Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
Occupation
Police official
Mountaineer
Police official
Mountaineer
Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian police official and mountaineer,[1] known for climbing the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest in 1992.[2] He was born on 10 January 1949 in the small village of Sachkhil in the Pauri Garhwal district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has served the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.[3] He is the only Indian mountaineer to have climbed Kanchenjunga through two routes, from Sikkim and Nepal.[4]
Awards
- Received Padma Shri award by The Government of India in 2003.[5][6]
See also
- List of 20th century summiters of Mount Everest
- 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
References
- ↑ Everest: Summit of Achievement{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Simon and Schuster(2003). ISBN 9780743243865
- ↑ MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP. Indo-Tibet Border Police(2015). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India. Indian Autographs(2015). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ Core Team. Utopia(2015). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Kalam presents Padma awards. Rediff.com.