Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and former national volleyball player who is famous for being the first disabled woman to climb Mount Everest and Mount Vinson.
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Arunima Singh was born on 20 July 1988 as Sonu Sinha. (Age 35 years; till 2023) In Akbarpur city of Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. She did her schooling from Government Girls Inter College, Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh.
He has done a mountaineering course from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi. He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde.
Arunima Sinha received an honorary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde
Her zodiac/sun sign is Cancer.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 2″
Weight: 60 kg
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste and Husband
He was born in a lower-middle class Kayastha family. He is one of the four children of his parents. He has an elder brother named Om Prakash, who is a former CISF personnel.
Arunima Sinha with her family
Not much is known about his first marriage. She married for the second time to Gaurav Singh, who is a Paralympian.
Arunima Sinha and her husband Gaurav Singh
livelihood
Arunima Sinha is a national level volleyball and football player.
After the tragedy in which she lost one of her legs, Arunima decided to climb Mount Everest and did a basic mountaineering course from Jawaharlal Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi. Having trained under the supervision of Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb the summit of Everest; She became the world’s first female amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 21 May 2013.
Arunima Sinha on Mount Everest
He again resolved to climb the highest peak on all seven continents. She has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, Mount Kosciusko in Australia and Mount Aconcagua in South America. After climbing Mount Vinson, the seventh peak in Antarctica, Arunima became the first disabled woman in the world to reach the summit.
controversies
- The Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Uttar Pradesh Police presented their own versions of the incident and claimed that the accident was a suicide attempt. The RPF even claimed that she might have been traveling without a ticket and might have jumped in an attempt to save herself. However, Allahabad High Court ordered Indian Railways to pay compensation of Rs. Arunima gets Rs 500,000.
- A controversy arose over whether she was a national level player or not. A senior SAI official said that based on the certificates provided by Arunima’s parents, it can be said that Arunima has played at the national level, but whether she had the status of a national player at a specified level, This has not yet been ascertained by the department and ministry. , He will get the job only on that basis. Later he was given jobs by CISF and Indian Railways.
award
- Padmashree in 2015
Pranab Mukherjee awarded Padma Shri to Arunima Sinha
- Yash Bharti Award by Government of Uttar Pradesh
- Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2016
- Aspire Young Achiever Award 2012
- Salaam India Gallantry Award by India TV in 2013
Favourite Things
- Mountaineer: Bachendri Pal
- Revolutionary: Chandrashekhar Azad
fact
- Arunima was an active athlete since childhood and participated in various sports activities in her school.
- Arunima likes gardening.
Arunima Sinha is gardening
- His favorite quote is from Swami Vivekananda,
Arise, awake and stop not until the goal is achieved.”
- On 12 April 2011, Arunima Sinha left for Delhi from Lucknow. He took the Padmavati Express train to appear for the exam to join CISF. The robbers tried to snatch his bag and gold chain and pushed him out of the train. Recalling that tragedy he said,
When I protested, they pushed me from the train. I couldn’t move. I remember a train was coming towards me. I tried to get up. By then the train had passed over my feet. I don’t remember anything after that.”
- After the incident, Arunima was taken to the hospital where she was found to have serious injuries on her leg and pelvis. To save his life, doctors had to amputate his leg.
Arunima Sinha is being taken to the hospital
- Later, he was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for further treatment where he was provided a prosthetic leg free of cost by a Delhi-based Indian company.
- He was offered ₹25,000 by the Indian Sports Ministry.
- Following a national outcry, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken announced an additional ₹200,000 (US$2,800) compensation as medical relief, along with a recommendation for a job in the CISF.
- Recalling memories of her family members and people who visited her at her hospital bed, she says,
To everyone who came to meet me at AIIMS, I was a poor person. But I didn’t feel invalidated even for a moment. I knew I could never be the same player I was, so I wanted to do something different – so different that everyone would say it would be impossible.’
- Even Shahnaz Hussain visited her and gave her beauty sessions regularly.
Shahnaz Hussain and Arunima Sinha
- Indian Railways also offered him a job.
- He made up his mind to climb the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest; Lying on a hospital bed with her amputated leg.
- His brother Om Prakash quit his job to encourage him to climb Mount Everest.
- In 2011, she called on Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, to help her in her resolve.
Bachendri Pal with Arunima Sinha
- On reaching Hillary Step their guide asked them to turn back. She was running out of oxygen and she was worried she wouldn’t be able to reach the top of the mountain. She fought with the guide and started going alone. His guide finally had to follow him.
- To prepare to climb Everest, he first climbed Island Peak (6150 m) in the Sagarmatha National Park in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal.
- It took him 52 days to reach the peak of Mount Everest. After reaching there, he wrote a small message thanking God and buried it in the snow. Recalling that incident she says,
This was my tribute to Lord Shankar and Swami Vivekananda who have been inspirations throughout my life.
- He has written the book “Born Again on the Mountains”, which was launched by the Prime Minister of India “Narendra Modi” in 2014.
Rebirth in the Mountains by Arunima Sinha
- She also does charitable work through the Arunima Foundation, which aims to empower women, improve the health, social and economic well-being of people with disabilities and poor communities.
- His name is even recorded in the Limca Book of Records.
- She is the brand ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission in Uttar Pradesh, General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure, Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Government of Karnataka and many other brands.
- On a visit to the Mahakal Temple (Ujjain), Arunima was stopped from entering the temple and her disability was mocked. After the incident he tweeted,
I am very sad to tell you that I felt more pain going to Mahakal Temple (in Ujjain) than climbing Everest. My disability was made fun of there (in Mahakal).”
Arunima Sinha’s tweet on Mahakal
- In 2019, Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt has reportedly been cast to play the role of Arunima Sinha in her biopic, where the story is based on her book, “Born Again on the Mountains: A Story of Losing Everything and Finding It Back”. .
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