Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
Award Name : Padma Shri
Year of Award : 2014
Award for : Sports and Games
Location : Bona, Uttarakhand, India
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Raj Singh Dharmshaktu is an Indian mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest
five times. He was born Bona village, Kumaon Himalaya. He was awarded the Padma
Shri by Government of India in 2014. He worked at Uttar Pradesh Tourism office
on Special Duty and took his adventure course. Later he completed Basic
Mountaineering and Advanced Mountaineering courses from Nehru Institute of
Mountaineering(NIM) in 1990. He earned a specialisation in Search and Rescue. In
1989, Dharmashaktu climbed Nanda Kot (6861 meters), accompanying as a part of a
mountaineering team from Lucknow. He reached the peak. He was part of
mountaineering teams that attempted Mamostong Kangri (7516 mt) in Ladakh and
Nanda Bhaner (6236 mt) during 1992. He was liaison officer for a British team
that attempted Nanda Ghunti (6309mt) in 1997. In 2008, he reached the summit of
Kanchenjunga (8586 mt) along with a BSF team. As of June 2012, he has climbed
about 38 peaks.