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	[[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\|thumb\|250px\| 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.jpg\|thumb\|250px\| Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of the expedition's Golden Jubilee on 20 May 2015]]
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	'''Sonam Wangyal''' (born 1942) is a former [[India]]n paramilitary personnel and mountaineer who climbed [[Mount Everest]] in 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/wangyal.htm \|title= Sonam Wangyal -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref><ref name="Kohli2000">{{cite book\|author=M.S. Kohli\|title=Nine Atop Everest: Spectacular Indian Ascent\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC&pg=PA228\|year= 2000\|publisher=Indus Publishing\|isbn=978-81-7387-111-5\|pages=228–}}</ref> He was one of the nine summiters of the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Everest Expeditions]] that climbed [[Mount Everest]] in May 1965 led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]],.<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> He is the ~~third~~ Indian man, and ~~eighteenth~~ man in world, to have climbed [[Mount Everest]]. On 22 May 1965, the first time that the oldest ([[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]] at age 42) and the youngest (Sonam Wangyal at age 23) climbed Everest together.		'''Sonam Wangyal''' (born 1942) is a former [[India]]n paramilitary personnel and mountaineer who climbed [[Mount Everest]] in 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter. He was one of the nine summiters of the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Everest Expeditions]] that climbed [[Mount Everest]] in May 1965 led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]]. He is the 3rd Indian man, and 18th man in world, to have climbed [[Mount Everest]]. On 22 May 1965, the first time that the oldest ([[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]] at age 42) and the youngest (Sonam Wangyal at age 23) climbed Everest together. Kohli, who had led the 1965 Everest expedition, recruited Wangyal to join a team on a [[Nanda Devi Plutonium Mission\|secretive mission]] to [[Nanda Devi]]. The joint [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] / [[Intelligence Bureau (India)\|Indian Intelligence Bureau]] mission involved placing a nuclear listening device on the mountain in 1965 with subsequent visits in 1966 and 1967.

	~~Currently,~~ he ~~is serving~~ as a ~~principal at~~ [[~~Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute~~]]~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sonam Wangyal: From Surviving a Chinese Ambush to Standing on Mt. Everest\|url=https://thewire.~~in~~/history/sonam-wangyal-from-surviving-a-chinese-ambush-to-~~the~~-nanda-devi-mission\|access-date=2021-09-06\|website=The Wire}}</ref>~~		He was politically active and was elected as MLA. In 1975 he also served as a minister of Jammu and Kashmir government. He received the [[Padma Shri]] and the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1965 and later the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] in 2017.

	==~~Honors~~ and awards ==		Currently, he is serving as a principal at [[Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute]].
	He was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] in 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>{{cite web\|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)\|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]]\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref> followed by the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1965 and then [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] 2017 in lifetime achievement category.<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> He served as the Principal of the Sonam Mountaineering Institute in [[Gangtok]] (Sikkim) from 1976 to 1990. He retired as Assistant Director of the [[~~Indo-Tibetan Border Police~~]] ~~(ITBP)~~ in 1993, and now lives in [[Leh]].<ref>{{cite web \| title =He has lived a hero's life\|author=M.P. Nathanael \|publisher=The Sunday Tribune\| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020707/spectrum/main2.htm \|date=7 July 2002\| access-date = 19 March 2014}}</ref>
			==Honours and awards ==
			He was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] in 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>{{cite web\|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)\|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]]\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref> followed by the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1965 and then [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] 2017 in lifetime achievement category.<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> He served as the Principal of the [[Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute]] in [[Gangtok]] (Sikkim) from 1976 to 1990. He retired as Assistant Director of the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)\|Intelligence Bureau]] in 1993, and now lives in [[Leh]].<ref>{{cite web \| title =He has lived a hero's life\|author=M.P. Nathanael \|publisher=The Sunday Tribune\| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020707/spectrum/main2.htm \|date=7 July 2002\| access-date = 19 March 2014}}</ref>

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	[[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\|thumb\|250px\| Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on May ~~20,~~ 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.jpg\|thumb\|250px\| 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]]
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	[[File:Everest Expedition 1965 stamp of India.jpg\|thumb\|1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition]]		[[File:Everest Expedition 1965 stamp of India.jpg\|thumb\|1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition]]

