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{{short description|Indian mountain climber and sportswoman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Arunima Sinha
| image = Arunima sinha.png
| caption = Arunima Sinha in 2014
| awards = *[[Padma Shri]] Award (2015)
*[[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] (2015)
*First Lady Award (2016)
*Malala Award
*Yash Bharti Award
*Rani Laxmi Bai Award
| spouse = Gaurav Singh
| occupation = * [[Motivational Speaker]]
* [[Mountaineering|Indian Mountaineer]]
* Former seven Time [[Volleyball]] national player
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|07|20}}
| birth_place = [[Kadipur Sultanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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'''Arunima Sinha''' is an Indian mountain climber and sportswoman. She is the World's first female [[Amputation|amputee]] to scale [[Mount Everest]], Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Elbrus (Russia), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount Aconcagua (South America), Carstensz Pyramid (Indonesia) and [[Vinson Massif|Mount Vinson]], she is also seven time [[India women's national volleyball team|Indian volleyball]] player.<ref name=HuffingtonPost>{{cite news | url=http://www.coolthoughts.in/अरुणिमा-सिन्हा-के-बारे-मे. | title=Arunima Sinha, Indian Woman, Is First Female Amputee To Climb Everest in the world | work=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=22 May 2013 | access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="indoscopy.com">http://www.indoscopy.com/2013/05/first-indian-amputee-climb-everest.html | Arunima Sinha World's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest</ref><ref name=hindu>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arunima-becomes-first-indian-amputee-to-scale-everest/article4736281.ece | title=Arunima becomes first Indian amputee to scale Everest | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=21 May 2013}}She is also the World's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/another-peak-scaled-indias-arunima-sinha-becomes-first-female-amputee-to-climb-mount-vinson/articleshow/67380549.cms|title=Another peak scaled: India's Arunima Sinha becomes world's first female amputee to climb the highest peak of Antarctica – Mt Vinson – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

She was pushed from a running train by some robbers in 2011 while she was resisting them. As a result, her left leg had to be amputated below the knee, she got rods in the right leg and multiple fractures in spinal cord.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arunima-sinha-inspiring-story-first-indian-female-amputee-mount-everest-proud-mountain-climb-lifest/1/692252.html|title=This inspiring story of the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest will make you proud|website=intoday.in|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>

Her aim was to climb each of the continents' highest peaks and hoist the national flag of India. She has already done seven peaks till 2014: [[Mount Everest|Everest]] in [[Asia]], [[Kilimanjaro]] in [[Africa]], [[Elbrus]] in [[Europe]], [[Mount Kosciuszko|Kosciuszko]] in [[Australia]], [[Aconcagua]] in [[Argentina]], and [[Carstensz Pyramid]] (Puncak Jaya) in [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/arunima-sinha-conquers-indonesias-highest-peak-1431681|title=Arunima Sinha Conquers Indonesia's Highest Peak|work=NDTV.com|access-date=25 October 2017}}</ref> She completed her final summit of [[Vinson Massif|Mount Vinson]] in Antarctica on 1 January 2019.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-congratulates-first-woman-amputee-mountaineer-arunima-sinha-for-scaling-mount-vinson-1972614|title=PM Modi Congratulates First Woman Amputee For Scaling Mount Vinson|website=NDTV.com|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

In 2015 the government of India honored her with the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian award of India.{{CN|date=May 2021}}

==Early life and career==
Sinha was born in [[Ambedkar Nagar district|Ambedkar Nagar]] near [[Lucknow]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Her father was in the [[Indian Army]] and her mother was a supervisor in the health department. She had an elder sister and a younger brother. After her father died, her mother thrived to take care of her family.

