Chhanda Gayen
Chhanda Gayen | |
---|---|
![]() Chhanda Gayen at Mt. Everest summit, 2013 | |
Born | West Bengal, India | July 9, 1979
Died | May 20, 2014 Kanchenjunga | (aged 34)
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Mountaineer |
Known for | Summiting Mount Everest |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Mount_Everest_winner_2013.jpg/220px-Mount_Everest_winner_2013.jpg)
Chhanda Gayen
Chhanda Gayen (9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014)[1] was an Indian mountaineer, martial artist, explorer, and teacher of self-defense. She is best known for being the first woman from India to climb to the summit of Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse in one go on 18 May 2013.[2][3] [4]
She was awarded as "Sera Avishkar" in Sera Bengali 2013 from ABP Ananda.[5][6][7][8][9]
2014 avalanche[]
On 20 May 2014, she went missing along with two sherpas in an avalanche while descending the western side of Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal.[10] All three of them were later declared to have died in the avalanche.[1]
Negotiating crevasse near Khumbu Icefalls
See also[]
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of Mount Everest records of India
- List of Mount Everest records
References[]
- ^ a b Parashar, Uptal (22 May 2014). "Woman climber, 2 Sherpas killed on Kanchenjunga". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ KolkataMay 22, Soudhriti Bhabani; May 22, 2014UPDATED; Ist, 2014 10:32. "Woman Everest climber, Chhanda Gayen, goes missing while scaling Kanchenjunga". India Today. Retrieved 14 June 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "First civilian woman from Bengal to climb Everest missing on Kanchenjunga West-India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ May 22, TNN /; 2014; Ist, 03:25. "Mother clings to hope Chhanda will return | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ Ghosh, Amrita (2012). "Fulfilling her father's dream". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ Sikdar, Bitan (2013). "Howrah woman on top of the world". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen". The Indian Express. 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ Manik Banerjee. Woman mountaineer, Chanda Gayen from West Bengal climbs Mt. Everest. The Hyderabad Deccan 18 May 2013 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2013-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen. Press Trust of India : Kolkata, Sat 18 May 2013 [1]
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee heads to Nepal to rescue missing Indian Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
External links[]
![]() |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chhanda Gayen. |
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Bengali sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Kolkata
- Indian female mountain climbers
- Indian mountain climbers
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest
- 2014 deaths
- Sportswomen from Kolkata
- 21st-century Indian women
- 21st-century Indian people
- 20th-century Indian women
- 20th-century Indian people
- Mountain climbers from West Bengal
- Mountaineering deaths
- People from Howrah