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'''Darshan Kumar Khullar''' is an Indian mountaineer, writer and a former [[brigadier]] of the [[Indian Army]].<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060201/asp/ranchi/story_5789057.asp | title=Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book | publisher=The Telegraph | date=1 February 2006 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> He led the [[Mount Everest|Everest]] expedition which included [[Bachendri Pal]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] that summitted the peak in May 1984.<ref name="Bachendri Pal">{{cite web | url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/bachendri-pal.html | title=Bachendri Pal | publisher=iLove India | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Sherpas who has Summited Everest">{{cite web|url=http://www.everesthistory.com/everestsummits/sherpa.htm |title=Sherpas who has Summited Everest |publisher=Everest History |date=2015 |access-date=14 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905083513/http://www.everesthistory.com/everestsummits/sherpa.htm |archive-date=5 September 2015 }}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984.<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=18 June 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>
'''Darshan Kumar Khullar''' is an Indian mountaineer, writer and a former [[brigadier]] of the [[Indian Army]].<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060201/asp/ranchi/story_5789057.asp | title=Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book | publisher=The Telegraph | date=1 February 2006 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> He led the [[Mount Everest|Everest]] expedition which included [[Bachendri Pal]] and [[Phu Dorjee]] that summitted the peak in May 1984.<ref name="Bachendri Pal">{{cite web | url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/bachendri-pal.html | title=Bachendri Pal | publisher=iLove India | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Sherpas who has Summited Everest">{{cite web|url=http://www.everesthistory.com/everestsummits/sherpa.htm |title=Sherpas who has Summited Everest |publisher=Everest History |date=2015 |access-date=14 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905083513/http://www.everesthistory.com/everestsummits/sherpa.htm |archive-date=5 September 2015 }}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984.<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=18 June 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>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in 1941<ref name="WorldCat profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n89262436/ | title=WorldCat profile | publisher=WorldCat | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> at [[Bassi Pathana]] in [[Fatehgarh Sahib district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], Khullar did his education at the  [[Rashtriya Indian Military College]], [[Dehradun]] and was commissioned in 1961.<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" /> He participated in the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962 and rose in ranks to become a brigadier and the principal of the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]] (HMI), [[Darjeeling]] (1981–85).<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" /><ref name="Former Principals">{{cite web | url=http://www.hmi-darjeeling.com/history.html#our_luminaries | title=Former Principals | publisher=Himalayan Mountaineering Institute | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> He was chosen as the leader of the 1984 Everest expedition team composed of eleven men and six women which summitted the peak in May 1984 through the South East Ridge route.<ref name="Everest summits 151 - 300">{{cite web | url=http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/esum151-300.htm | title=Everest summits 151 - 300 | publisher=Adventure Stats | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> The team included [[Bachendri Pal]], the first Indian woman to scale [[Mount Everest]] and [[Phu Dorjee]], the first Indian to climb the peak without oxygen.<ref name="First Man to Climb Mount Everest Without Oxygen">{{cite web | url=http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/adventure/first-man-to-climb-everest-without-oxygen.html | title=First Man to Climb Mount Everest Without Oxygen | publisher=Colours of India | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> He took voluntary retirement from the army in 1993.<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" />
Born in 1941<ref name="WorldCat profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n89262436/ | title=WorldCat profile | publisher=WorldCat | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> at [[Bassi Pathana]] in [[Fatehgarh Sahib district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], Khullar did his education at the  [[Rashtriya Indian Military College]], [[Dehradun]] and was commissioned in 1961.<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" /> He participated in the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962 and rose in ranks to become a brigadier and the principal of the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]] (HMI), [[Darjeeling]] (1981–85).<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" /><ref name="Former Principals">{{cite web | url=http://www.hmi-darjeeling.com/history.html#our_luminaries | title=Former Principals | publisher=Himalayan Mountaineering Institute | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> He was chosen as the leader of the 1984 Everest expedition team composed of eleven men and six women which summitted the peak in May 1984 through the South East Ridge route.<ref name="Everest summits 151 - 300">{{cite web | url=http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/esum151-300.htm | title=Everest summits 151 - 300 | publisher=Adventure Stats | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> The team included [[Bachendri Pal]], the first Indian woman to scale [[Mount Everest]] and [[Phu Dorjee]], the first Indian to climb the peak without oxygen.<ref name="First Man to Climb Mount Everest Without Oxygen">{{cite web | url=http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/adventure/first-man-to-climb-everest-without-oxygen.html | title=First Man to Climb Mount Everest Without Oxygen | publisher=Colours of India | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> He took voluntary retirement from the army in 1993.<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" />


