Harish Chandra Singh Rawat

Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (3 July 1934 – 20 January 2008) was a mountaineer who climbed the Mt. Everest in 1965.[1] He was one of the 9 summiters of the first successful Indian Everest Expeditions that climbed Mount Everest on May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He is the seventh Indian man and twenty second man in world that climbed Mount Everest. On May 24th 1965 Vohra and Ang Kami Sherpa together reached the top of Mount Everest On May 29, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of Mount Everest the fourth and last summit team with Major H. P. S. Ahluwalia and Phu Dorjee Sherpa, Rawat reached on the summit. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.

For the politician, see Harish Rawat.

Harish Chandra Singh Rawat
Born3 July 1934
Punjab, India
Died20 January 2008
AllegianceIndia
Awards
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on May 20 , 2015
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on May 20 , 2015
1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition

Biography

Rawat participated in a number of expeditions including Nanda Devi, Sunanda Devi, Kanglacha, Hathi Parbat, Tirsuli, Rathong, Nanda Khat and Nun Kun. In 1962, he led a party, including Sonam Wangyal, another Everester of the 1965 expedition, to Kanglacha, 30 miles south of Leh. In 1963, Rawat climbed Hathi Parbat and a year later he was part of the Tirsuli and Sunanda Devi expedition. In the pre-Everest preparations, he climbed Rathong.

Rawat also participated in a joint ascent by the Indian intelligence and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to the Nanda Devi peak to test the Chinese missile program development, and later worked for social welfare in Uttarakhand. He died of a lung cancer in New Delhi, aged 74. He was vice president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation.[8]

Honors and Awards

He was awarded Arjuna award[9] and Padma Shri[10] for his achievements.


References
  1. "Harish Chandra Singh Rawat -". www.everesthistory.com.
  2. "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.istampgallery.com.
  3. "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.thebetterindia.com.
  4. "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.youtube.com.
  5. Kohli, M. S. (December 2000). Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. books.google.com.sa. ISBN 9788173871115.
  6. "The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.livemint.com.
  7. "The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.himalayanclub.org.
  8. Rawat was a humble soul, dedicated to mountaineering: Kohli. One India. 21 January 2008
  9. "Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-". www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in.
  10. "Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-". www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in.

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