Raminji

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Raminji
village
The Beautiful Village khairabad in Hunza Northern area Pakistan.jpg
Raminji is located in Gilgit Baltistan
Raminji
Coordinates: 36°45′14″N 74°42′25″E / 36.754°N 74.707°E / 36.754; 74.707Coordinates: 36°45′14″N 74°42′25″E / 36.754°N 74.707°E / 36.754; 74.707
CountryPakistan
TerritoryGilgit Baltistan

Raminji or Raminj or Khairabad Raminj is a village in the Chipursan Valley of [[Gojal HunzaGilgit-Baltistan,Pakistan Frist established in 1914 by Mir Nazim Khan.

Politics[]

Nazir Sabir, the famed Pakistani mountaineer who summitted Everest and K2, was born in Raminji in the Chipursan valley.[1] He began his political career from Shrine of Baba Ghundi and was elected to the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly. He remembers his parents had fed him quite a bit of mud from Baba Ghundi hence his successes in life in some ways.

References[]

  1. ^ "American Alpine Club honours Nazir Sabir". DAWN. March 3, 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2019. Born in Raminj village in the remote Chipursan Valley of Gojal, northern Hunza, Nazir Sabir started his climbing career with a Japanese expedition to the 7,284 metre high Passu peak in Gojal in 1974.
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