Shipra Mazumdar

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Shipra Mazumdar
NationalityIndia IndianIndian
OccupationMajor in the Indian Army
Known forReaching the summit of Mount Everest

Shipra Mazumdar is a Major in the Indian Army, and a member of the Indian Army women mountaineering team. She is a Bengali.[1] She pursued Engineering at Army Institute of Technology, Pune. She did her Basic and Advance Mountaineering Courses from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.

Mountaineering expedition[edit]

At 9:30 a.m. on June 2, 2005,[2] she reached the summit of Mount Everest with three other members of the team. They climbed from Tibet, using the North Col route. [3]

Another mountaineering team from the Indian Air Force had reached the summit on May 30.[2] One member of that team, Squadron Leader S.S. Chaithanya, disappeared in a blizzard during the descent.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. "On top of the world, in 10 hours". The Times of India. Mumbai. May 18, 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Army women create history atop Everest". The Tribune. Chandigarh. June 2, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  3. "Indian Army women scale Mt Everest". The Times of India. Mumbai. June 3, 2005. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  4. "Army women on top of the world". The Telegraph. Calcutta. June 3, 2005. Retrieved January 26, 2013.