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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	~~[[File:Major Ahluwalia in his Army Days.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Major Ahluwalia (center) in his Army days]]~~
	After his graduation Ahluwalia joined the Indian Army as an officer, receiving a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Electrical-Mechanical Engineering branch on 14 December 1958.<ref name="commission">{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=226 \|date=12 September 1959 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 December 1960 and to captain on 14 December 1964.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=20 \|date=21 January 1961 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=146 \|date=20 March 1965 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Seeing action during the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was wounded by a bullet in his spine, which left him confined to a wheelchair. He received an early discharge from the Army on 8 January 1968,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=295 \|date=3 March 1973 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with the honorary rank of major.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part II-Section 3 \|page=5 \|date=15 September 1997 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>		After his graduation Ahluwalia joined the Indian Army as an officer, receiving a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Electrical-Mechanical Engineering branch on 14 December 1958.<ref name="commission">{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=226 \|date=12 September 1959 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 December 1960 and to captain on 14 December 1964.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=20 \|date=21 January 1961 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=146 \|date=20 March 1965 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Seeing action during the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was wounded by a bullet in his spine, which left him confined to a wheelchair. He received an early discharge from the Army on 8 January 1968,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=295 \|date=3 March 1973 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with the honorary rank of major.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part II-Section 3 \|page=5 \|date=15 September 1997 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

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	[[Major]] '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired [[Indian Ordnance Factories Service]] ([[IOFS]]) officer.<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfuDnpVlmlcC&dq=H.+P.+S.+Ahluwalia+iofs&pg=PA75 \| title=Sikh Achievers \| year=2008 \| isbn=9788170103653 }}</ref> During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/ahluwalia.htm \|title= H.P.S. Ahluwalia -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> He is one of six Indian men and the twenty first man in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]]. On 29 May 1965, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]], he made the summit with the fourth and final successful attempt of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition along with [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat\|H. C. S. Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa]]. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.		[[Major]] '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired [[Indian Ordnance Factories Service]] ([[IOFS]]) officer.<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfuDnpVlmlcC&dq=H.+P.+S.+Ahluwalia+iofs&pg=PA75 \| title=Sikh Achievers \| year=2008 \| isbn=9788170103653 }}</ref> During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/ahluwalia.htm \|title= H.P.S. Ahluwalia -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> He is one of six Indian men and the twenty first man in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]]. On 29 May 1965, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]], he made the summit with the fourth and final successful attempt of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition along with [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat\|H. C. S. Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa]]. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.

	Foll]], [[Darjeeling]], he climbed extensively in [[Sikkim]], Nepal. The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Expedition to Everest]] which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record which lasted 17 years, and was led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]]. He along with [[Avtar Singh Cheema]], [[Nawang Gombu]] Sherpa, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]], [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa, [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] Sherpa summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to successfully climb Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.istampgallery.com\|date=22 January ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.thebetterindia.com\|date=17 June ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-date=19 December 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC\|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|isbn= 9788173871115\|last1= Kohli\|first1= M. S.\|date= December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.livemint.com\|date= 16 May ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair. He was the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, ''Beyond Himalaya'', which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.<ref name=":0" />		Foll]], [[Darjeeling]], he climbed extensively in [[Sikkim]], Nepal. The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Expedition to Everest]] which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record which lasted 17 years, and was led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]]. He along with [[Avtar Singh Cheema]], [[Nawang Gombu]] Sherpa, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]], [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa, [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] Sherpa summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to successfully climb Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.istampgallery.com\|date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.thebetterindia.com\|date=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-date=19 December 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC\|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|isbn= 9788173871115\|last1= Kohli\|first1= M. S.\|date= December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.livemint.com\|date= 16 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair. He was the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, ''Beyond Himalaya'', which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.<ref name=":0" />

