
How Bachendri Pal's 43 minutes on Everest made her India's first woman to summit
A pahadi girl with a dream in her eyes stood still at the top of the world. On the afternoon of May 23, 1984, at 1:07 pm, Bachendri Pal, a young woman from the hills of Uttarakhand, became the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest. Climbing Mount …