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{{short description|Indian geologist and mountaineer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Chandra Prakash Vohra
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| caption = 1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition
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| birth_place = India
| death_date = 21 February 2026
| death_place = India
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| occupation = geologist, [[glaciologist]] and Mountaineer
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| known for = Mountaineering
| spouse = Satinder Vohra
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Arjuna Award]]<br>National Mineral Award<br>Nain Singh – Kishen Singh Lifetime Achievement Award
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[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of 1965 Everest Expedition on the golden jubilee of the occasion, in New Delhi on May 20, 2015.jpg|thumb|250px| Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on 20 May 2015]]
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of 1965 Everest Expedition on the golden jubilee of the occasion, in New Delhi on May 20, 2015 (2).jpg|thumb|250px |Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on 20 May 2015]]

'''Chandra Prakash Vohra''' was an Indian geologist, [[glaciologist]] and a mountaineer who climbed [[Mount Everest]], the highest peak in the world, in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://everesthistory.com/everestsummits/summits60|title=Everest summits 1960s - Chandra Prakash Vohra|website=everesthistory.com|access-date=24 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="Ecelluiet">{{cite web | url=http://www.ecelluiet.com/udyami/speakers | title=Ecelluiet | publisher=Ecelluiet |year=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202233438/http://www.ecelluiet.com/udyami/speakers | archive-date=2 February 2015 }}</ref> He was one of the 9 summiters of the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965|Indian Everest Expeditions]] that climbed [[Mount Everest]] in May 1965 led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli|Captain M S Kohli]]. On 24 May 1965 ''' Vohra''' and [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa together reached the top of [[Mount Everest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965–|website=istampgallery.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965–|website=thebetterindia.com|date=17 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965–|date=21 May 2016 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965–|isbn= 9788173871115|last1= Kohli|first1= M. S.|date= December 2000|publisher= Indus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website= livemint.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965–|website= himalayanclub.org}}</ref> He was the first Indian civilian to scale the peak<ref name="Himanshu">{{cite web | url=http://himanshu-guru.blogspot.ae/2013/12/mountaineering-function-held-in.html | title=Himanshu | publisher=Himanshu |year=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> a feat he accomplished on 24 May 1965.<ref name="Ecelluiet" /> A winner of the [[Arjuna Award]] (1965),<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/showfile.asp?link_temp_id=560|title= Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965–|website= sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in|access-date= 21 August 2019|archive-date= 8 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190808121806/http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/showfile.asp%3Flink_temp_id%3D560|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Sports Authority of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/downfile.asp?link_temp_id=560 | title=Sports Authority of India | publisher=Sports Authority of India |year=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070024/http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/downfile.asp?link_temp_id=560 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the National Mineral Award, Vohra was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1965, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports|title= Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965–|website= dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in|access-date= 21 August 2019|archive-date= 21 October 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201021173851/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |year=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He was the 4th Indian man and 19th man in the world to climb Mount Everest.

==Biography==
Chandra Prakash Singh Vohra did his schooling in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref name="Vohras of India">{{cite web | url=http://vohrasofindia.tripod.com/id16.htm | title=Vohras of India | publisher=Vohras of India |year=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002139/http://vohrasofindia.tripod.com/id16.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> and started his career with the [[Geological Survey of India]] (GSI). He spent his entire career with GSI becoming the first director of the ''Division for Snow, Ice and Glacier Studies'' and retired in 1994 as its director general.<ref name="Ecelluiet" /><ref name="Vohras of India" /><ref name="Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology">{{cite web | url=http://www.wihg.res.in/documents/ar_2003_04.pdf | title=Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology | publisher=Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology |year=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024421/http://www.wihg.res.in/documents/ar_2003_04.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> A geologist by profession, he carried out several geological expeditions and is known to have visited many glaciers around the world. He participated in three Everest expeditions and summitted the peak in 1965,<ref name="Chandigarh Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/cth1.htm | title= Mohali set to go vertical | first=Rajmeet | last=Singh | newspaper=The Tribune|location=India | date=16 November 2010 | access-date=7 March 2018 }}</ref> becoming the first Indian civilian to achieve the feat.<ref name="Ecelluiet" /><ref name="Vohras of India" /> In 1973, he was part of a team that explored Antarctica and was successful in camping at the southern tip of the continent.<ref name="Chandigarh Tribune" /> He was the leader of the landing group of the First Indian Expedition to Antarctica in 1981.<ref name="Ecelluiet" />

==Honors and awards ==
Vohra was a recipient of the National Mineral Award of the [[Ministry of Mines (India)]].<ref name="Ecelluiet" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1965 and he received the [[Arjuna Award]], the second highest Indian sports award from the [[Sports Authority of India]]<ref name="Sports Authority of India" /> the same year.<ref name="Ecelluiet" /><ref name="Chandigarh Tribune" /><ref name="Panjab University">{{cite web | url=http://news.puchd.ac.in/show-news.php?id=618 | title=Panjab University | publisher=Panjab University |year=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> In 1996, in the golden jubilee year of Indian independence, Vohra was officially included in the list of the most outstanding geoscientists of Independent India.<ref name="Ecelluiet" /> The Indian Mountaineering Foundation awarded him their ''Nain Singh-Kishen Singh Lifetime Achievement Award'' in 2010.<ref name="Chandigarh Tribune" />

Chandra Prakash Vohra, post retirement from government service, settled in [[Chandigarh]],<ref name="Chandigarh Tribune" /> with his wife Satinder Vohra.<ref name="Ecelluiet" />

==See also==
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* [[Mountaineering in India]]
*[[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]]
* [[Geological Survey of India]]

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==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
{{Indian mountaineers}}

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