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{{Short description|Indian mountaineer}}
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| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date = May 2019
| death_place = [[Makalu]], [[Nepal]]
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'''Dipankar Ghosh''' was an Indian mountaineer from [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mountains an escape from humdrum of life |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mountains-an-escape-from-humdrum-of-life/cid/1503402 |publisher=[[Telegraph India]] |date=June 22, 2016}}</ref> He is the first [[Bengalis|Bengali]] to climb [[Mount Everest]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Duo does Bengal proud, scales Everes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/duo-does-bengal-proud-scales-everest/articleshow/8497759.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=May 22, 2011}}</ref> and had successfully climbed five other eight-thousand-meter peaks besides Mount Everest.<ref name="Lhotse2013">{{Citation|last=Ghosh|first=Dipankar|title=Lhotse: In the Eyes of the Summit Seeker|year=2013|publisher=Rupali Publication|location=Kolkata|isbn=978-93-8166-916-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Two Bengal mountaineers aim for Everest |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Two-Bengal-mountaineers-aim-for-Everest/article14953006.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=March 19, 2011}}</ref> In 2019, the [[Government of India]] posthumously honored him with the [[Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award]] for the year 2018, the highest adventure sports honor in India.<ref name=Indianexpress/> He died in 2019.<ref name=death/>

== Early life and education ==
Dipankar Ghosh was born in Belanagar, [[Howrah]]. He enrolled in Sabujsathi Primary School in the [[Uttarpara]] area of [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]. Later, he passed secondary school in 1981 from Raghunathpur Nafar Academy School and graduated from [[Uttarpara Amarendra Vidyapith]]. He completed his higher secondary education at Bali Jora Ashwatala School in 1983. Subsequently, he graduated in Science from [[Vidyasagar College]] of [[Calcutta University]] in 1985.<ref name="Lhotse2013"/>

He received mountaineering training from the [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports|Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sport]]s, Manali; Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, Jammu & Kashmir; [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]], Darjeeling; and [[Nehru Institute of Mountaineering]], Uttarkashi.<ref name="Lhotse2013"/>
== Career ==
He worked as a computer accessories salesman. Ghosh received support from the west [[Government of West Bengal]] and corporate sponsors. He successfully summited [[Mount Everest]] in 2011. He conquered [[Kangchenjunga]] (2014), and [[Dhaulagiri]] (2017).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Desai |first1=Shaili |title=A rescue at 8,000 metres |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/a-rescue-at-8-000-metres-111644830870767.html |publisher=[[Livemint]] |date=18 November 2018}}</ref> In 2018, he successfully summited [[Cho Oyu]], the world's sixth-highest peak on the [[China–Nepal border|China-Nepal border]], 20 kilometers west of Mount Everest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ace mountaineer Dipankar Ghosh goes missing on Mt Makalu in Nepal |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/ace-mountaineer-dipankar-ghosh-goes-missing-on-mt-makalu-in-nepal20190517202246/ |publisher=[[Asian News International]] |date=May 17, 2019}}</ref>

== Death ==
In May 2019, Dipankar Ghosh went missing during his descent from [[Makalu]] in [[Nepal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrated mountain climber Dipankar Ghosh goes missing on Mount Makalu, fifth highest peak in the world |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/celebrated-mountain-climber-dipankar-ghosh-goes-missing-on-mount-makalu-fifth-highest-peak-in-the-world/420710 |publisher=[[Times Now]] |date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> His mortal remains were discovered by the rescue team after 8 days of his being missing.<ref name=death>{{cite news |title=Remains of ace mountaineer Dipankar Ghosh located |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/remains-of-ace-mountaineer-dipankar-ghosh-located-354656 |publisher=MillenniumPost |date=May 24, 2019}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
In 2019, he was posthumously honored with the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] for the year 2018 by the [[Government of India]].<ref name=Indianexpress>{{cite news |title=বাংলার পর্বতারোহী দীপঙ্কর ঘোষকে মরণোত্তর সম্মান কেন্দ্রের |url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/sports/dipankar-ghosh-receives-tenzing-norgay-national-adventure-awards-135799/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=August 28, 2019 |language=Bengali}}</ref> He also received the Radhanath Sikdar Tenzing Norgay State Award for State Climbers, awarded by the [[Government of West Bengal]] and the Bharat Gaurav Award given by the [[Chief Minister of Haryana]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Awards - Dipankar Ghosh |website=Dipankar Ghosh's Official Website |url=http://dipankarghosh.info/award |date=2016-03-16 |access-date=2024-01-18 |archive-date=2016-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316223028/http://dipankarghosh.info/award |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of deaths on eight-thousanders]]
* [[List of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award recipients]]
== References ==
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[[Category:20th-century births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian summiteers of Mount Everest]]
[[Category:Mountain climbers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]]

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