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{{Short description|Indian mountaineer (1979–2014)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Chhanda Gayen
| image = Everest Summit Chhanda.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Gayen at Mt. Everest summit, 2013
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1979|07|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kona, [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|05|20|1979|07|09|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kanchenjunga]]
| occupation = Mountaineer
| known_for = Summiting [[Mount Everest]]
}}
[[File:Mount Everest winner 2013.jpg|thumb|Chhanda Gayen in 2013]]
'''Chhanda Gayen''' ({{langx|bn|ছন্দা গায়েন}}; 9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014)<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/everest-climber-chhanda-gayen-2-sherpas-die-on-kanchenjunga-peak/article1-1221931.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522183731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/everest-climber-chhanda-gayen-2-sherpas-die-on-kanchenjunga-peak/article1-1221931.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2014 |title=Woman climber, 2 Sherpas killed on Kanchenjunga |work=Hindustan Times |first=Uptal |last=Parashar |date=22 May 2014 |accessdate=20 June 2014}}</ref> was an Indian
mountaineer and martial artist. She is best known for being the first, and fastest, Indian to climb two [[eight-thousander]]s, [[Mount Everest]] and [[Lhotse]], in one go, which she did on 18 May 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 22, 2014|first=Soudhriti|last=Bhabani|title=Woman Everest climber, Chhanda Gayen, goes missing while scaling Kanchenjunga|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/east/story/west-bengal-climber-chhanda-gayen-and-sherpas-missing-on-kanchenjunga-193891-2014-05-22|access-date=2021-06-14|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-23|title=First civilian woman from Bengal to climb Everest missing on Kanchenjunga West|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/first-woman-from-bengal-to-climb-everest-missing-on-kanchenjunga-west-1537259.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 22, 2014|title=Mother clings to hope Chhanda will return|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mother-clings-to-hope-chhanda-will-return/articleshow/35450290.cms|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> She completed the traverse from the summit of Mount Everest to the summit of Lhotse in 22 hours.

Born in a Bengali family on 9 July 1979, Gayen was awarded "Sera Avishkar" in Sera Bengali 2013 from [[ABP Ananda]], at the age of 24.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Amrita|title=Fulfilling her father's dream|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121221/jsp/howrah/story_16342330.jsp#.UhRHaRbvxlA|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130821050333/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121221/jsp/howrah/story_16342330.jsp%23.UhRHaRbvxlA|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2013|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sikdar|first=Bitan|title=Howrah woman on top of the world|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/bengal/story_16914018.jsp#.UhRIthbvxlA|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130821050342/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/bengal/story_16914018.jsp%23.UhRIthbvxlA|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2013|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mount-everest-conquered-by-west-bengals-chanda-gayen/1117571/|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=The Indian Express|year=2013}}</ref><ref>Manik Banerjee. Woman mountaineer, Chanda Gayen from West Bengal climbs Mt. Everest. The Hyderabad Deccan 18 May 2013 {{cite web|url=http://www.newswala.com/Sports-News/Woman-mountaineer-Chanda-Gayen-from-West-Bengal-climbs-Mt.-Everest-38507.html |title=Woman mountaineer, Chanda Gayen from West Bengal climbs Mt. Everest |accessdate=2013-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111052616/http://www.newswala.com/Sports-News/Woman-mountaineer-Chanda-Gayen-from-West-Bengal-climbs-Mt.-Everest-38507.html |archivedate=11 January 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen. Press Trust of India : Kolkata, Sat 18 May 2013 [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mount-everest-conquered-by-west-bengals-chanda-gayen/1117571/]</ref>

==2014 avalanche==
[[File:Negotiating crevasse.JPG|thumb|right|Negotiating crevasse near Khumbu Icefalls]]

On 20 May 2014, she went missing along with two [[sherpas]] in an avalanche while descending from the summit of [[Kanchenjunga]] in Nepal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mamata Banerjee heads to Nepal to rescue missing Indian Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/05/mamata-banerjee-heads-to-nepal-to-rescue-missing-indian-mountaineer-chhanda-gayen/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=24 May 2014}}</ref> All three of them were later declared to have died in the avalanche.<ref name=obit />

==See also==
*[[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]]

==References==
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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Bengali sportspeople]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian female mountain climbers]]
[[Category:Indian summiteers of Mount Everest]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educators]]
[[Category:Mountain climbers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Mountaineering deaths in Nepal]]
[[Category:People from Howrah]]
[[Category:Deaths in avalanches]]
[[Category:Deaths on Kangchenjunga]]
[[Category:History of women in Nepal]]

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