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Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal

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Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
Born10 January 1949
Occupation(s)Police official
Mountaineer
Known forEverest and Kanchen Junga summiting
AwardsPadma Shri

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]

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  1. ^ Royal Geographical Society (2003). Everest: Summit of Achievement. Simon and Schuster. p. 252. ISBN 9780743243865.
  2. ^ "MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP" (PDF). Indo-Tibet Border Police. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India". Indian Autographs. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Core Team" (PDF). Utopia. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Kalam presents Padma awards". Rediff.com.