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Expeditions and adventures==		==Expeditions and adventures==
	After treatment at [[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]] in England, he continued to pursue his love of adventure by organising pioneering events such as the first Ski Expedition to [[Mount Trisul]], the first Trans-Himalaya Motor Expedition (1983),{{citation needed\|date=November ~~2022~~}} and the Central Asia Cultural Expedition (1994){{citation needed\|date=November ~~2022~~}} following the Silk & [[Marco Polo]]'s Route through [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], entering China in the Asian City of [[Kashgar]], Yarkhand and returned via Tibet and [[Kathmandu]].		After treatment at [[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]] in England, he continued to pursue his love of adventure by organising pioneering events such as the first Ski Expedition to [[Mount Trisul]], the first Trans-Himalaya Motor Expedition (1983),{{citation needed\|date=November 2014}} and the Central Asia Cultural Expedition (1994){{citation needed\|date=November 2014}} following the Silk & [[Marco Polo]]'s Route through [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], entering China in the Asian City of [[Kashgar]], Yarkhand and returned via Tibet and [[Kathmandu]].

	Ahluwalia has also been the President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation and Delhi Mountaineering Association. He was also the Chairman of Special Ability Trust (created to assist young achievers with disabilities with fellowships and scholarships), Youth Exploring Society (with its chapters in Ireland, West Germany and Italy), Rehabilitation Council of India (a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment), Chairman of Planning Committee of Persons with Disability of 12-year plan and Chairman of the Committee of Drafting Country Report.		Ahluwalia has also been the President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation and Delhi Mountaineering Association. He was also the Chairman of Special Ability Trust (created to assist young achievers with disabilities with fellowships and scholarships), Youth Exploring Society (with its chapters in Ireland, West Germany and Italy), Rehabilitation Council of India (a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment), Chairman of Planning Committee of Persons with Disability of 12-year plan and Chairman of the Committee of Drafting Country Report.
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	*[[Padma Shri]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web\| url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports\|title= Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-\|website= www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>		*[[Padma Shri]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web\| url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports\|title= Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-\|website= www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>
	*[[Padma Bhushan]]-2002<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110413/bathinda.htm#4\|title=Everest conqueror cautions against perils of professional climbing\|date=13 April 2011\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|access-date=16 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		*[[Padma Bhushan]]-2002<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110413/bathinda.htm#4\|title=Everest conqueror cautions against perils of professional climbing\|date=13 April 2011\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref>
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	*[[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] for lifetime achievement-29 August 2009		*[[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] for lifetime achievement-29 August 2009

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	[[Major]] '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired Indian ~~Army~~ officer. During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/ahluwalia.htm \|title= H.P.S. Ahluwalia -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> He is one of six Indian men and the twenty first man in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]]. On 29 May 1965, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]], he made the summit with the fourth and final successful attempt of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition along with [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat\|H. C. S. Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa]]. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.		[[Major]] '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired [[Indian Ordnance Factories Service]] ([[IOFS]]) officer.<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfuDnpVlmlcC&dq=H.+P.+S.+Ahluwalia+iofs&pg=PA75 \| title=Sikh Achievers \| year=2008 \| isbn=9788170103653 }}</ref> During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/ahluwalia.htm \|title= H.P.S. Ahluwalia -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> He is one of six Indian men and the twenty first man in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]]. On 29 May 1965, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]], he made the summit with the fourth and final successful attempt of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition along with [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat\|H. C. S. Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa]]. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.

	~~Following his advanced training at the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute~~]], [[Darjeeling]], he climbed extensively in [[Sikkim]], Nepal. The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Expedition to Everest]] which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record which lasted 17 years, and was led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]]. He along with [[Avtar Singh Cheema]], [[Nawang Gombu]] Sherpa, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]], [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa, [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] Sherpa summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to successfully climb Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.istampgallery.com\|date=22 January ~~2015~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.thebetterindia.com\|date=17 June ~~2015~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-date=19 December 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC\|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|isbn= 9788173871115\|last1= Kohli\|first1= M. S.\|date= December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.livemint.com\|date= 16 May ~~2015~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair. He was the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, ''Beyond Himalaya'', which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.<ref name=":0" />		Foll]], [[Darjeeling]], he climbed extensively in [[Sikkim]], Nepal. The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Expedition to Everest]] which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record which lasted 17 years, and was led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]]. He along with [[Avtar Singh Cheema]], [[Nawang Gombu]] Sherpa, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]], [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa, [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] Sherpa summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to successfully climb Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.istampgallery.com\|date=22 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.thebetterindia.com\|date=17 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-date=19 December 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC\|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|isbn= 9788173871115\|last1= Kohli\|first1= M. S.\|date= December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.livemint.com\|date= 16 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair. He was the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, ''Beyond Himalaya'', which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.<ref name=":0" />

