MOUNTAINEER

Bachendri Pal

1954 - Today

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Bachendri Pal (born 24 May 1954) is an Indian mountaineer. In 1984, she became the first Indian woman to climb the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bachendri Pal has received more than 1,684,046 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bachendri Pal is the 40th most popular mountaineer (down from 35th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from India (down from 489th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Mountaineer.

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  • 2.80

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Bachendri Pal ranks 40 out of 56Before her are Ueli Steck, Vittorio Sella, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Verney Lovett Cameron, Simone Moro, and Denis Urubko. After her are Apa Sherpa, Oh Eun-sun, Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Joe Simpson, and Ang Rita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Bachendri Pal ranks 321Before her are Cherie Blair, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Cliff Martinez, Carine Roitfeld, Michel Camilo, and Erwin Wurm. After her are Gary L. Francione, Bill Joy, Patsy Reddy, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Malcolm Turnbull, and Jaak Uudmäe.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bachendri Pal ranks 607 out of 1,861Before her are Tiger Shroff (1990), Har Dayal (1884), V. S. Ramachandran (1951), Mumtaz (1947), Prakash Raj (1965), and C. N. R. Rao (1934). After her are Randhir Kapoor (1947), Zakir Hussain (1951), Aruna Irani (1946), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927).

Among MOUNTAINEERS In India

Among mountaineers born in India, Bachendri Pal ranks 1After her are Arunima Sinha (1989), and Malavath Purna (2000).