| Names |
BACHENDRI PAL |
| Date of
Birth |
May 24, 1954
(Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India) |
| Identity |
Indian Mountaineer |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
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May 23, 1984:
She reached the peak of the Mount Everest on
this day.
She became the
First Indian woman to summit the Mount Everest.
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1985: Padma Shree
award.
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1986:
Arjuna Award.
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1990: Her name was listed in the
Guinness Book of World Records
for being the first Indian women to summit the Mount
Everest.
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1994:
National Adventure
Award.
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1995:
Yash Bharati Award
from the Uttar Pradesh Government.
-
1997: She received the
honorary D.Litt. from the University of Garhwal.
|
| General |
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While doing her higher studies, she also enrolled
with the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. There
she got the chance to mount
Gangotri
I (21,900 ft.) and
Rudugaria
(19,091 ft.).
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Soon thereafter she got the job of an
instructor at the National Adventure Foundation,
an adventure school for women mountaineers.
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After the completion of her mountaineering course,
she was
included in the fourth expedition team
headed for India's
Mount Everest Mission,
the Everest-84.
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Presently, she is employed with
Tata Steel
where she conducts high altitude training workshops
for the corporate workforce.
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Apart from this, she also works as an
active guide,
training women in mountaineering and river rafting.
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She was also honoured with the prestigious
Mahila Shiromani Award.
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Soon thereafter, her name appeared in the
Limca Book of Records.
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