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Expeditions and adventures==		==Expeditions and adventures==
	After treatment at [[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]] in England, he continued to pursue his love of adventure by organising pioneering events such as the first Ski Expedition to [[Mount Trisul]], the first Trans-Himalaya Motor Expedition (1983),{{citation needed\|date=November ~~2014~~}} and the Central Asia Cultural Expedition (1994){{citation needed\|date=November ~~2014~~}} following the Silk & [[Marco Polo]]'s Route through [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], entering China in the Asian City of [[Kashgar]], Yarkhand and returned via Tibet and [[Kathmandu]].		After treatment at [[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]] in England, he continued to pursue his love of adventure by organising pioneering events such as the first Ski Expedition to [[Mount Trisul]], the first Trans-Himalaya Motor Expedition (1983),{{citation needed\|date=November 2022}} and the Central Asia Cultural Expedition (1994){{citation needed\|date=November 2022}} following the Silk & [[Marco Polo]]'s Route through [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], entering China in the Asian City of [[Kashgar]], Yarkhand and returned via Tibet and [[Kathmandu]].

	Ahluwalia has also been the President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation and Delhi Mountaineering Association. He was also the Chairman of Special Ability Trust (created to assist young achievers with disabilities with fellowships and scholarships), Youth Exploring Society (with its chapters in Ireland, West Germany and Italy), Rehabilitation Council of India (a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment), Chairman of Planning Committee of Persons with Disability of 12-year plan and Chairman of the Committee of Drafting Country Report.		Ahluwalia has also been the President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation and Delhi Mountaineering Association. He was also the Chairman of Special Ability Trust (created to assist young achievers with disabilities with fellowships and scholarships), Youth Exploring Society (with its chapters in Ireland, West Germany and Italy), Rehabilitation Council of India (a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment), Chairman of Planning Committee of Persons with Disability of 12-year plan and Chairman of the Committee of Drafting Country Report.
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	Realizing the needs of persons with [[spinal injuries]], Ahluwalia, with the support of his friends, set up the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) in [[Vasant Kunj]], New Delhi, India in 1993. He also served as an [[IOFS]] officer. His experiences have appeared in school books. He met many great achievers such as [[Indira Gandhi]], [[APJ Abdul Kalam]] et cetera.		Realizing the needs of persons with [[spinal injuries]], Ahluwalia, with the support of his friends, set up the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) in [[Vasant Kunj]], New Delhi, India in 1993. He also served as an [[IOFS]] officer. His experiences have appeared in school books such as in the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training\|NCERT]] Class 8 [[English language\|English]] [[textbook]]. He met many great achievers such as [[Indira Gandhi]], [[APJ Abdul Kalam]] et cetera.

