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'''Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal''' is an Indian Police official and mountaineer,<ref name="Everest: Summit of Achievement">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ph67BBsPkwC&q=Kanhaya+Lal+Pokhriyal&pg=PA249 | title=Everest: Summit of Achievement | publisher=Simon and Schuster | author=Royal Geographical Society | year=2003 | pages=252 | isbn=9780743243865}}</ref> known for summitting the highest peak in the world, [[Mount Everest]], which he accomplished in 1992.<ref name="MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP">{{cite web | url=http://itbpolice.nic.in/eKiosk/writeReadData/sports/mountaineering.pdf | title=MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP | publisher=Indo-Tibet Border Police | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015408/http://itbpolice.nic.in/eKiosk/writeReadData/sports/mountaineering.pdf | archive-date=17 November 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was born on 10 January 1949 at the small village of Sachkhil in the [[Pauri Garhwal district]] of the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]] and has served the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]].<ref name="Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-208195.html | title=Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India | publisher=Indian Autographs | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> He is the only [[India]]n mountaineer to have climbed [[Mount Kanchenjunga]] through two routes, from Sikkim and Nepal.<ref name="Core Team">{{cite web | url=http://api.ning.com/files/XXkEApvzFlJEoBb-ez4pEFxbz8C2YbRbn*LJIBhOJn6pZLBjodsWuBRbCJyDVbXNuJT8I1LM0P74kvqM-8TlX1rXpsDmmMME/CampUtopiaFamilyProgramsRaniChauri.pdf | title=Core Team | publisher=Utopia | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref>  
'''Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal''' (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian police official and mountaineer,<ref name="Everest: Summit of Achievement">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ph67BBsPkwC&q=Kanhaya+Lal+Pokhriyal&pg=PA249 | title=Everest: Summit of Achievement | publisher=Simon and Schuster | author=Royal Geographical Society | year=2003 | pages=252 | isbn=9780743243865}}</ref> known for climbing the highest peak in the world, [[Mount Everest]] in 1992.<ref name="MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP">{{cite web | url=http://itbpolice.nic.in/eKiosk/writeReadData/sports/mountaineering.pdf | title=MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP | publisher=Indo-Tibet Border Police | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015408/http://itbpolice.nic.in/eKiosk/writeReadData/sports/mountaineering.pdf | archive-date=17 November 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was born on 10 January 1949 in the small village of Sachkhil in the [[Pauri Garhwal district]] of the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]] and has served the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]].<ref name="Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-208195.html | title=Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India | publisher=Indian Autographs | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> He is the only [[India]]n mountaineer to have climbed [[Kanchenjunga]] through two routes, from Sikkim and Nepal.<ref name="Core Team">{{cite web | url=http://api.ning.com/files/XXkEApvzFlJEoBb-ez4pEFxbz8C2YbRbn*LJIBhOJn6pZLBjodsWuBRbCJyDVbXNuJT8I1LM0P74kvqM-8TlX1rXpsDmmMME/CampUtopiaFamilyProgramsRaniChauri.pdf | title=Core Team | publisher=Utopia | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
'''2003''':
* Received [[Padma Shri]] award by The [[Government of India]] in 2003.<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=21 July 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><ref>{{cite news |title=Kalam presents Padma awards |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/03padma.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>
* Received [[Padma Shri]] award by The [[Government of India]] in 2003.<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=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kalam presents Padma awards |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/03padma.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Mount Everest]]
*[[List of 20th century summiters of Mount Everest]]
* [[Mount Kanchenjunga]]
* [[List of 20th century summiters of Mount Everest]]
*[[Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise]]
*[[Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise]]
*[[List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit]]
*[[List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records]]
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== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Indian summiters of Mount Everest]]




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Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
Born10 January 1949
OccupationPolice official
Mountaineer
Known forEverest and Kanchen Junga summiting
AwardsPadma Shri

Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian police official and mountaineer,[1] known for climbing the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest in 1992.[2] He was born on 10 January 1949 in the small village of Sachkhil in the Pauri Garhwal district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has served the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.[3] He is the only Indian mountaineer to have climbed Kanchenjunga through two routes, from Sikkim and Nepal.[4]

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  1. Royal Geographical Society (2003). Everest: Summit of Achievement. Simon and Schuster. p. 252. ISBN 9780743243865.
  2. "MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP" (PDF). Indo-Tibet Border Police. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. "Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India". Indian Autographs. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. "Core Team" (PDF). Utopia. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Kalam presents Padma awards". Rediff.com.