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{{Short description|Indian mountain climber}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Debabrata Mukherjee
| image = Debabrata Mukherjee.JPG
| caption = Debabrata Mukherjee
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|01|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Halisahar, 24 Pargana(north), West Bengal.
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| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = Tourist Guide
| known_for = First civilian Indian Bengali to climb [[Mount Everest]] from the North Col
| successor =
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| spouse = Dr.Bipasha Mukherjee(Majumdar)
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'''Debabrata Mukherjee''' (born 20 January 1962) is an Indian mountaineer and explorer from [[West Bengal]]. He was the oldest, first civilian Indian to climb [[Mount Everest]] from the North Col.<ref name=timesofindia>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkatas-climber-may-be-oldest-Indian-to-conquer-Everest/articleshow/35965970.cms|title=Kolkata's climber may be oldest Indian to conquer Everest|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|first=Saibal|last=Gupta|date=3 June 2014|accessdate=10 October 2022}}</ref> He is also the first person to cross [[Chaukhamba]] Col from [[Badrinath]] to reach [[Gangotri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212860/First-crossing-of-Chaukhamba-Meades-Col-6093m|title = AAC Publications - First crossing of Chaukhamba (Meade's) Col (6,093m)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/news/2013-badrinath-to-gangotri-via-chaukhamba-col/ |title=Badrinath to Gangotri via Chaukhamba Col (6053 m) : News & events : The Himalayan Club |access-date=2021-04-14 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014917/https://www.himalayanclub.org/news/2013-badrinath-to-gangotri-via-chaukhamba-col/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Climbing career==

=== Mount Everest ===
Debabrata Mukherjee climbed the North-Col and NE Ridge with Biplob Vaidya on 25 May 2014 and set foot on the summit of [[Mount Everest]] at 8:46 am. He was the team leader of this expedition.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{Cite web|title=The Times of India ''Kolkata's climber may be oldest Indian to conquer Everest'', Jun 3, 2014|website=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkatas-climber-may-be-oldest-Indian-to-conquer-Everest/articleshow/35965970.cms/}}</ref><ref name="epaper.timesofindia.com">{{Cite web|title=The Times of India ''City duo climb Everest via tougher North Col''|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIKM%2F2014%2F05%2F27&EntityId=Ar00201&AppName=1&ViewMode=HTML/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306021948/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIKM%2F2014%2F05%2F27&EntityId=Ar00201&AppName=1&ViewMode=HTML%2F|archive-date=6 March 2016|access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> The same day [[Malavath Purna]] the youngest Indian and the youngest female in the world to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.<ref>{{cite news |title=13-year-old Malavath Purna becomes youngest woman to scale Everest |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/13-year-old-Poorna-Malavath-becomes-youngest-woman-to-scale-everest/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |accessdate=12 March 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Mountaineering expeditions ===
Mukherjee climbed Mt.[[Saife]] in 1986<ref name="Handbook of Climbs in the Himalaya and Eastern Karakoram">{{Cite book|last=Roy|first=Kankan Kumar|title=Handbook of Climbs in the Himalaya and Eastern Karakoram|date=2009|publisher=Indus Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7387-217-4|language=en}}</ref>

[[Kamet]] 1988<ref name="Handbook of Climbs in the Himalaya and Eastern Karakoram"/><ref>Indian Mountaineer, Saife ''Journal of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation'', Spring 1990(25):219</ref>

Mount Yunam in 2005 as a Team leader and successful climber<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Mountaineering Foundation Expedition in karcha parvat and yunam 2005|url=http://www.indianmountaineeringfoundation.com/karchaparvatandyunam2005.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151118050014/http://www.indianmountaineeringfoundation.com/karchaparvatandyunam2005.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>

[[Uja Tirche]] in 2005 as a Team leader and successful climber (new route)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indmount.org/IMF/ujatirche2005|title=Indian Mountaineering Foundation}}</ref><ref name="The Alpine Journal, 2006">{{Cite web|title=''The Alpine Journal, 2006''|url=http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2006_files/AJ%202006%20291-301%20India.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222756/http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2006_files/AJ%202006%20291-301%20India.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=21 December 2015|language=en}}</ref>

Mount Karcha as a Team leader and successful climber 2008<ref name="Indian Himalaya-The Japanese Alpine Club-Tokai Section, Karcha Parbat and Yunam">{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Debabrata|title=Indian Himalaya-The Japanese Alpine Club-Tokai Section, ''Karcha Parbat and Yunam''|year=2015|isbn=978-47-7951-000-7|pages=339|language=ja}}</ref>

