Premlata Agrawal
Premlata Agrawal | |
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Mountain climber | |
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 |
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 17 May 2011, she became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest (29,032 ft.); at the age of 48 years at that time while Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl hailing from Jammu and Kashmir broke Premlata's record on 19 May 2018 and became the oldest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest doing it at the age of 53.[4][5][6]
Prior to this, she took part in an
Career
She 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.[9][10]
Mount Everest climb 2011
She 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
Seven Summits climbing details [11]
No. | Image | peak | Elevation | Continent | Date of Summit |
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1 | ![]() |
Mount Everest | 8,848 m (29,029 ft) | Asia | 20 May 2011 |
2 | Aconcagua | 6,961 m (22,838 ft) | South America | 10 February 2012 | |
3 | ![]() |
Denali | 6,194 m (20,322 ft) | North America | 23 May 2013 |
4 | Kilimanjaro
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5,895 m (19,341 ft) | Africa | 6 June 2008 | |
5 | Mount Elbrus | 5,642 m (18,510 ft) | Europe | 12 August 2012 | |
6 | ![]() |
Mount Vinson | 4,892 m (16,050 ft) | Antarctica | 5 January 2013 |
7 | ![]() |
Puncak Jaya | 4,884 m (16,024 ft) | Australia | 22 October 2013 |
Personal life
She 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.[6]
Press coverage
Premlata Agarwal was named top Indian women achievers in 2012 by indiatimes.com.[12]
In 2016, she was featured in a video saluting iron strong women of India by Tata Salt.[13]
See also
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of Mount Everest records of India
- List of Mount Everest records
References
- ^ "Mountaineer Premlata scales seven summits". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Padma Awards". pib. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ "Gurgaon mountaineer Sangeeta becomes oldest Indian woman to climb Mt Everest". The Indian Express. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ The Telegraph (Kolkata). Archived from the originalon 3 February 2013.
- ^ DNA. 20 May 2011.
- Indian Express. 7 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Mother of two becomes oldest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest". NDTV. 20 May 2011.
- ^ Shekhar, Shashank; Thaker, Jayesh (3 June 2011). "'Sherpas were sending me back'". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
- ^ IBN Live. 1 June 2011. Archived from the originalon 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Premlata Agarwal- seven-summits climbing details -". www.indianexpress.com.
- ^ "I-Day Special: India's Top 10 Women Achievers". 15 August 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Tata Salt (1 June 2016), Iron Strong Women of India - Scaling New Heights, retrieved 25 June 2016