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| birth_date = 1 October 1934<br />
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| notable_ascents = - First ascent of [[Changabang]] (1974)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/36284/changabang-1974|title=Changabang, 1974|website=Outlook Traveller}}</ref><br />- First ascent of West Face of [[Kamet]] (7756 m, 1985)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theuiaa.org/mountaineering/tribute-to-the-late-indian-mountaineer-balwant-sandhu/|title=Tribute to the late Indian mountaineer, Balwant Sandhu – UIAA}}</ref><br />
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'''Balwant Singh Sandhu''' (1934-2010) was an Indian mountaineer and a colonel in the Indian Army. He made the first ascent of [[Changabang]] along with [[Sir Chris Bonington]] in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2010-11_files/AJ%202010-11%20403-455%20In%20Memoriam.pdf|title=''In Memoriam:Balwant Sandhu'' The Alpine Journal 2010/11}}</ref> In 1981, he received the [[Arjuna Award]] for excellence in mountaineering, and in 2010, after his death in an accident, he was posthumously awarded the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]], the highest adventure sports honour of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=75167|title=Press Information Bureau|website=archive.pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Mountaineer [[M S Kohli]] described him as a "world-class climber".<ref>https://www.himalayanclub.org/downloads/e-letter/elv21.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><br />
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Sandhu died on 3 December 2010, after a speeding car hit him outside the Indian Mountaineering Foundation headquarters in [[Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebmc.co.uk/changabangs-first-ascensionist-passes-away|title=Changabang's first ascensionist passes away|website=thebmc.co.uk}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
From 1980 till 1985, Sandhu was the principal of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in [[Uttarkashi]]. In 1983, he became the president of the Himalayan Club, and in 1997-98 the vice president of [[Indian Mountaineering Foundation]].<ref name="auto"/><br />
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Sandhu made first ascents of the following: North Peak of Bancha Dhura (c. 6000m, solo climb) in 1962; Shinkun (6065m) in Lahaul in 1968; Changabang (6864m) in 1974; Phawarar ang (6349m) in 1979; Mamostong Kangri (7516m) in the East Karakoram in 1984; Kabru Dome (6600m) via a new route in 1985; West Face of Kamet (7756m) in 1985; Chombu East Peak NE Sikkim (5745 m) in 1996; along with [[The Doon School]] expeditions: Rudugaira (5816 m) in 2001 and Jogin III (6116 m) in 2002.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*1981 - [[Arjuna Award]]<br />
*2010 - Lifetime achievement, [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] (awarded posthumously)<br />
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