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1]Bachendri Pal, (born May 24, 1954, Nakuri, India), Indian mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
2]Pal was born into a rural working-class family in what is now Uttarakhand and was one of seven children.
3]A gifted student, she encountered stiff opposition from her family and relatives when she decided to opt for a career as a professional mountaineer rather than as a schoolteacher. She soon found success in her chosen field, however.
4] After summitting a number of smaller peaks, she was selected to join India’s first mixed-gender team to attempt an expedition to Mount Everest.
5] Beginning its ascent in early May 1984, her team almost met disaster when an avalanche buried its camp, and more than half the group was forced to abandon the ascent because of injury or fatigue. Pal and the remainder of the team pressed on, and she reached the summit on May 23, 1984.
first women to climb up mount everest in 1984
she was born at Nakuri in Uttarkashi , District of Garwal, what is now Uttarakhand
born to Hansa Devi and Shri Kishan Singh Pal
She completed her M.A. and B.Ed.