Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal | |
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Born | 10 January 1949 Sachkhil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India |
Occupation | Police official Mountaineer |
Known for | Everest and Kanchen Junga summiting |
Awards | Padma Shri |
Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal is an Indian Police official and mountaineer,[1] known for summitting the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, which he accomplished in 1992.[2] He was born on 10 January 1949 at the small village of Sachkhil in the Pauri Garhwal district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has served the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.[3] He is the only Indian mountaineer to have climbed Mount Kanchenjunga through two routes, from Sikkim and Nepal.[4]
Awards[]
2003:
- Received Padma Shri award by The Government of India in 2003.[5][6]
See also[]
- Mount Everest
- Mount Kanchenjunga
- List of 20th century summiters of Mount Everest
- 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[]
- ^ Royal Geographical Society (2003). Everest: Summit of Achievement. Simon and Schuster. p. 252. ISBN 9780743243865.
- ^ "MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP" (PDF). Indo-Tibet Border Police. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India". Indian Autographs. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Core Team" (PDF). Utopia. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Kalam presents Padma awards". Rediff.com.
Categories:
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
- Living people
- 1949 births
- People from Pauri Garhwal district
- Mountain climbers from Uttarakhand
- Indian police officers
- Indian mountain climbers
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest
- Climbing biography stubs
- Indian sportspeople stubs