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'''Tarun Saikia''' (Assamese: '''তৰুণ শইকীয়া''') is a mountaineer and the first climber from [[Assam]] to scale [[Mount Everest]].<ref>{{cite news |title=First Assamese to climb Mt Everest in need of Government assistance |url=https://thebridge.in/latest/first-assamese-to-climb-mt-everest-in-need-of-government-assistance/ |work=The Bridge |date=12 February 2019}}</ref> He reached its summit on 18 May 2013. Manipur mountaineering and trekking association had organised the expedition under the leadership of Dr L Surjit Singh. In the team there were thirteen members, of which eleven summited successfully.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155633/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130524/sports-other-sports/article/two-assamese-mountaineers-scale-everest ''Two Assamese mountaineers scale Everest'']; 24 May 2013 article; [[Deccan Chronicle]] online; accessed December 2014.</ref><br />
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==About Tarun Saikia==<br />
Tarun Saikia comes from [[Guwahati]]. He is a resident of Forest Gate, Noonmati (in Guwahati). His parents are (late) Atul Saikia and Charu Saikia.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Staff Reporter |title=Assam's Tarun Saikia conquers Mt Everest |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1913/at05 |website=The Assam Tribune Online |date=18 May 2013 |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223160058/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1913/at05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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At the age of 37, Saikia climbed Mount Everest.<ref>{{cite web |agency=Press Trust of India |title=Two Assamese mountaineers scale Everest |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/two-assamese-mountaineers-scale-everest-113052400786_1.html |website=Business Standard India |date=24 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=rickshaw>{{cite news |date=20 May 2013 |author=Gaurav Das |title=Auto-rickshaw driver becomes first Assamese to scale Everest {{!}} Guwahati News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Auto-rickshaw-driver-becomes-first-Assamese-to-scale-Everest/articleshow/20149305.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> The expedition was sponsored by the [[North Eastern Council]] and the [[Manipur]] Government. He loved adventure sports since his schooldays and he began mountaineering with an adventure club at Gauhati College in 1989. The Govt. of Assam had announced a cash award of Rs. 20 Lakhs for his feat.<ref name=rickshaw/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Indian summiteers of Mount Everest]]<br />
*[[List of Mount Everest summiteers by frequency]]<br />
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]<br />
*[[List of Mount Everest records]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian summiteers of Mount Everest]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Assam]]</div>Nekilortashush