountaineer to
summit the Mount Everest in 1984. Bachendri Pal was born
on 24 May 1954 in Nakuri, Garhwal, Uttarakhand. After
climbing the highest peak in the world, Bachendri Pal led
many other expeditions, that included mainly the women.
She led the IndoNepalese Women’s Mount Everest
Expedition (1993), The Great Indian Women's Rafting Voyage
(1993) and First Indian Women TransHimalayan Expedition
(1997). She is also in social service and has written a book
based on her first summit on Everest titled as "Everest – My
Journey to the Top".
She has won Padma Shri (1984), Arjuna Award (1986), and
National Adventure Award (1994) from the government of
India. In 1990, she got her name registered in the Guinness
Book of World Records. She also recieved an honorary
Doctorate from the Garhwal University in 1997.
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Avtar Singh Cheema
Avtar Singh Cheema was one of the 9 Indian team
members that led a successful expedition to climb the
Mount Everest, on 20 May 1965, for the very first
time. He was born in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan in
1933. After the two failed attempts of climbing the mt.
Everest, by the Indian Army, he became the a part of
the third mission in 1965. It became the first
successful Indian Expedition to Everest by the Indian
Army, and made a record of taking 9 people on the
top successfully, that lasted for 17 years. He was
awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri for his
achievements.
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Dicky Dolma
Dicky Dolma the youngest Indain woman to climb the
mount Eveerest at the age of 19, on 10 May 1993.
Dolma was born on 5 April 1974 in Kullu, Himachal
Pradesh. In 1993, she was selected for the IndoNepal
Women's Everest Expedition which was led by the first
Indian woman Everest climber By Bachendri Pal.
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Kalpana Dash
Kalpana Dash is the first mountanieer from Orissa to
summit the mt. Everest. She was born on 7 July 1966,
in Dhenkanal, Orissa. Professionally she works as a
lawyer. She reached the top of the Mount Everest on
21 May 2008, as a member of a team including 5
members from United States, Canada and Nepal. She
had already failed in her attempt to climb the Mount
Everest twice before, in 2004 and in 2006, due to bad
weather and health conditions.
Picture: TelegraphIndia
Mastan Babu Malli
Mastan Babu Malli was born on 3 September 1974 in
Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh. He made the record
of climbing the highest peak of every continent in the
shortest time period. He climbed the first peak on 19
January 2006 and the seventh on 10 July 2006. He
became one of the fastest seven summiteer in the
world at that time. He was the first Indian and South
Asian to climb all seven summits. He died on 24
March 2015, diring his expedition to Andes mountains
as he was caught in bad weather.
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Saurabh Singh
Shekhawat
Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat an awardie of the
Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal and
Vishisht Seva Medal, is one of the most decorated
serving officers in the Indian Army. He reached the
summit of the Mount Everest three times in 2001,
2003 and 2005. Along with the Mt. Everest, he has
also climbed the highest peak oin Africa, the
Kilimanjaro and the Mount Blanc, the highest peak in
the Alps and Western Europe. He has climbed the 14
high mountains in the various parts of the world.
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Ms. Santosh Yadav
Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaneer and a Padma
Shri recipent, from Joniawas, Haryana. She was born
in 1969. She is the only woman in the world, who has
climbed the Mount Everest twice within a year. Her
first climb to the summit of Mt. Everst was in May
1992, when she was just 20. She climbed the Everest
along with Dicky Dolma (the youngest woman to
climb Mt. Everest) and the expedition was led by the
fisrt Indian women Everest climber Bachendri Pal. She
is also the first woman who has climbed the Mt.
Everest from Kangshung Face, successfully, in May
1993, exactly one year after her first Mt. Everest
summit.
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