Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian police official and mountaineer,[1] known for climbing the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest in 1992.[2] He was born on 10 January 1949 in the small village of Sachkhil in the Pauri Garhwal district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has served the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.[3] He is the only Indian mountaineer to have climbed Kanchenjunga through two routes, from Sikkim and Nepal.[4]

Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
Born10 January 1949
Occupation(s)Police official
Mountaineer
Known forEverest and Kanchen Junga summiting
AwardsPadma Shri

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  1. ^ Royal Geographical Society (2003). Everest: Summit of Achievement. Simon and Schuster. p. 252. ISBN 9780743243865.
  2. ^ "MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION CONDUCTED BY ITBP" (PDF). Indo-Tibet Border Police. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Mountaineers of Mount Everest of India". Indian Autographs. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Core Team" (PDF). Utopia. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Kalam presents Padma awards". Rediff.com.