26 Facts About Arunima Sinha

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Arunima Sinha is the world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, Mount Kosciusko, Mount Aconcagua, Mount Denali and Mount Vinson, she is a seven time Indian volleyball player.

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Arunima Sinha was pushed from a running train by robbers in 2011 while she was resisting them, causing in rods pushed into her right leg and multiple fractures of the spinal cord.

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Arunima Sinha's aim was to climb each of the continent's highest peaks and hoist the national flag of India.

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Arunima Sinha has already done seven peaks until 2014: Everest in Asia, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Elbrus in Europe, Kosciuszko in Australia, Aconcagua in South America, and Denali in North America.

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Arunima Sinha completed her final summit of Mount Vinson in Antarctica on 1 January 2019.

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Arunima Sinha was born in Ambedkar Nagar near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

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Arunima Sinha's father was in the Indian Army and her mother was a supervisor in the health department.

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Arunima Sinha got a call letter from the CISF and faced her life-changing accident while travelling to Delhi.

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Arunima Sinha fell on the track and was unable to move due to her severe injuries.

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Arunima Sinha was pushed out of a general coach of the train by hooligans wanting to snatch her bag and gold chain for personal favours.

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Arunima Sinha was rushed to the hospital with serious leg and pelvic injuries and lost her leg after doctors amputated it to save her life.

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Arunima Sinha was offered compensation of 25,000 by the Indian Sports Ministry.

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Arunima Sinha was provided a prosthetic leg free of cost by a private Delhi-based Indian company.

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Arunima Sinha was inspired by cricketer Yuvraj Singh and other television shows, "to do something" with her life.

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Arunima Sinha excelled in the basic mountaineering course from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, and was encouraged by her mother to climb Everest.

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Arunima Sinha climbed Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg, which was arranged by raising funds with the help of a swami of Ramakrishna Mission, Vadodara.

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Arunima Sinha contacted Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 2011.

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Arunima Sinha climbed Island Peak in 2012 as preparation for her ascent of Everest.

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Arunima Sinha wrote a small message thanking the Almighty on a wrapped cloth and pressed it in the snow.

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20.

The Chief minister said that Arunima Sinha had created history, due to her hard work and determination, by climbing Mount Everest.

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21.

Arunima Sinha was congratulated by the Jitendra Singh on her achievement.

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22.

Arunima Sinha is dedicated towards social welfare and wants to open a free sports academy for poor and disabled people.

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23.

Arunima Sinha is donating all the financial aids she is getting through awards and seminars for the same cause.

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24.

Arunima Sinha wrote the 2014 book Born Again on The Mountain.

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25.

Arunima Sinha was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.

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26.

Arunima Sinha covered six peaks, i e in Asia, Europe, South America, Australia, Africa and North America by 2014.

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