Chandra Prakash Vohra Explained

Chandra Prakash Vohra
Birth Place:India
Occupation:geologist, glaciologist and Mountaineer
Known For:Mountaineering
Spouse:Satinder Vohra
Awards:Padma Shri
Arjuna Award
National Mineral Award
Nain Singh – Kishen Singh Lifetime Achievement Award

Chandra Prakash Vohra is an Indian geologist, glaciologist and mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, in 1965.[1] [2] He was one of the 9 summiters of the first successful Indian Everest Expeditions that climbed Mount Everest in May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli.On May 24 th 1965 Vohra and Ang Kami Sherpa together reached the top of Mount Everest,.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He was the first Indian civilian to scale the peak[9] a feat he accomplished on 24 May 1965. A winner of the Arjuna Award (1965),[10] [11] and the National Mineral Award, Vohra was honoured by the Government of India in 1965, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award,.[12] [13] He is the 4th Indian man and 19th man in world that climbed Mount Everest.

Biography

Chandra Prakash Singh Vohra did his schooling in Jammu and Kashmir[14] and started his career with the Geological Survey of India (GSI). He spent his entire career with GSI becoming the first director of the Division for Snow, Ice and Glacier Studies and retired in 1994 as its director general.[15] A geologist by profession, he carried out several geological expeditions and is known to have visited many glaciers around the world. He participated in three Everest expeditions and summitted the peak in 1965,[16] becoming the first Indian civilian achieve the feat. In 1973, he was part of a team that explored Antarctica and was successful in camping at the southern tip of the continent. He was the leader of the landing group of the First Indian Expedition to Antarctica in 1981.

Honors and awards

Vohra is a recipient of the National Mineral Award of the Ministry of Mines (India). The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1965 and he received the Arjuna Award, the second highest Indian sports award from the Sports Authority of India the same year.[17] In 1996, in the golden jubilee year of Indian independence, Vohra was officially included in the list of the most outstanding geoscientists of Independent India. The Indian Mountaineering Foundation awarded him their Nain Singh-Kishen Singh Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

Chandra Prakash Vohra, post retirement from government service, is settled in Chandigarh, with his wife Satinder Vohra.

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Ecelluiet . Ecelluiet . 2015 . 5 May 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150202233438/http://www.ecelluiet.com/udyami/speakers . 2 February 2015 .
  3. Web site: First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. www.istampgallery.com.
  4. Web site: First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. www.thebetterindia.com.
  5. Web site: First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. www.youtube.com.
  6. Book: Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. 9788173871115. Kohli. M. S.. December 2000.
  7. Web site: The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. www.livemint.com.
  8. Web site: The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-. www.himalayanclub.org.
  9. Web site: Himanshu . Himanshu . 2015 . 5 May 2015.
  10. Web site: Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-. www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in. 21 August 2019. 8 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190808121806/http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/showfile.asp%3Flink_temp_id%3D560. dead.
  11. Web site: Sports Authority of India . Sports Authority of India . 2015 . 5 May 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070024/http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/downfile.asp?link_temp_id=560 . dead .
  12. Web site: Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-. www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in. 21 August 2019. 21 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021173851/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1965-1965&Award=Padma%20Shri&Field=Sports. dead.
  13. Web site: Padma Shri . Padma Shri . 2015 . 11 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .
  14. Web site: Vohras of India . Vohras of India . 2015 . 5 May 2015 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002139/http://vohrasofindia.tripod.com/id16.htm . dead .
  15. Web site: Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology . Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology . 2015 . 5 May 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024421/http://www.wihg.res.in/documents/ar_2003_04.pdf . dead .
  16. Web site: Mohali set to go vertical . Rajmeet . Singh . Chandigarh Tribune . 16 November 2010 . 7 March 2018 .
  17. Web site: Panjab University . Panjab University . 2015 . 5 May 2015.