Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal

Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal is an Indian Police official and mountaineer,[1] known for summitting the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, which he accomplished in 1992.[2] He was born on 10 January 1949 at 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 Mount Kanchenjunga through two routes, from Sikkim and Nepal.[4]

Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
Born10 January 1949
Sachkhil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India
OccupationPolice official
Mountaineer
Known forEverest and Kanchen Junga summiting
AwardsPadma Shri

Awards

2003:

See also

References
  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 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Kalam presents Padma awards". Rediff.com.


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