Arunima liked [[association football|football]] and also was a national volleyball player. She wanted to join [[Paramilitary forces of India|paramilitary forces]]. She got a call letter from [[Central Industrial Security Force|CISF]] and faced her life-changing accident while traveling to Delhi in its response.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-23/india/39474986_1_everest-climber-arunima-sinha-cisf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609061702/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-23/india/39474986_1_everest-climber-arunima-sinha-cisf | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 June 2013 | title=Amputee Everest climber Arunima Sinha to be an officer in CISF | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Arunima Sinha Biography: An Inspiring Tale of a Girl who Conquered the Everest of Determination|url = https://www.kreedon.com/arunima-sinha-biography-wiki/|date = 12 January 2019|access-date = 10 July 2019|work = Kreedon}}</ref>

==Train accident==
Sinha, a former national volleyball and football player,<ref name=it1>{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/national-player-thrown-off-train-in-uttar-pradesh-loses-leg/1/135153.html | title=National player thrown off train in UP, loses leg | work=India Today | date=13 April 2011 | access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref> boarded the Padmavati Express train at Lucknow for Delhi on 12 April 2011, to take an examination to join the [[Central Industrial Security Force|CISF]]. She was pushed out of a general coach of the train by robbers wanting to snatch her bag and gold chain for personal favours. Recounting the incident, she said:{{centered pull quote|I resisted and they pushed me out of the train. I could not move. I remember seeing a train coming towards me. I tried getting up. By then, the train had run over my leg. I don't remember anything after that.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arunima-sinha-inspiring-story-first-indian-female-amputee-mount-everest-proud-mountain-climb-lifest/1/692252.html|title = This inspiring story of the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest will make you proud}}</ref>}}

Immediately, as she fell on the railway track, another train on a parallel track crushed her leg below the knee. She was rushed to the hospital<ref name=it1/> with serious leg and pelvic injuries and lost her leg after doctors amputated it to save her life.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/arunima-sinha-becomes-first-indian-amputee-to-scale-mt-everest/1118709/ |title= Arunima Sinha becomes first Indian amputee to scale Mt Everest |work= [[The Indian Express]] |date= 21 May 2013 |access-date= 21 May 2013}}</ref>

She was offered compensation of {{INRConvert|25000}} by the Indian Sports Ministry. Following national outrage, the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports]] [[Ajay Maken]] announced an additional Rs. {{INRConvert|200000}} compensation as medical relief, together with a recommendation for a job in the CISF. The [[Indian Railways]] also offered her a job.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rly-board-offers-help-to-volleyball-player-who-lost-leg/1/135242.html |title= Railways job to volleyball player who lost her leg |work= India Today |date= 14 April 2011 |access-date= 21 May 2013}}</ref>

On 18 April 2011, she was brought to the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]]<ref>{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-24/delhi/29468454_1_leg-m-c-misra-aiims-trauma-centre |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130629131258/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-24/delhi/29468454_1_leg-m-c-misra-aiims-trauma-centre |url-status= dead |archive-date= 29 June 2013 |title= AIIMS calls cops to guard Arunima against infection |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 24 April 2011 |access-date= 21 May 2013}}</ref> for further treatment, spending four months at the Institute.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/amputee-athlete-arunima-sinha-to-scale-mount-everest/1/272266.html |title= Arunima Sinha, the girl who lost a leg in battling snatchers becomes first amputee to scale Everest |work= India Today |date= 21 May 2013 |access-date= 21 May 2013}}</ref> She was provided a prosthetic leg free of cost by a private Delhi-based Indian company.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-20/delhi/29679585_1_low-intensity-suction-pipes-prosthetic-leg-aiims-doctors |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110906092306/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-20/delhi/29679585_1_low-intensity-suction-pipes-prosthetic-leg-aiims-doctors |url-status= dead |archive-date= 6 September 2011 |title= Brave Arunima is back on her feet |work= [[The Times of India]] |date= 20 June 2011 |access-date= 26 May 2013}}</ref>

An inquiry by the police into the incident threw her version of the accident into doubt. According to the police, she was either attempting suicide or met with an accident while crossing the railway tracks. Arunima claimed that the police were lying. Contrary to the police claims the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court ordered Indian Railways to pay a compensation of {{INRConvert|500000}} to Arunima Sinha.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-26/india/29474344_1_football-and-volleyball-player-level-football-and-volleyball-gold-chain |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130629122402/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-26/india/29474344_1_football-and-volleyball-player-level-football-and-volleyball-gold-chain |url-status= dead |archive-date= 29 June 2013 |title= Arunima may have attempted suicide or met with an accident: Railways |work= [[The Times of India]] |date= 26 April 2011 |access-date= 21 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/police-are-lying-says-assaulted-arunima-sinha_702671.html |title= Police are lying, says assaulted Arunima Sinha |work= Zee News |date= 27 April 2011 |access-date= 21 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/now-athlete-hits-back-at-railway-police/782587/ |title= Now, athlete hits back at railway police |work= [[The Indian Express]] |date= 28 April 2011 |access-date= 25 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.legalindia.in/court-tells-railways-to-pay-rs-5-lakh-relief-to-arunima |title= Court tells railways to pay Rs. 5 lakh relief to Arunima |work= [[Legal India]] |date= 20 April 2011 |access-date= 10 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090159/http://www.legalindia.in/court-tells-railways-to-pay-rs-5-lakh-relief-to-arunima |archive-date= 7 April 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Lucknow/Pay-interim-compensation-to-Arunima-HC-to-UP-govt/Article1-687544.aspx |title= Pay interim compensation to Arunima: HC to UP govt |work= [[Hindustan Times]] |date= 20 April 2011 |access-date= 10 October 2013}}</ref>

