Indian Mountain Climbers: Asim Mukhopadhyay, Avtar Singh Cheema, Bachendri Pal, Chandraprabha Aitwal, Dorje Morup, Gurdial Singh (Mountaineer),

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 19. Chapters: Asim Mukhopadhyay, Avtar Singh Cheema, Bachendri Pal, Chandraprabha Aitwal, Dorje Morup, Gurdial Singh (mountaineer), Gurmayum Anita Devi, H. P. S. Ahluwalia, Harish Kapadia, Jagdish Nanavati, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, Kalpana Dash, Krishna Patil, Mandip Singh Soin, Mohan Singh Kohli, Narendra Dhar Jayal, Nawang Gombu, Nirupama Pandey, Premlata Agarwal, Santosh Yadav, Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, Sudipta Sengupta, Tashi Tenzing, Tsewang Paljor, Tsewang Samanla. Excerpt: Tenzing Norgay, GM (late May 1914 9 May 1986) born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali Sherpa mountaineer. Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. There are conflicting accounts of his early life. The account that he gave in his autobiography, accepted for several years, is that he was a Sherpa born and brought up in Tengboche, Khumbu in northeastern Nepal. Khumbu lies near Mount Everest, which the Tibetans and Sherpas call Chomolungma which in Tibetan means Holy Mother. He was a Buddhist, the traditional religion of the Sherpas and Tibetans. His exact date of birth is not known, but he knew it was in late May by the weather and the crops. After his ascent of Everest on 29 May, he decided to celebrate his birthday on that day thereafter. His year of birth according to the Tibetan Calendar was the Year of the Rabbit, making it likely that he was born in 1914. He was originally called "Namgyal Wangdi," but as a child his name was changed on the advice of the head lama and founder of the famous Rongbuk Monastery, Ngawang Tenzin Norbu. Tenzing Norgay translates as "wealthy-fortunate-follower-of-religion." His father, a yak herder, was Ghang La Mingma (d. 1949) and his mother was Dokmo Kinzom (who lived to see him climb Everest); he was the 11th of 13 children, most of whom died young. He ran away from home twice in his teens, first to Kathmandu and later Darjeeling. He was once sent to Tengboche Monastery to be a monk but decided that it was not for him and departed. At the age of 19, he eventually settled in the Sherpa community in Too Song Bhusti in Darjeeling. Tenzing Norgay's statue Mount EverestTenzing got his first opportunity to join an Everest expedition when he was employed by