The 1965 Indian Everest Expedition reached the summit of Mount Everest on 20 May 1965. It was the first successful scaling of the mountain by an Indian climbing expedition.
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1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of 1965 expedition in New Delhi on 20 May 2015, the 50th anniversary of the ascent
Nawang Gombu Sherpa
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Nawang Gombu was a Sherpa mountaineer who was the first man in the world to have climbed Mount Everest twice.
1965 Indian Everest Expedition
…first expedition by the Indian Army, which was led by Brigadier Gyan Singh in 1960, failed. Climbers Colonel Narendra Kumar, Sonam Gyatso, and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached 28,300 feet (8,600 m), just 700 feet (210 m) from the summit, but had to turn back due to extremely bad weather. The second expedition by the…
Nawang Gonbu with Lifetime Achievement Award under Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award –2005 category in 2006
Statue of Nawang Gombu Sherpa in Darjeeling
Everest view from Kal Patther