Mount K. R. V East Face as a Team leader 2013<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Debabrata|title=Indian Himalaya-The Japanese Alpine Club-Tokai Section, ''KR-V''|year=2015|isbn=978-47-7951-000-7|pages=290|language=ja}}</ref>

[[Mount Everest]] Oldest person to climb successfully from North-Col in 2014<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/>

Mount Jalung Ri and Mount Chomo Ri (First ascent) as a Liaison Officer with a Japanese team and a successful climber 2015<ref name="Indian Himalaya-The Japanese Alpine Club-Tokai Section">{{Cite book|last=KUMEKAWA|first=Akira|title=Indian Himalaya-The Japanese Alpine Club-Tokai Section ''First Ascent of Zalung Ri and Chomo Ri''|year=2015|isbn=978-47-7951-000-7|language=ja}}</ref>

[[Bhagirathi Parbat III]] as a Team leader and successful climber first Indian ascent from North ridge<ref name="Apex Newsletter, Indian Mountaineering Foundation,(Vol-2) October 2015">{{Cite web|title=''Apex Newsletter, Indian Mountaineering Foundation,(Vol-2) October 2015 ''|url=http://www.jma-sangaku.or.jp/tozan/tozanjoho/151016Apex_GJSvol.%202.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305173047/http://www.jma-sangaku.or.jp/tozan/tozanjoho/151016Apex_GJSvol.%202.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|access-date=21 December 2015|language=en}}</ref>
Indian Mountaineering Foundation - Pathayatra 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dream Wanderlust news ''Debabrata Mukherjee and his team has successfully summited Mt.Bhagirathi-III(6454m) via virgin north ridge'' September 26, 2015|date=26 September 2015|url=http://www.dreamwanderlust.com/news/debabrata-mukherjee-and-his-team-has-successfully-summited-mt-bhagirathi-III-6454m-via-virgin-north-ridge/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202081259/http://www.dreamwanderlust.com/news/debabrata-mukherjee-and-his-team-has-successfully-summited-mt-bhagirathi-III-6454m-via-virgin-north-ridge|archive-date=2 December 2015|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>

[[Mont Blanc|Mount Blanc]] oldest Indian to climbed the peak Successfully<ref>{{Cite web|title=সংরক্ষণাগারভুক্ত অনুলিপি|date=6 September 2016|url=http://khaboronline.com/spotrs/veteran-bengali-mountaineer-debabrata-mukherjee-summits-mont-blanc/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910051149/http://khaboronline.com/spotrs/veteran-bengali-mountaineer-debabrata-mukherjee-summits-mont-blanc/|archive-date=10 September 2016|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> in 2016.

=== Wider explorations ===
The first person to cross the [[Panpatia Glacier]] in 2006. In 2009 he found a new trekking route from Kedarnath to Badrinath. To find this path, he crossed the Gandharpangi forest, Panpatia, and [[Satopanth Glacier|Satopanth glaciers]]. In 2013 On the way from [[Badrinath]] to [[Gangotri]], he crossed the [[Chaukhamba]] col with a new route.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Himalayan Club news ''2013 badrinath to gangotri via chaukhamba col''|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/news/2013-badrinath-to-gangotri-via-chaukhamba-col/|access-date=14 April 2021|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014917/https://www.himalayanclub.org/news/2013-badrinath-to-gangotri-via-chaukhamba-col/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Debabrata|title=Himalayan Journal(vol-69), ''First Crossing of Chaukhamba Col''|year=2013–2014|isbn=978-01-9945-612-3|pages=60|language=en}}</ref>

== Bibliography and travel stories ==
* Natur i Sydasien (In Swedish)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A sien 2011 ''Natur i Sydasien'', page no=18|url=http://lasochres.se/Filer/Katalog_2011/Asien%202011.pdf/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305230020/http://lasochres.se/Filer/Katalog_2011/Asien%202011.pdf/|archive-date=5 March 2016|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* Jagadish Nanavati Award from Himalayan Club (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Himalayan Club Annual Seminar annual seminar 2014 report|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/news/annual-seminar-2014-report/|access-date=14 April 2021|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010852/https://www.himalayanclub.org/news/annual-seminar-2014-report/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Himalayan Club Annual Seminar jagdish nanavati awards|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/jagdish-nanavati-awards/|access-date=14 April 2021|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010617/https://www.himalayanclub.org/jagdish-nanavati-awards/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Bouldering demo by Everester Debabrata Mukherjee DSCN1208.jpg|Giving demonstration at Tilabuni West Bengal
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise]]
*[[List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian summiteers of Mount Everest]]
[[Category:Bengali sportspeople]]
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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