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Indian Summiters Of Mount Everest
The first successful attempts to summit Mount Everest by Indian people, Indians were in 1960. The first Indians to reach the summit were a group led by Mohan Singh Kohli, Captain M.S. Kohli in 1965. 422 Indians made a total of 465 attempts between 1965 and 2018, including 43 repeat attempts by 29 summiteers. There have been 81 attempts by 74 Indian women, including seven repeat attempts by four female summiteers. Notable ascents List by decade - 1960s 1960 The first Indian expedition to attempt to scale Everest was in 1960 by an Indian Army team led by Brigadier Gyan Singh and was unsuccessful. Climbers Narendra Kumar (mountaineer), Colonel Narendra Kumar, Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer), Sonam Gyatso, and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached but turned back due to bad weather. 1962 The second Indian expedition to attempt to scale Everest was in 1962 by an Indian Army team led by Major John Dias and was also unsuccessful. Climbers Mohan Singh Kohli, Captain M S Kohli, Sonam Gyatso ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian People
Indian people or Indians are the Indian nationality law, citizens and nationals of the India, Republic of India or people who trace their ancestry to India. While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day India, it was also used as the identifying term for people originating from what is now Bangladeshi diaspora, Bangladesh and Pakistani diaspora, Pakistan prior to the Partition of India in 1947. In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people, of various Indian ethnic groups, ethnic groups. According to United Nations forecasts, India overtook China as the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country by the end of April 2023, containing 17.50 percent of the global population. In addition to the Indian population, the Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India, Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in former British Empire, British colonies due to the historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narendra Kumar (mountaineer)
Colonel Narendra Kumar, PVSM, KC, AVSM, FRGS (8 December 1933 – 31 December 2020) was an Indian soldier and mountaineer. He is known for his expeditions across various mountain ranges such as the Himalayas and Karakorams, and respective subranges such as the Pir Panjals and Saltoro Mountains. His reconnaissance efforts on the Siachen glacier were key to the Indian Army's reclamation of the forward posts of the glacier in Operation Meghdoot in 1984. He was the deputy leader of the first successful Indian Mount Everest expedition in 1965. He was a recipient of multiple military and civilian honours including the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Kirti Chakra, and the Padma Shri. Early life Kumar was born in Rawalpindi, British India on 8 December 1933, in a Punjabi Hindu family. He had three brothers and two sisters; he and his brothers joined the Indian Army. In 1947, he took part in the World Scout Jamboree to Paris at the age of 13, representing the then state of Punjab. He retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ang Dorje Sherpa
Ang Dorje (Chhuldim) Sherpa (born 1970) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineering guide, climber, and porter from Pangboche, Nepal, who has reached the summit of Mount Everest 24 times. He was the climbing Sirdar for Rob Hall's Adventure Consultants expedition to Everest in spring 1996, when a freak storm led to the deaths of eight climbers from several expeditions, considered one of the worst disasters in the history of Everest mountaineering. Early life Ang Dorje was born in 1970, in upper Pangboche, Nepal, near the Khumbu Valley as it passes down the slopes of Mount Everest. He grew up among Himalayan climbers; his father, Nima Tenzing Sherpa, was a climber with expeditions led by British mountaineer Chris Bonington in the 1970s and 1980s. He followed his father in work with climbing expeditions beginning as a porter at the age of 12. "I always wanted to climb when I was little," Ang Dorje says. He attended private school in Nepal, with assistance from western clients im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phu Dorjee
Phu Dorjee (–1987) (also spelled Phu Dorji), born in Sikkim, was a Sherpa and the first Indian to make a solo ascent of Mount Everest. Everest His solo ascent of Everest was made on 5 May 1984 as a member of an Indian expedition led by Darshan Kumar Khullar. He climbed the peak by the South East Ridge and was the first Indian ever to reach the summit without using any supplemental oxygen. Early Years He was part of a joint Indian-British expedition to then unclimbed Brammah 1, , in the Kishtwar Himalaya in 1973. The British contingent included Chris Bonington and Nick Estcourt, they started a summit attempt with two Indian climbers but that was unsuccessful. Dorjee and Balwant Sandhu then joined Bonington and Estcourt on a summit attempt but they stepped back because supplies were limited. Ultimately Bonington and Estcourt managed to make the first ascent but they were not accompanied by any of the Indian climbers. Dorjee was a member of an expedition to Siniolch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phu Dorjee Sherpa
