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[[File:Everest Expedition 1965 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition]]
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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.
'''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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Sonam Wangyal
Born1942
Ladakh, India
AllegianceIndia
Awards
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
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
1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition

Sonam Wangyal (born 1942) is a former Indian paramilitary personnel and mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest in 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter.[1][2] He was one of the nine summiters of the first successful Indian Everest Expeditions that climbed Mount Everest in May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli,.[3][4][5][6][7][8] 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 at age 42) and the youngest (Sonam Wangyal at age 23) climbed Everest together.

Currently, he is serving as a principal at Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute.[9]

Honors and awards

He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1965,[10][11] followed by the Arjuna Award in 1965 and then Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2017 in lifetime achievement category.[12] 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.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Sonam Wangyal -". www.everesthistory.com.
  2. ↑ M.S. Kohli (2000). Nine Atop Everest: Spectacular Indian Ascent. Indus Publishing. pp. 228–. ISBN 978-81-7387-111-5.
  3. ↑ "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.istampgallery.com.
  4. ↑ "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.thebetterindia.com.
  5. ↑ "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.youtube.com.
  6. ↑ Kohli, M. S. (December 2000). Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. ISBN 9788173871115. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ "The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.livemint.com.
  8. ↑ "The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.himalayanclub.org.
  9. ↑ "Sonam Wangyal: From Surviving a Chinese Ambush to Standing on Mt. Everest". The Wire. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-". www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in.
  11. ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
  12. ↑ "Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-". www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in.
  13. ↑ M.P. Nathanael (7 July 2002). "He has lived a hero's life". The Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

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