==Mount Everest ascent==

===Planning and training===
While still being treated in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, she resolved to climb [[Mount Everest]].<ref name="firstpost">{{cite news | url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/win-arunima-sinha-is-first-indian-amputee-to-scale-mount-everest-801977.html | title=Win: Arunima Sinha is first Indian amputee to scale Mount Everest | work=First Post (India) | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> She was inspired by cricketer [[Yuvraj Singh]] (who had successfully battled cancer) and other television shows, "to do something" with her life.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/arunima-sinha-braveheart-who-lost-her-leg-after-being-thrown-off-a-moving-train-scales-mount-everest-369503 | title=Arunima Sinha, braveheart who lost her leg after being thrown off a moving train, scales Mount Everest | work=[[NDTV]] | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref> She excelled in the basic mountaineering course from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, and was encouraged by her mother to climb Everest. She climbed Mount Everest with a [[Prosthesis|prosthetic leg]],<ref name=itvnews>{{cite news | url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/real-life-heroine-arunima-sinha-thrown-from-a-running-train-23155.html?page=2 | title=Real-life heroine Arunima Sinha: Thrown from a running train, lost her leg, conquers Mt. Everest | work=India TV News | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> which was arranged by raising funds with the help of a swami of [[Ramakrishna Mission]], Vadodara.<ref>{{Cite AV media | medium=video | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7i5hJwkt8 | title=I have done it ! | work=Advaita Ashrama | date=22 November 2013 | access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref>

She contacted [[Bachendri Pal]], the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 2011 https://getyourmotivationalquotestory.blogspot.com/2020/03/arunima-sinha-untold-story-of-woman-on.html When she met Pal and Arunima told her story to her, Bachendri Pal said to Arunima "My child You decided to climb Mount Everest in these situations with Prosthetic (Artificial) leg. You had climbed, achieved Mount Everest my child now just the date is remaining to the World to know".

And after that Arunima join basic mountaineering course from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering and TATA Steel Adventure (TSAF) in Uttarkashi (India) and she was encouraged or motivated by her elder brother Omprakash to climb Mount Everest.

Sinha climbed [[Island Peak]] (6150 metres) in 2012 as preparation for her ascent of Everest<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/22/first-female-amputee-scales-everest | title=First female amputee scales Everest | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=22 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>

Sinha and Susan Mahout, a USAF instructor, who had together climbed Mount Chaser Sangria ({{convert|6622|meters|ft|disp=or}}) in 2012 under the guidance of Hendrick Pal started their ascent of Mount Everest.<ref name="firstpost"/>
After a hard toil of 17 hours,<ref name=SJW/> Sinha reached the summit of [[Mount Everest]] at 10:55 am on 21 May 2013, as part of the [[Tata Group]]-sponsored ''Eco Everest Expedition'',<ref>{{cite news |url= http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/othersports/208099-arunima-sinha-becomes-first-indian-amputee-to-conquer-mount-everest |title= Rumanian Shina becomes first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest |work= [[HDTV]] |date= 21 May 2013 |access-date= 21 May 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130608185151/http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/othersports/208099-arunima-sinha-becomes-first-indian-amputee-to-conquer-mount-everest |archive-date= 8 June 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref> becoming the first female amputee to scale Everest.<ref name=SJW>{{cite news |url= https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/05/22/indian-woman-is-first-female-amputee-to-climb-everest/ |title= Indian Is First Female Amputee up Everest |work= Wall Street Journal |date= 22 May 2013 |access-date= 24 May 2013}}</ref> She took 52 days to reach the summit.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arunima-is-first-woman-amputee-to-scale-everest/article4736281.ece |title= Rumanian is first woman amputee to scale Everest |work= [[The Hindu]] |date= 21 May 2013 |access-date= 26 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/469878/20130522/indian-woman-climbs-mt-everest-prosthetic-leg.htm |title= Rumanian Shina: Indian Woman, Who Lost Leg Under Wheels of Train, Conquers Mount Everest |work= BI Times |date= 22 May 2013 |access-date= 26 May 2013}}</ref> She wrote a small message thanking the Almighty on a wrapped cloth and pressed it in the snow. Recounting the incident, she said:{{centered pull quote|It was my tribute to Shankara Bhagawan, and [[Swami Vivekananda]] who has been an inspiration throughout my life.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130602/jsp/7days/story_16961831.jsp#.Uvu5avmSz6M |title= I didn't feel like an invalid for a second |work= [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=2 June 2013 |access-date= 13 February 2014}}</ref> }}

