| 词条 | Premlata Agarwal |
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| name = Premlata Agrawal | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Premlata Garg | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = Darjeeling, West Bengal | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Indian | other_names = | residence= Jugsalai, Jamshedpur | known_for = Summiting Mount Everest (2011)The first Indian woman - mountaineer to complete the seven summits and the oldest Indian women mountaineer to summit Mount Everest at an age of 48 years | occupation = Mountain climber | spouse = Vimal Agarwal }}Premlata Agrawal (born 1963) is the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits, the seven highest continental peaks of the world.[1][2] She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013 and Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2017 for her achievements in the field of Mountaineering.[3] On 20 May 2011, she became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest (29,029 ft.), at the age of 48 years at that time while Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl hailing from Jammu and Kashmir broke her record on 19 May 2018 and became the oldest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest doing it at the age of 53.[4] She also became the first person from Jharkhand state to scale Mount Everest.[5][6] Prior to this, she took part in an Island Peak Expedition in Nepal (20,600 ft) in 2004; the Karakoram Pass (18,300 ft) and Mt. Saltoro Kangri (20,150 ft) in 2006. She participated in the First Indian Women’s Thar Desert Expedition in 2007 and again in 2015 ; a 40 day camel safari from Bhuj in Gujarat to the Wagah Border (Indo-Pak border) in Punjab. Her feats have earned her a listing in the Limca Book of Records.[5][6][7] CareerShe started mountaineering at the age of 36, after taking part in a hill climbing competition in Jamshedpur. Soon she discovered her passion for climbing. Subsequently she was trained and mentored by Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest in 1984.[8][11] She currently works with Tata Steel as an officer in their adventure section. Mount Everest climb 2011She was part of a 22-member eco-Everest expedition team, the Indian contingent also included Sunita Singh, Narendar Singh, Pawan Grewal, Sushma and Vikas Kaushik, besides climbers Rodrigo Raineri of Brazil and David Liano of Mexico. She spent over a month climbing around Everest Base Camps to acclimatise, and also did a climbing exercise at 20,300-feet-high Island Peak in the Himalayas.[7] She started the main climb on 6 May when climbed from the Everest base camp at 18,000 feet to Camp 2 at 22,000 feet. However, then on she used supplemental oxygen, and reached Camp 3 at 23,000 feet and Camp 4 at 26,000 feet. The multinational trekking team led by Dawa Steven Sherpa took an overnight trek to climb the summit. They started at 11pm from South Col (Camp 4 at 26,000 ft) route from Nepal side and touched the summit at 9.35am on 20 May 2011, which is height of the 29,029 ft.[5] An hour before reaching the summit she lost one of her gloves, and was deciding to turn back as it was not possible to climb such height without a glove, just then she saw a pair of gloves lying on the snow, left by someone.[9] Personal lifeShe is a native of Darjeeling, west Bengal, her father Ramawtar Garg is a businessman. Presently she is working with tata Steel as an officer and lives in Jugsalai town, of Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum district in the state.[6] She is married to Vimal Agarwal, a senior journalist. The couple have two daughters, one of whom is married.[10] Press CoveragePremlata Agarwal was named top Indian women achievers in 2012 by indiatimes.com.[11] She was recently featured in a video saluting iron strong women of India by Tata Salt.[12] See also
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