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Nov 06, 1936 Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan 87 years old
Indian mountaineer
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About H. P. S. Ahluwalia
- Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia (born 6 November 1936) is an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired Indian Army officer.
- During his career he has made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work .
- He is the sixth Indian man and twenty first man in world that climbed Mount Everest.
- On May 29 , 12 years to the day from the first ascent of Mount Everest the fourth and last summit with H.
- C.
- S.
- Rawat, Phu Dorjee Sherpa Ahluwalia made the summit.
- This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together Following his advanced training at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, he climbed extensively in Sikkim, Nepal and later he climbed Mount Everest on 29 May 1965.
- The 1965 Indian Army expedition was the first successful Indian Expedition to Everest which put 9 mountaineers on top, a record to last 17 years led by Captain M S Kohli.
- He along with Avtar Singh Cheema, Nawang Gombu Sherpa, Sonam Gyatso, Sonam Wangyal, C.P.
- Vohra, Ang Kami Sherpa, Harish Chandra Singh Rawat and Phu Dorjee Sherpa successfully summited the peak in 1965 and became the first Indians to climb Mount Everest , ,,, .
- During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, he suffered a bullet injury to his spine which resulted in his confinement to a wheelchair.
- Presently, he is the Chairman of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre.
- He has written thirteen books and has also produced an award-winning serial, Beyond Himalaya, which has been telecast all over the world on Discovery and National Geographic channels.