Khullar is a member of the Expedition Commission of the [[International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation]], Berne, Swtizerland.<ref name="Expedition Commission">{{cite web | url=http://www.theuiaa.org/upload_area/files/1/members_of_expedition_commission.pdf | title=Expedition Commission | publisher=International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> He is the author of several books on mountaineering and international politics<ref name="DK Agencies profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1023/to/21330/Author/Khullar,%20D.%20K.%20(Darshan%20Kumar),%201941-/Books-By-Indian-Author.html | title=DK Agencies profile | publisher=DK Agencies | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> and has co-authored the second book written by [[Bachendri Pal]] in 2006 about the Trans-Himalayan all-women expedition of 1997.<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" /> Some of his other publications are:
Khullar is a member of the Expedition Commission of the [[International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation]], Berne, Swtizerland.<ref name="Expedition Commission">{{cite web | url=http://www.theuiaa.org/upload_area/files/1/members_of_expedition_commission.pdf | title=Expedition Commission | publisher=International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> He is the author of several books on mountaineering and international politics<ref name="DK Agencies profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1023/to/21330/Author/Khullar,%20D.%20K.%20(Darshan%20Kumar),%201941-/Books-By-Indian-Author.html | title=DK Agencies profile | publisher=DK Agencies | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> and has co-authored the second book written by [[Bachendri Pal]] in 2006 about the Trans-Himalayan all-women expedition of 1997.<ref name="Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book" /> Some of his other publications are:
* ''The Call of Everest: First Ascent by an Indian Woman''<ref name="The Call of Everest : first ascent by an Indian woman">{{cite book | title=The Call of Everest : first ascent by an Indian woman | publisher=Vision Books | author=D K Khullar | year=1992 | pages=200 | isbn=9788170940883}}</ref>
* ''The Call of Everest: First Ascent by an Indian Woman''<ref name="The Call of Everest : first ascent by an Indian woman">{{cite book | title=The Call of Everest : first ascent by an Indian woman | publisher=Vision Books | author=D K Khullar | year=1992 | pages=200 | isbn=9788170940883}}</ref>
* ''A Mountain of Happiness''<ref name="A mountain of happiness">{{cite book | title=A mountain of happiness | publisher=Interprint | author=D K Khullar | year=1995 | pages=118 | isbn=9788185017761|oclc = 315344825}}</ref>
* ''A Mountain of Happiness''<ref name="A mountain of happiness">{{cite book | title=A mountain of happiness | publisher=Interprint | author=D K Khullar | year=1995 | pages=118 | isbn=9788185017761|oclc = 315344825}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 08:48, 10 June 2022


D. K. Khullar
Born1941
Bassi Pathana, Fatehgarh district, Punjab, India
OccupationMountaineer
writer
Army personnel
Known forEverest ascent
AwardsPadma Shri

Darshan Kumar Khullar is an Indian mountaineer, writer and a former brigadier of the Indian Army.[1] He led the Everest expedition which included Bachendri Pal and Phu Dorjee that summitted the peak in May 1984.[2][3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1984.[4]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Born in 1941[5] at Bassi Pathana in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab, Khullar did his education at the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun and was commissioned in 1961.[1] He participated in the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and rose in ranks to become a brigadier and the principal of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling (1981–85).[1][6] He was chosen as the leader of the 1984 Everest expedition team composed of eleven men and six women which summitted the peak in May 1984 through the South East Ridge route.[7] The team included Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest and Phu Dorjee, the first Indian to climb the peak without oxygen.[8] He took voluntary retirement from the army in 1993.[1]

Khullar is a member of the Expedition Commission of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, Berne, Swtizerland.[9] He is the author of several books on mountaineering and international politics[10] and has co-authored the second book written by Bachendri Pal in 2006 about the Trans-Himalayan all-women expedition of 1997.[1] Some of his other publications are:

  • The Call of Everest: First Ascent by an Indian Woman[11]
  • A Mountain of Happiness[12]
  • When Generals Failed: The Chinese Invasion: Abdiction from Battle, Tawang, Sela, and Bomdila, 1962[13]
  • Security, Peace and Honour[14]
  • Pakistan, Our Difficult Neighbour and Allied Issues[15]
  • Pakistan our Difficult Neighbour and India's Islamic Dimensions[16]

The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1984.[4] Khullar lives a retired life in Ambala in Haryana.[1]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Bachendri and brigadier join hands over book". The Telegraph. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bachendri Pal". iLove India. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sherpas who has Summited Everest". Everest History. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "WorldCat profile". WorldCat. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Former Principals". Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Everest summits 151 - 300". Adventure Stats. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "First Man to Climb Mount Everest Without Oxygen". Colours of India. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Expedition Commission" (PDF). International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "DK Agencies profile". DK Agencies. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  11. ↑ D K Khullar (1992). The Call of Everest : first ascent by an Indian woman. Vision Books. p. 200. ISBN 9788170940883.
  12. ↑ D K Khullar (1995). A mountain of happiness. Interprint. p. 118. ISBN 9788185017761. OCLC 315344825.
  13. ↑ D K Khullar (1999). When generals failed : the chinese invasion : abdiction from battle, Tawang, Sela, and Bomdila, 1962. Manas Publications. p. 267. ISBN 9788170490982. OCLC 42719474.
  14. ↑ D K Khullar; B K Nehru (2000). Security, peace and honour. Manas Publications. p. 232. ISBN 9788170490845. OCLC 51591756.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ Pakistan, our difficult neighbour and allied issues. Pushpa Books. 2009. p. 111. ISBN 9788188039869. OCLC 421152460.
  16. ↑ D K Khullar (2014). Pakistan our difficult neighbour and India's Islamic dimensions. Vij Books. p. 224. ISBN 9789382652755. OCLC 890952784.
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