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	*[[Padma Bhushan]]-2002<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110413/bathinda.htm#4\|title=Everest conqueror cautions against perils of professional climbing\|date=13 April 2011\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|access-date=16 September ~~2014~~}}</ref>		*[[Padma Bhushan]]-2002<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110413/bathinda.htm#4\|title=Everest conqueror cautions against perils of professional climbing\|date=13 April 2011\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|access-date=16 September 2022}}</ref>
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	\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Arjuna Award]]		\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Arjuna Award]]
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|df=yes\|1936\|11\|06}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|df=yes\|1936\|11\|06}}
	\| birth_place = [[Sialkot]], [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj~~\|British India~~]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab]], Pakistan)		\| birth_place = [[Sialkot]], [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab]], Pakistan)
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2022\|01\|14\|1936\|11\|06}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2022\|01\|14\|1936\|11\|06}}
	\| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India		\| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
	\| alma_mater = [[St. George's College, Mussoorie\|St. George's College]], Mussoorie, India		\| alma_mater = [[St. George's College, Mussoorie\|St. George's College]], Mussoorie, India
	\| years_active = 1995–2022		\| years_active = 1995–2022
	\| boards = Chairman, [[Indian Spinal Injuries Centre]]		\| boards = Ex Chairman, [[Indian Spinal Injuries Centre]]
	\| spouse = Bholi Ahluwalia		\| spouse = Bholi Ahluwalia
	\| children = One		\| children = One
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	[[Major]] '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired Indian Army officer. During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/ahluwalia.htm \|title= H.P.S. Ahluwalia -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> He is one of six Indian men and the twenty first man in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]]. On 29 May 1965, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]], he made the summit with the fourth and final successful attempt of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition along with [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat\|H. C. S. Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa]]. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.		[[Major]] '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired Indian Army officer. During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/ahluwalia.htm \|title= H.P.S. Ahluwalia -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> He is one of six Indian men and the twenty first man in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]]. On 29 May 1965, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]], he made the summit with the fourth and final successful attempt of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition along with [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat\|H. C. S. Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa]]. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.

	Following his advanced training at the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]], [[Darjeeling]], he climbed extensively in [[Sikkim]], Nepal. The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Expedition to Everest]] which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record which lasted 17 years, and was led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]]. He along with [[Avtar Singh Cheema]], [[Nawang Gombu]] Sherpa, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]], [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa, [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] Sherpa summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to successfully climb Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.istampgallery.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.thebetterindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-date=19 December 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC\|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-~~\|website= books.google.com.sa~~\|isbn= 9788173871115\|last1= Kohli\|first1= M. S.\|date= December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.livemint.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair. He was the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, ''Beyond Himalaya'', which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.<ref name=":0" />		Following his advanced training at the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]], [[Darjeeling]], he climbed extensively in [[Sikkim]], Nepal. The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Expedition to Everest]] which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record which lasted 17 years, and was led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]]. He along with [[Avtar Singh Cheema]], [[Nawang Gombu]] Sherpa, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]], [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa, [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] Sherpa summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to successfully climb Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.istampgallery.com\|date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.thebetterindia.com\|date=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/UjF7ZzEJPhg \|archive-date=19 December 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC\|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|isbn= 9788173871115\|last1= Kohli\|first1= M. S.\|date= December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.livemint.com\|date= 16 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/\|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-\|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair. He was the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, ''Beyond Himalaya'', which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.<ref name=":0" />

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Personal life and death==		==Personal life and death==
	Ahluwalia died in Delhi on 14 January 2022, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Padma Shri recipient HPS Ahluwalia passes away at 85\|work=[[Press Trust of India]]\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/13047031_Padma-Shri-recipient-HPS-Ahluwalia-passes-away-at-85.html}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Sharma\|first=Unnati\|date=2022-01-15\|title=Remembering Major H.P.S Ahluwalia — mountaineer, army man, social worker... a fighter forever\|url=https://theprint.in/india/remembering-major-h-p-s-ahluwalia-mountaineer-army-man-social-worker-a-fighter-forever/804177/\|access-date=2022-01-15\|work=[[ThePrint]]\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Major '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' died in Delhi on 14 January 2022, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Padma Shri recipient HPS Ahluwalia passes away at 85\|work=[[Press Trust of India]]\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/13047031_Padma-Shri-recipient-HPS-Ahluwalia-passes-away-at-85.html}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Sharma\|first=Unnati\|date=2022-01-15\|title=Remembering Major H.P.S Ahluwalia — mountaineer, army man, social worker... a fighter forever\|url=https://theprint.in/india/remembering-major-h-p-s-ahluwalia-mountaineer-army-man-social-worker-a-fighter-forever/804177/\|access-date=2022-01-15\|work=[[ThePrint]]\|language=en-US}}</ref>