Phu Dorjee Sherpa (1928-1969) (sometimes written as Phu Dorji) was the first Nepali man and 23rd person in the world to climb Mount Everest. Mountaineering He was a member of the third 1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Indian Everest Expedition 1965, led by Mohan Singh Kohli, Captain M S Kohli, the Indian Everest Expedition 1965, first successful Indian Everest Expedition. The group consisted of 21 major expedition members and 50 Sherpas. The initial attempt was at the end of April, when they returned to base camp due to bad weather and waited 2 weeks for better weather. On 29 May 1965, on the fourth and final attempt on the 12th anniversary of the first conquest of Mount Everest, together with H. P. S. Ahluwalia and Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, Phu Dorjee summited Mount Everest. This was the first time that these three climbers climbed the mountain together. He was a porter on the approach march to the base camp for the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition and one of a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harish Chandra Singh Rawat
Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (3 July 1934 – 20 January 2008) was a mountaineer who climbed the Mt. Everest in 1965. He was one of the 9 summiters of the first successful Indian Everest Expeditions that climbed Mount Everest in May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli.Rawat was a humble soul, dedicated to mountaineering: Kohli ''One India''. 21 January 2008 He is the 7th Indian man and 22nd man in world that climbed . On 24 May 1965 Vohra and Ang Kami Sherpa together reached the top of |
Ang Kami
Ang Kami Sherpa was the member of the third Indian Everest expedition, led by Captain M S Kohliin 1965 which was first Nepali Indian successful Everest Expedition climbed Mount Everest, consisted of 21 major expedition members and 50 Sherpas. The initial attempt was at the end of April 1965, when they returned to base camp due to bad weather and waited 2 weeks for better weather. Together with C. P. Vohra Ang Kami reached on the summit on 24 May 1965. He is the 5th Indian and 20th person in the world to have climbed Mount Everest. Honors and awards He was awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri for his achievements. He was also awarded the gold medal by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation. References See also * Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise *List of Mount Everest records of India *List of Mount Everest records *List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit This list consists of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra Prakash Vohra
Chandra Prakash Vohra is an Indian geologist, glaciologist and mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, in 1965. He was one of the 9 summiters of the first successful Indian Everest Expeditions that climbed Mount Everest in May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli. On 24 May 1965 Vohra and Ang Kami Sherpa together reached the top of Mount Everest. He was the first Indian civilian to scale the peak a feat he accomplished on 24 May 1965. A winner of the Arjuna Award (1965), and the National Mineral Award, Vohra was honoured by the Government of India in 1965, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. He is the 4th Indian man and 19th man in world that climbed Mount Everest. Biography Chandra Prakash Singh Vohra did his schooling in Jammu and Kashmir and started his career with the Geological Survey of India (GSI). He spent his entire career with GSI becoming the first director of the ''Division for Snow, Ice and Glacier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonam Wangyal
Sonam Wangyal (born 1942) is a former Indian paramilitary personnel and mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest in 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter. He was one of the nine summiters of the first successful Indian Everest Expeditions that climbed Mount Everest in May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli. He is the 3rd Indian man, and 18th man in world, to have climbed Mount Everest. On 22 May 1965, the first time that the oldest ( Sonam Gyatso at age 42) and the youngest (Sonam Wangyal at age 23) climbed Everest together. Currently, he is serving as a principal at Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute. Honors and awards He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1965, followed by the Arjuna Award in 1965 and then Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2017 in lifetime achievement category. He served as the Principal of the Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute in Gangtok (Sikkim) from 1976 to 1990. He retired as Assistant Director of the Intelligence Bureau i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineering, mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa people, Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions, first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt, Baron Hunt, John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's List of High Commissioners of New Zealand to India, High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during Military history of New Zealand during World War II, World War II and was wounded in an accident. Prior to the Everest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay (; ''tendzin norgyé''; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. ''Time'' named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Early life There are conflicting accounts of Tenzing's early life. In his autobiography, he wrote that he was a Sherpa born and raised in Tengboche, Khumbu, in northeastern Nepal.Tenzing & Ullman In a 1985 interview with All India Radio, he said his parents came from Tibet, but that he was born in Nepal. According to many later accounts, including a book co-written by his son Jamling Tenzin Norgay, he was born in Tibet, at Tse Chu in the Kama Valley, and grew up in Thame. He spent his early childhood in Kharta, near the north of the country. Norgay went to Nepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
