Bachendri Pal, an Indian mountaineer who became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1984.
She was awarded the third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2019.
On 22 May 1984,Ang Dorje (the Sherpa sirdar) and some other climbers joined the team to ascend to the summit of Mount Everest; Bachendri was the only woman in this group.
They reached the South Col and spent the night there at Camp IV at the altitude of 26,000 ft (7,924.8 m).