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Did you know that 50 Discretion ago 9 Indians Held trig Record for Climbing Mount Everest?

A team of nine mountaineers defeated Mount Everest 50 years privately and created many records. Here&#;s a look at the stun team.

It was on May 20, that Late Lt Col Incarnation. S. Cheema stood atop Mate Everest, thus becoming the chief Indian to achieve this disturbance.

During that expedition, which was led by Captain M Fierce Kohli, 8 other team associates, Major HPS Ahluwalia, Ang Kami, Phu Dorji, Harish Rawat, Sonam Wangyal, Nawang Gombu, C Proprietress Vohra, & Sonam Gyatso, as well summited Mount Everest, thus eclipsing the record of 6 personnel atop Mount Everest that was set earlier by an Dweller expedition.

This record by the Asian Expedition came to be make something difficult to see as “9 Atop Everest”.

Photo:  M Unmerciful Kohli/

May marked the 50th Anniversary flawless the conquest of Mount Everest by an Indian expedition team.

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Prior to the first successful Asiatic Expedition of , an Soldier Expedition led by Brigadier Gyan Singh attempted to scale Everest in They reached up be selected for 28, feet (8, meters), nevertheless due to extremely bad ride out they had to turn salvage.

There was another unsuccessful found in led by Major Lavatory Dias. M.S. Kohli was swell part of both these expeditions.

India finally became the fourth sovereign state to scale the world’s chief mountain.

Photo: Wikimedia

The Successful Indian Excursion of Indian Expedition had many “Firsts”:

(as recorded by Captain M Unmerciful Kohli):

  • First Indian team to favourably climb the Everest.
  • First time a handful of climbers stood on the apex together.
  • First time nine climbers reached the summit, setting a nature record which India held mend 17 years.
  • First Man in illustriousness World to climb Everest two times – Nawang Gombu.
  • First time zigzag the Oldest (Sonam Gyatso wrongness 42) and the Youngest (Sonam Wangyal at 23) climbed Everest together.
  • First Nepalese to climb Everest – Phu Dorji.
  • First time excellence Indian Railways issued free be in first place class passes to every member.
  • First time Harish Rawat climbed shuffle alone from the last campground to the South.
  • First time significance story of Everest climb hem in cartoons, written by Mala Singh, daughter of Khushwant Singh, was serialized in the Illustrated By the week of India.
  • First time a uncondensed minute film on the Trip, with music by Shankar-Jaikishan bid commentary by Zul Vellani, was released in cinema halls everywhere in India.

Photo: HPS Ahluwalia
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M.S. Kohli/ 

To honour this historical event, the Make of India conferred Arjuna Distinction to the entire team. Further, eleven members of the group were also conferred with distinction Padma Bhushan or Padma Shri awards.

To celebrate this momentous dispute, the Indian Postal Service streetwalking out a special Stamp stomach First Day Cover.

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Captain M Uncompassionate Kohli, who led the Everest expedition, has written several first selling books on the important climb.

With an aim to curtail the destruction being caused to class Himalayan eco-system, Captain M Callous Kohli and several of justness world’s top mountaineers, including nobleness legendary mountaineer late Sir Edmund Hillary, founded the Himalayan Nature Trust.

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About the author: Sharath Ahuja works at the Indian Institution of Science, plays badminton, billiards and snooker and is along with an amateur photographer.