===After the climb===
Uttar Pradesh then-incumbent chief minister [[Akhilesh Yadav]] honored Arunima sinha and handed over two cheques for an amount of Rs. 25 lakh in a function organised at her residence in Lucknow. This included a cheque of Rs. 20 lakh from the state government and a cheque of Rs. 5 lakh on behalf of the Samajwadi Party. The Chief minister said that Sinha had created history, due to her hard work and determination, by climbing Mount Everest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/lucknow/CM-honours-Arunima-Sinha-the-first-amputee-to-climb-Mt-Everest/Article1-1072645.aspx|title=CM honours Arunima Sinha, the first amputee to climb Mt. Everest|access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> She was congratulated by the Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on her achievement.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/05/24/79-Sports-Minister-lauds-amputee-Everest-climber-Arunima-Sinha-.html |title= Sports Minister lauds amputee Everest climber Arunima Sinha |work=News Track India |date= 24 May 2013 |access-date= 24 May 2013}}</ref>

Arunima Sinha is now dedicated towards social welfare and wants to open a free sports academy for the poor and differently abled people. She is donating all the financial aids she is getting through awards and seminars for the same cause.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arunima-wants-to-donate-all-financial-aid-to-open-sports-academy/1/135521.html |title= Arunima wants to donate all financial aid to open sports academy |access-date= 10 October 2013}}</ref> The academy would be named Shaheed Chandra Shekhar Vikalang Khel Academy.<ref>{{cite news |title= Arunima chases her next dream: A sports academy in Unnao|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lucknow/arunima-chases-her-next-dream-a-sports-academy-in-unnao/article1-1069948.aspx |newspaper= Hindustan Times}}</ref>

She wrote the 2014 book ''Born Again on The Mountain''.

She was awarded [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.<ref name=pdma>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |publisher=Press Information Bureau |access-date=25 January 2015 |archive-date=28 January 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> She was Awarded Tenzing Norgay Highest Mountaineering Award in India same as Arjun Award

== Antarctic expedition ==
After climbing the [[Mount Everest]] Arunima Sinha's next goal was to climb all the seven highest peaks in all seven continents. She covered six peaks, i.e. in Asia, Europe, South America, Australia, Africa and North America by 2014. She summited Mount Elburs of Russia (Europe) Elevation 5,642 m (18,510 ft), Prominence 4,741 m (15,554 ft) and Kilimanjaro of Tanzania(Africa)Elevation 5,895 m (19,341 ft) and Prominence 5,885 m (19,308 ft).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arunimasinha.com/mission.php|title=Arunima Sinha – World's first female amputee to climb Mt. Everest {{!}} Motivational Speaker|website=arunimasinha.com|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> On 4 January 2019, she climbed the seventh peak on Antarctica and became world's first female amputee to climb [[Vinson Massif|Mount Vinson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sae.news/arunima-sinha-becomes-worlds-first-woman-amputee-to-climb-highest-peak-of-antarctica/|title=Arunima Sinha becomes world's first woman amputee to climb highest peak of Antarctica|last=Express|first=The South Asian|date=4 January 2019|website=The South Asian Express|language=en-US|access-date=4 January 2019}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records]]
*[[List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit]]

==References==
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