Premlata Agrawal

Premlata Agrawal

Premlata Agrawal (born 1963) is the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits, the seven highest continental peaks of the world. 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. 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 climb Mount Everest at the age of 53. Prior to this, she took part in an Island Peak Expedition in Nepal (20,600 ft) in 2004; the Karakoram Pass (18,300 ft) and Mt. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Premlata Agrawal is the 54th most popular mountaineer, the 1,423rd most popular biography from India and the 2nd most popular Indian Mountaineer.

Premlata Agrawal is most famous for being the first Indian woman to successfully climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica, in 2010. She is also known for completing the Seven Summits challenge, which involves climbing the highest peak on each continent.