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	*[[Arjuna Award]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web\| url=http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/showfile.asp?link_temp_id=560\|title= Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-\|website= www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in}}</ref>		*[[Arjuna Award]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web\| url=http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/showfile.asp?link_temp_id=560\|title= Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-\|website= www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in}}</ref>
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	*[[Padma Shri]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web\| url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports\|title= Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-\|website= www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref>		*[[Padma Shri]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web\| url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports\|title= Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-\|website= www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>
	*[[Padma Bhushan]]-2002<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110413/bathinda.htm#4\|title=Everest conqueror cautions against perils of professional climbing\|date=13 April 2011\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref>		*[[Padma Bhushan]]-2002<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110413/bathinda.htm#4\|title=Everest conqueror cautions against perils of professional climbing\|date=13 April 2011\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref>
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[[Major]] '''Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia''' (born 6 November 1936) is an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired Indian Army officer. During his career he has made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/ahluwalia.htm |title= H.P.S. Ahluwalia -|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> He is the sixth Indian man and twenty first man in world that climbed [[Mount Everest]]. On 29 May, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]] the fourth and last summit with [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat|H. C. S. Rawat]], [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa]] '''Ahluwalia''' made the summit. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together

Following his advanced training at the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]], [[Darjeeling]], he climbed extensively in [[Sikkim]], Nepal and later he climbed [[Mount Everest]] on 29 May 1965. The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965|Indian Expedition to Everest]] which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record to last 17 years led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli|Captain M S Kohli]]. He along with [[Avtar Singh Cheema]], [[Nawang Gombu]] Sherpa, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[C.P. Vohra]], [[Ang Kami]] Sherpa, [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] Sherpa successfully summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to climb Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website=www.istampgallery.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/25939/did-you-know-that-50-years-ago-9-indians-held-a-record-for-climbing-mount-everest/|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website=www.thebetterindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF7ZzEJPhg|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC|title= Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website= books.google.com.sa|isbn= 9788173871115|last1= Kohli|first1= M. S.|date= December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website= www.livemint.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/26/2/nine-atop-everest/|title= The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair. Presently, he is the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, ''Beyond Himalaya'', which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

==Early life==
Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia was born on 6 November 1936 and brought up in [[Shimla]] along with his two sisters and two younger brothers. His father was employed as a Civil Engineer in the Indian [[Central Public Works Department]].


For his academic career he went to [[St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun]] and [[St. George's College, Mussoorie]]. There, he discovered his interest in photography and rock climbing. Along with graduation, his interest in rock-climbing increased. Some of the places where Ahluwalia did his rock climbing are [[Garhwal Himalaya|Garhwal]], [[Sikkim]], [[Nepal]], [[Ladakh]], and of course Mount Everest.

==Military career==
[[File:Major Ahluwalia in his Army Days.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Major Ahluwalia (center) in his Army days]]
After his graduation Ahluwalia joined the Indian Army as an officer, receiving a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Electrical-Mechanical Engineering branch on 14 December 1958.<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=226 |date=12 September 1959 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 December 1960 and to captain on 14 December 1964.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=20 |date=21 January 1961 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Seeing action during the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was wounded by a bullet in his spine, which left him confined to a wheelchair. He received an early discharge from the Army on 8 January 1968,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=295 |date=3 March 1973 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with the honorary rank of major.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part II-Section 3 |page=5 |date=15 September 1997 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

==Expeditions and adventures==
After treatment at [[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]] in England, he continued to pursue his love for adventure by organising pioneering events such as the first Ski Expedition to [[Mount Trisul]], the first Trans-Himalaya Motor Expedition (1983),{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} and the Central Asia Cultural Expedition (1994){{citation needed|date=November 2014}} following the Silk & [[Marco Polo]]'s Route through [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], entering China in the Asian City of [[Kashgar]], Yarkhand and returned via Tibet and [[Kathmandu]].

Ahluwalia has also been the President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation and Delhi Mountaineering Association. He was also the Chairman of Special Ability Trust (created to assist young achievers with disabilities with fellowships and scholarships), Youth Exploring Society (with its chapter in Ireland, West Germany and Italy), Rehabilitation Council of India (a Statutory Body under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment), Chairman of Planning Committee of Persons with Disability of 12-year plan and Chairman of the Committee of Drafting Country Report.

