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Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal | |
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Born | 10 January 1949 Sachkhil,
Pauri Garhwal district,
Uttarakhand, India |
Occupation(s) | Police official Mountaineer |
Known for | Everest and Kanchen Junga summiting |
Awards | Padma Shri |
Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal 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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Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal | |
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Born | 10 January 1949 Sachkhil,
Pauri Garhwal district,
Uttarakhand, India |
Occupation(s) | Police official Mountaineer |
Known for | Everest and Kanchen Junga summiting |
Awards | Padma Shri |
Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal 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]