Chandra Prakash Vohra
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Chandra Prakash Vohra is an Indian geologist,
glaciologist Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or, more generally, ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, clim ...
and mountaineer who climbed
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, 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 Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...
in May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli. On 24 May 1965 Vohra and
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Sherpa together reached the top of
Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...
. He was the first Indian civilian to scale the peak a feat he accomplished on 24 May 1965. A winner of the
Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjun ...
(1965), and the National Mineral Award, Vohra was honoured by the
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in 1965, with the award of
Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...
, 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
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and started his career with the
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(GSI). He spent his entire career with GSI becoming the first director of the ''Division for Snow, Ice and Glacier Studies'' and retired in 1994 as its director general. A geologist by profession, he carried out several geological expeditions and is known to have visited many glaciers around the world. He participated in three Everest expeditions and summitted the peak in 1965, becoming the first Indian civilian achieve the feat. In 1973, he was part of a team that explored Antarctica and was successful in camping at the southern tip of the continent. He was the leader of the landing group of the First Indian Expedition to Antarctica in 1981.


Honors and awards

Vohra is a recipient of the National Mineral Award of the
Ministry of Mines (India) The Ministry of Mines is the ministry in the Government of India. The ministry functions as the primary body for the formulation and administration of laws relating to mines in India. The head of the ministry is G. Kishan Reddy, who has been ...
. The
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awarded him the civilian honour of
Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...
in 1965 and he received the
Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjun ...
, the second highest Indian sports award from the
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the same year. In 1996, in the golden jubilee year of Indian independence, Vohra was officially included in the list of the most outstanding geoscientists of Independent India. The Indian Mountaineering Foundation awarded him their ''Nain Singh-Kishen Singh Lifetime Achievement Award'' in 2010. Chandra Prakash Vohra, post retirement from government service, is settled in
Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...
, with his wife Satinder Vohra.


See also

* Mountaineering in India * Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise *
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 than once. By 2013, 6,871 summits had been recorded by 4,042 people. By the end of 2016 there were 7,646 summits by 4,469 people. In 2018 about 800 people summited, breaking ...
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List of Mount Everest records of India This is list of Mount Everest records of Indian nationals have achieved. Records * In 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest * Phu Dorjee (d. 1987) in 1984 became the first Indian to make a solo ...
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List of Mount Everest records This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest. Records Highest number of times to reach the summit ...
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References

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