==Professional career==
[[File:Isic hospital.jpg|thumb|left|Indian Spinal Injuries Centre]]

Realizing the needs of persons with [[spinal injury]], Ahluwalia, with the support of his friends, set up the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) in [[Vasant Kunj]], New Delhi, India in 1993. He also served as an [[IOFS]] officer.this hisory came in school books as a lesson,the AHLUWALIA wrote his journy as a book.He met great achiever's like [INDIRA GANDHI,DR.A.B.J.ABDULKALAM etc;]...
==Positions==
*Chairman – Indian Spinal Injuries Centre.
*Chairman – Planning Committee of Persons with Disability of 12 five-year plan and Chairman of the committee of drafting country report.
*Former president – Indian Mountaineering Foundation.
*Former president – Delhi Mountaineering Association.
*Former chairman – Special Ability Trust (created to assist young achiever with disabilities with *fellowships and scholarships).
*Former chairman – Youth Exploring Society (with its chapter in Ireland, West Germany and Italy).
*Former chairman – Rehabilitation Council of India (a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment).
*Member – Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.
*Member – Planning Commission – Steering committee of the Social Welfare and other special groups.
*Member – National Consultation on National Policy for PwD.
*Member – CII Core Group on Disability.
*Member – National Finance and Revenue Committee constituted by Ministry of Finance.
*Member – CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation), in collaboration with AISPO-ITALY.
*Member – International Spinal Cord Soc

==Bibliography==
*''Higher than Everest''

*''The Summit Within''
*''Eternal Himalaya''
*''Beyond the Himalayas''
*''Everest- Where the Snow never melts''
*''Hermit Kingdom Ladakh''

*''Ladakh Nubra The Forbidden Valley''
*'' Tracing Marco Polo's Journey''

==Awards==

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|[[File:IND Samanya Seva medal.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Samar Seva Star Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|100px]]
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|[[Padma Shri]]
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|[[Samanya Seva Medal]]
|Samar Seva Star
|Raksha Medal
|9 Years Long Service Medal
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===National Awards===
*[[Arjuna Award]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/showfile.asp?link_temp_id=560|title= Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-|website= www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in}}</ref>

*[[Padma Shri]]-1965<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports|title= Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-|website= www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
*[[Padma Bhushan]]-2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110413/bathinda.htm#4|title=Everest conqueror cautions against perils of professional climbing|date=13 April 2011|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref>

*[[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] for lifetime Achievement-29 August 2009

*National Award for the Welfare of People with Disabilities-3 December 1998

*Order of the Khalsa (Nishan-e- Khalsa) Tercentenary of the Birth of Khalsa

===International Awards===
*FRGS – [[Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society]] (United Kingdom)
*Fellowship conferred for significant contribution to studies and literature written on Environment and Adventure
*CONDOR-DE-ORO – A high Argentinean honour given for overall contribution to adventure writing / participation in Adventure Sports.
*Advisor/Consultant to the Argentina Everest Expedition
*World Health Initiative for Peace Award, 29 July 2013

==Gallery==
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File:Maj Ahluwalia with Dr Abdul Kalam copy.jpg|Ahluwalia with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

File:Zail singh1.jpg|Ahluwalia with [[Zail Singh]]



File:With Rajiv Gandhi and H C Sareen inaugurating ISIC.jpg|Ahluwalia with former Prime Minister of India - [[Rajiv Gandhi]]

File:Major Ahluwalia with Shri Atal Bihari Vajpai 001.jpg|Ahluwalia with former Prime Minister of India - [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]

File:With PM Manmohan Singh.jpg|Ahluwalia with former Prime Minister of India - [[Manmohan Singh]].

File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of 1965 Everest Expedition on the golden jubilee of the occasion, in New Delhi on May 20, 2015.jpg|Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on 20 May 2015
File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of 1965 Everest Expedition on the golden jubilee of the occasion, in New Delhi on May 20, 2015 (2).jpg|Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on 20 May 2015
File:Everest Expedition 1965 stamp of India.jpg|1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition
</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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