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{{Short description|Indian mountaineer}}
{{Orphan|date=January 2024}}
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| birth_place = [[Uttarakhand]], India
| death_date = October 4, 2022
| death_place = [[Draupadi Ka Danda]], [[Uttarkashi district]]
| nationality = {{IND}}
| majorascents = [[Mount Everest]], [[Makalu]]
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'''Savita Kanswal''' was an Indian mountaineer hailing from [[Uttarakhand]]. She is the first Indian woman to conquer both [[Mount Everest]] and [[Makalu]] within 16 days.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Simran |title=Savita Kanswal became the first Indian woman to summit Everest in 16 days |url=https://thedailyguardian.com/123782-2/ |publisher=The Daily Guardian |date=July 25, 2022}}</ref> She died in an avalanche accident on October 4, 2022. In January 2024, she posthumously received the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]], the highest honor in [[adventure sports]] in India.<ref name=freepress>{{cite news |last1=M. |first1=Rahul |title=Family Gets Emotional As Savita Kanswal Conferred Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award Posthumously |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/heartwarming-moment-of-the-day-family-gets-emotional-as-savita-kanswal-conferred-tenzing-norgay-national-adventure-award-posthumously-video |publisher=[[The Free Press Journal]] |date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> Kanswal was posthumously awarded Gold Medal Award by [[Indian Mountaineering Foundation]] in December 2024.

== Early life ==
Savita Kanswal was born into a lower-middle-class farming family in the remote Lonthru village of [[Uttarkashi]]. She was the youngest of four sisters. In 2013, she completed basic and advanced mountaineering courses at the [[Nehru Institute of Mountaineering]] (NIM), [[Uttarkashi]].<ref name=jagran>{{cite news |title=एवरेस्ट फतह कर रचा था इतिहास, हादसे में गई थी जान; आज भी प्रेरणा देती है इनकी कहानी |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/uttarkashi-savita-kanswal-will-remain-an-inspiration-for-daughters-of-uttarakhand-and-country-23546919.html |publisher=[[Jagran]] |date=October 4, 2022 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kanswal set a national record in May 2022 by raising the [[Flag of India]] on [[Mount Everest]], the world's highest peak. She climbed [[Mount Everest]] (8848 m) on May 12, 2022, achieving this milestone on the 16th day. On May 28, 2022, she climbed [[Makalu]] (8485 m), the world's fifth-highest peak.<ref name=guardian/><ref>{{cite news |title=Mountaineer Savita Kanswal clocks national record for scaling Mount Everest, completes 10 expeditions |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/mountaineer-savita-kanswal-clocks-national-record-for-scaling-mount-everest-completes-10-expeditions/articleshow/92027218.cms?from=mdr |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>

Under the pre-Everest campaign, Savita successfully climbed five peaks across India, including [[Trisul]]. She served as an instructor for the [[Nehru Institute of Mountaineering]]'s Advanced Mountaineering Course (NIM) at [[Draupadi Ka Danda]] Peak.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Negi |first1=Sunil |title=हौसलों ने भरी उड़ान तो छोटा पड़ गया आसमान, उत्‍तराखंड की सविता कंसवाल ने विपरीत परिस्थितियों से लड़कर बनाया रास्ता |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-savita-kanswal-of-uttarakhand-made-her-way-through-fighting-adversity-20893154.html |publisher=[[Jagran]] |date=October 17, 2020 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

== Death ==
Savita died on October 4, 2022, in an avalanche at Mount [[Draupadi Ka Danda]]-2 peak in Uttarakhand's [[Uttarkashi district]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Savita Kanswal, Record-Setting Mountaineer Who Scaled Everest, Dies in Avalanche |url=https://www.thequint.com/gender/savita-kanswal-death-first-indian-woman-mount-everest-mount-makalu-passes-away-avalanche-uttarkashi#read-more |publisher=[[The Quint]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Ishita |title=Record-setter mountaineer Savita Kanswal among those killed |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttarakhand-avalanche-record-setter-mountaineer-savita-kanswal-among-those-killed/article65971601.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=October 5, 2022}}</ref> Following tradition, she was given a 'jal samadhi' (water burial), a practice observed in Uttarakhand for unmarried women with no brothers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kotnala |first1=Abhyudaya |title=Last rites of Savita Kanswal, Naumi Rawat concluded |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/uttarakhand-avalanche-tragedy-last-rites-of-savita-kanswal-naumi-rawat-concluded/articleshow/94732905.cms |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=October 9, 2022}}</ref>

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, [[Pushkar Singh Dhami]] has announced the renaming of Maneri Inter College after Savita.<ref name=jagran/> She was posthumously honored with the 2022 [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref name=freepress/>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian female mountain climbers]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Indian summiteers of Mount Everest]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]]
[[Category:Deaths in avalanches]]
[[Category:Mountaineering deaths in India]]

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