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| name = Chandraprabha Aitwal<br />
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| birth_date = 24 December 1941<br />
| birth_place = [[Dharchula]], Uttarakhand<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Mountain climber<br />
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[[File:Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award-2009 to Ms. Chandraprabha Aitwal for Life Time Achievement, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2010.jpg|thumb|Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award-2009 to Ms. Chandraprabha Aitwal for Life Time Achievement, in 2010]]<br />
'''Chandraprabha Aitwal''' (born 24 December 1941) is an [[India]]n mountain climber and one of the pioneers of Indian women mountaineers. She was awarded 2009 [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] for Lifetime Achievement, given by the Indian [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]].<ref>{{cite web | title =Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award Announced|publisher= Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=64566 |date=11 August 2010| access-date = 2014-03-04 }}</ref> She has climbed Nanda Devi, Kanchanjunga, Trishuli and Mt.[[Jaonli]].<ref name=tri/><br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
Aitwal grew up in [[Dharchula]] in [[Pithoragarh district]] of Uttarakhand.<ref name=tri>{{cite web| title =Mountaineer Aitwal, team to be honoured today|work= The Tribune| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090831/dplus.htm#4 |date=31 August 2009| access-date = 2014-03-04 }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Over the years she has reached the summits of several of peaks, including [[Nanda Devi]] in 1981. She was also part of Indian Mountaineering Federation's sponsored Mount Everest campaign in 1984.<ref name=tri/> In August 2009, at the age of 68, she reached the summit of Mount Srikantha in the Garhwal Himalaya, an elevation of 6,133 m, for the second time as part of an all-woman expedition of the Indian Mountaineering Federation.<ref>{{cite web | title = Towering feat by woman mountaineer|work= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article16505.ece |date=7 September 2009| access-date = 2014-03-04 }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[[Arjun Award]]<br />
*[[Padma Shri]], India’s fourth highest civilian honors in 1990 <ref>{{cite web <br />
|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) <br />
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|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf <br />
|archive-date=15 November 2014 <br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2010PR1461<br />
*http://www.apnauttarakhand.com/chandra-prabha-aitwal/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003164605/http://www.apnauttarakhand.com/chandra-prabha-aitwal/ |date=3 October 2013 }}<br />
*http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/men-and-womens-ascent-of-nanda-devi/<br />
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