| Names |
TENZING NORGAY |
| Date of
Birth |
May 29, 1914 |
| Date of
Death |
May 09, 1986 |
| Identity |
Nepalese Indian Sherpa
Mountaineer |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1938: After Tenzing's third Everest expedition as a
porter, the Himalayan Club awarded him its Tiger
Medal for high-altitude work.
- May 29, 1953: One of the first two individuals known to have reached
the summit of Mount Everest, on this day.
The other one was Edmund Hillary of New
Zealand.
- 1953: King Tribhuvan of Nepal also presented him with the
Order of the Star of Nepal, 1st Class
(Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara). He also received, along with the rest of the Everest
party, the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.
- 1954: He became the first Director of Field Training
of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in
Darjeeling when it was set up in 1954.
- 1959: He was honoured with PADMA
BHUSHAN Award by the Govt of India.
- 1978: He founded Tenzing Norgay Adventures,
a company providing trekking adventures in the Himalayas.
- Named by Time as one of the 100 most influential
people of the 20th century.
|
| General |
- His birth name is Namgyal Wangdi.
- His son Jamling Tenzing Norgay, himself
reached the summit of Everest in 1996.
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