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PRESIDENT OF INDIA TO INAUGURATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDIA’S FIRST HISTORIC CLIMB OF MT. EVEREST IN 1965

Rashtrapati Bhavan : 19.05.2015

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the 50^thAnniversary of India’s first historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965 tomorrow (May 20, 2015) at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Indian Mountaineering Foundation is organizing this event to celebrate the historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965 by an Indian team led by Capt. M.S. Kohli.

This release issued at 1630 hrs.