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[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of 1965 Everest Expedition on the golden jubilee of the occasion, in New Delhi on May 20, 2015 (2).jpg|thumb|250px |Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and members of Indian Everest Expedition]] | [[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of 1965 Everest Expedition on the golden jubilee of the occasion, in New Delhi on May 20, 2015 (2).jpg|thumb|250px |Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and members of Indian Everest Expedition]] | ||
''' | '''Avatar Singh Cheema''' (1933–1989) was the first Indian man and sixteenth person in world to climb [[Mount Everest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/cheema.htm |title= Avtar Singh Cheema -|website=www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> Along with 8 others he was a part of the third mission undertaken by the [[Indian Army]], in 1965, to climb Mount Everest after two failed attempts. | ||
The [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965]] put 9 mountaineers on the summit on 20 May, a record that lasted 17 years, and was led by [[ Mohan Singh Kohli|Captain M S Kohli]]. Cheema's fellow summiters were [[Nawang Gombu]], [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]] , [[Ang Kami]], [[H. P. S. Ahluwalia]], [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa|Phu Dorjee]].<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 was a captain in the 7th Bn [[Parachute Regiment (India)|Parachute regiment]] at that time. Later he was promoted to colonel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://everesthistory.com/climbers/cheema.htm |title=EverestHistory.com: A. S. Cheema |access-date=2010-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014132823/http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/cheema.htm |archive-date=2009-10-14 |df=dmy }}</ref> He is also founder of Guru Harkrishan Public School in Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan.{{cn|date=August 2019}} | The [[Indian Everest Expedition 1965]] put 9 mountaineers on the summit on 20 May, a record that lasted 17 years, and was led by [[ Mohan Singh Kohli|Captain M S Kohli]]. Cheema's fellow summiters were [[Nawang Gombu]], [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]], [[Sonam Wangyal]], [[Chandra Prakash Vohra]] , [[Ang Kami]], [[H. P. S. Ahluwalia]], [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]] and [[Phu Dorjee Sherpa|Phu Dorjee]].<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 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/UjF7ZzEJPhg |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</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 was a captain in the 7th Bn [[Parachute Regiment (India)|Parachute regiment]] at that time. Later he was promoted to colonel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://everesthistory.com/climbers/cheema.htm |title=EverestHistory.com: A. S. Cheema |access-date=2010-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014132823/http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/cheema.htm |archive-date=2009-10-14 |df=dmy }}</ref> He is also founder of Guru Harkrishan Public School in Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan.{{cn|date=August 2019}} | ||
==Honors and | ==Honors and awards == | ||
He | He was awarded [[Arjuna award|the Arjuna award]]<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> and [[Padma Shri]]<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 board-padmaawards.gov.in}}</ref> for his achievements. | ||
==References== | ==References== |