	'''Sonam Wangyal''' (born 1942) is a former [[India]]n ~~para military~~ personnel and mountaineer who climbed Mt [[Everest]] in 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter,.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/wangyal.htm \|title= Sonam Wangyal -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref><ref name="Kohli2000">{{cite book\|author=M.S. Kohli\|title=Nine Atop Everest: Spectacular Indian Ascent\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC&pg=PA228\|year= 2000\|publisher=Indus Publishing\|isbn=978-81-7387-111-5\|pages=228–}}</ref> He was one of the 9 summiters of the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Everest Expeditions]] that climbed [[Mount Everest]] on May 1965 led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]],.<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> He is the third Indian man and eighteenth man in world ~~that~~ climbed [[Mount Everest]] .On May ~~22 -~~1965 first time that the ~~Oldest~~ [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]] at 42 and the ~~Youngest~~ Sonam Wangyal at ~~the~~ age of 23 climbed Everest together.		'''Sonam Wangyal''' (born 1942) is a former [[India]]n paramilitary personnel and mountaineer who climbed [[Mount Everest]] in 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter.<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/wangyal.htm \|title= Sonam Wangyal -\|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref><ref name="Kohli2000">{{cite book\|author=M.S. Kohli\|title=Nine Atop Everest: Spectacular Indian Ascent\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC&pg=PA228\|year= 2000\|publisher=Indus Publishing\|isbn=978-81-7387-111-5\|pages=228–}}</ref> He was one of the nine summiters of the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965\|Indian Everest Expeditions]] that climbed [[Mount Everest]] in May 1965 led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli\|Captain M S Kohli]],.<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> He is the third Indian man, and eighteenth man in world, to have climbed [[Mount Everest]]. On 22 May 1965, the first time that the oldest ([[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]] at age 42) and the youngest (Sonam Wangyal at age 23) climbed Everest together.

	==Honors and ~~Awards~~ ==		Currently, he is serving as a principal at [[Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sonam Wangyal: From Surviving a Chinese Ambush to Standing on Mt. Everest\|url=https://thewire.in/history/sonam-wangyal-from-surviving-a-chinese-ambush-to-the-nanda-devi-mission\|access-date=2021-09-06\|website=The Wire}}</ref>

			==Honors and awards ==
	He was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] in 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>{{cite web\|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)\|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]]\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref> followed by the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1965 and then [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] 2017 in lifetime achievement category.<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> He served as the Principal of the Sonam Mountaineering Institute in [[Gangtok]] (Sikkim) from 1976 to 1990. He retired as Assistant Director of the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] (ITBP) in 1993, and now lives in [[Leh]].<ref>{{cite web \| title =He has lived a hero's life\|author=M.P. Nathanael \|publisher=The Sunday Tribune\| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020707/spectrum/main2.htm \|date=7 July 2002\| access-date = 19 March 2014}}</ref>		He was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] in 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>{{cite web\|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)\|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]]\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref> followed by the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1965 and then [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] 2017 in lifetime achievement category.<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> He served as the Principal of the Sonam Mountaineering Institute in [[Gangtok]] (Sikkim) from 1976 to 1990. He retired as Assistant Director of the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] (ITBP) in 1993, and now lives in [[Leh]].<ref>{{cite web \| title =He has lived a hero's life\|author=M.P. Nathanael \|publisher=The Sunday Tribune\| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020707/spectrum/main2.htm \|date=7 July 2002\| access-date = 19 March 2014}}</ref>

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[[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|thumb|250px| Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on May 20, 2015]]
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'''Sonam Wangyal''' (born 1942) is a former [[India]]n para military personnel and mountaineer who climbed Mt [[Everest]] in 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter,.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/wangyal.htm |title= Sonam Wangyal -|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref><ref name="Kohli2000">{{cite book|author=M.S. Kohli|title=Nine Atop Everest: Spectacular Indian Ascent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkwqaXLmooC&pg=PA228|year= 2000|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-111-5|pages=228–}}</ref> He was one of the 9 summiters of the first successful [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965|Indian Everest Expeditions]] that climbed [[Mount Everest]] on May 1965 led by [[Mohan Singh Kohli|Captain M S Kohli]],.<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> He is the third Indian man and eighteenth man in world that climbed [[Mount Everest]] .On May 22 -1965 first time that the Oldest [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]] at 42 and the Youngest Sonam Wangyal at the age of 23 climbed Everest together.

==Honors and Awards ==
He was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] in 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>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref> followed by the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1965 and then [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] 2017 in lifetime achievement category.<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> He served as the Principal of the Sonam Mountaineering Institute in [[Gangtok]] (Sikkim) from 1976 to 1990. He retired as Assistant Director of the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] (ITBP) in 1993, and now lives in [[Leh]].<ref>{{cite web | title =He has lived a hero's life|author=M.P. Nathanael |publisher=The Sunday Tribune| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020707/spectrum/main2.htm |date=7 July 2002| access-date = 19 March 2014}}</ref>

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== 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]]

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