| 词条 | Chandra Prakash Vohra |
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| name = Chandra Prakash Vohra | image = Everest Expedition 1965 stamp of India.jpg | imagesize = | caption = 1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition | birth_date = | birth_place = India | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | occupation = geologist, glaciologist and Mountaineer | yearsactive = | known for = Mountaineering | spouse = Satinder Vohra | domesticpartner = | children = | parents = | website = | 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 scaled Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, in 1965.[1] He was the first Indian civilian to scale the peak[2] a feat he accomplished on 24 May 1965.[1] A winner of the Arjuna Award (1965)[3] 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.[4] BiographyChandra Prakash Singh Vohra did his schooling in Jammu and Kashmir[5] 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.[1][5][6] 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,[7] becoming the first Indian civilian achieve the feat.[1][5] In 1973, he was part of a team that explored Antarctica and was successful in camping at the southern tip of the continent.[7] He was the leader of the landing group of the First Indian Expedition to Antarctica in 1981.[1] Vohra is a recipient of the National Mineral Award of the Ministry of Mines (India).[1] 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[3] the same year.[1][7][8] 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.[1] The Indian Mountaineering Foundation awarded him their Nain Singh-Kishen Singh Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.[7] Chandra Prakash Vohra, post retirement from government service, is settled in Chandigarh,[7] with his wife Satinder Vohra.[1] See also{{Div col}}
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web | url=http://www.ecelluiet.com/udyami/speakers | title=Ecelluiet | publisher=Ecelluiet | date=2015 | accessdate=5 May 2015 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202233438/http://www.ecelluiet.com/udyami/speakers | archivedate=2 February 2015 | df= }} {{Indian mountaineers}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Vohra, Chandra Prakash}}2. ^{{cite web | url=http://himanshu-guru.blogspot.ae/2013/12/mountaineering-function-held-in.html | title=Himanshu | publisher=Himanshu | date=2015 | accessdate=5 May 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/downfile.asp?link_temp_id=560 | title=Sports Authority of India | publisher=Sports Authority of India | date=2015 | accessdate=5 May 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 |df= }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://vohrasofindia.tripod.com/id16.htm | title=Vohras of India | publisher=Vohras of India | date=2015 | accessdate=5 May 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.wihg.res.in/documents/ar_2003_04.pdf | title=Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology | publisher=Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology | date=2015 | accessdate=5 May 2015}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/cth1.htm | title= Mohali set to go vertical | first=Rajmeet | last=Singh | newspaper=Chandigarh Tribune | date=16 November 2010 | accessdate=7 March 2018 }} 8. ^{{cite web | url=http://news.puchd.ac.in/show-news.php?id=618 | title=Panjab University | publisher=Panjab University | date=2015 | accessdate=5 May 2015}} 10 : Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports|Recipients of the Arjuna Award|Indian geologists|Indian mountain climbers|Indian summiters of Mount Everest|Mountain climbers from Jammu and Kashmir|Indian glaciologists|Date of birth missing|20th-century Indian earth scientists|Scientists from Jammu and Kashmir |
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