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Narendra Kumar (mountaineer)

Indian Army officer and mountaineer

Narendra "Bull" Kumar, PVSM, KC, AVSM, (also spelled Narinder; (8 December 1933 – 31 December 2020) was an Indian soldier-mountaineer.[1][2] He was deputy leader of the first Indian successful Everest Expedition in 1965.[3][4][5]

Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of this on May 20, 2015

In 1965, Narendra was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India,[6][7] and Arjuna Award [8] for the first Indian successful Everest Expedition in 1965.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

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  1. ↑ "South Asia Defence & Strategic Review". Defstrat.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "The first Indians on Everest". 16 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Rudraneil Sengupta (24 June 2010). "Bull's glacier". Livemint. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Colonel Who Got Us Siachen". OPEN Magazine. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ice Station Taurus | Saikat Datta". Outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-". www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  7. ↑ "Official Website of Indian Army". Indianarmy.nic.in. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-". www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. ↑ "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.istampgallery.com. 22 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.thebetterindia.com. 17 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.youtube.com.
  12. ↑ Kohli, M. S. (December 2000). Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. ISBN 9788173871115.
  13. ↑ "The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.livemint.com. 16 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-". www.himalayanclub.org.
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