Premlata agarwal biography in hindi
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How Homemaker Premlata Agrawal Became the Oldest Indian Woman to Scale Mount Everest!
Just an hour before she was to reach the summit of Mount Everest in , Premalata lost one of her gloves. The weather conditions were extreme, so she was told to turn back. Going ahead would make her a victim of deadly frostbite.
Distraught at having to go back, she was just about to descend, when she found a pair of gloves lying in the snow left by someone else!
“Fate plays a vital role in everyone’s life, not only mountaineers. I lost my gloves and found one in the same spot and came back without any misadventure. I believe it was fate that brought me back unharmed on the grounds to fulfil my other mountaineering aspirations,” she says, speaking to The Better India.
Meet year-old Premlata Agrawal, a homemaker who became the first Indian woman to have achieved the record of climbing the Seven Summits at the age of 50 and the oldest Indian woman mountaineer to scale the highest peak in the world,
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By Srinidhi Murthy
India is home to numerous courageous women mountaineers, who have conquered not only the tallest summits in the world but also emerged victorious over the challenges they faced in the process. Read more to know about the achievements of these inspirational women below.
Bachendri Pal
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Born on 24 May, , in Nakuri village, Uttarakhand, Bachendri Pal is an Indian mountaineer. She became the first Indian female mountaineer to reach the summit of Mount Everest at 8, m, in Pal started mountaineering at the age of 12 when she scaled a 13, ft high peak, during a school picnic. During her time at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in , she became the first woman to climb Mount Gangotri and Mount Rudragaria. In , Bachendri was selected to join India’s first mixed-gender group, which included six women and eleven men, to summit Everest. Unfortunately, the team f
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Premlata Agrawal
Indian mountaineer
Premlata Agrawal | |
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The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, to Smt. Premlata Agrawal | |
| Born | Premlata Garg (age&#;61&#;62) Darjeeling, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Mountain climber |
| Known&#;for | Summiting Mount Everest ()The first Indian woman - mountaineer to complete the seven summits and the oldest Indian women mountaineer to summit Mount Everest at an age of 48 years |
| Spouse | Vimal Agarwal |
Premlata Agrawal (born ) is the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits, the sju highest continental peaks of the world.[1][2] She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in and Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in for her achievements in the field of mountaineering.[3] On 17 May , she became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest (29,&#;ft.); at the age of