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Baljeet Kaur from Himachal Pradesh is the first Indian woman to climb Mount Annapoorna, Kanchenjunga, Everest and Lhotse in less than 30 days.

Professor Sudipta Sengupta, renowned mountaineer and geologist and one of India's first women to break into such fields, recalls her historic expeditions to the Himalayas and Antarctica.

In 1965, the US government approached India to help keep tabs on China's nuclear activities. What transpired was a secret expedition to the summit of Nanda Devi, which was abandoned halfway, resulting the a nuclear device being missing. Now, around 56 years later, the incident has been thrust into the spotlight once again.

Kamal Kaur lost her mother at 15 and dealt with mental illness throughout her adolescence and teens. The warrior didn’t let rough childhood decide her destiny

At 35 years and 274 days old, Satyarup Siddhanta became the youngest person in the world to scale the seven tallest peaks and seven volcanic summits in all continents.

112 such women will be felicitated by President Ram Nath Kovind, as “First Ladies” for being the first in their respective fields.

Meet 54-year-old Premlata Agrawal, a homemaker who became the first Indian woman to have achieved the record of climbing the Seven Summits at the age of 50 and the oldest Indian woman mountaineer to scale the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, in 2011.

Major Deepika Rathore who recently became the only woman from Rajasthan – and perhaps from the Indian Army as well – to scale the mighty Everest for a second time, as part of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) first expedition of 10 girls between 19-21 years of age.

The famous mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, who climbed some of the highest peaks in the world, died at the young age of 40. Here's our tribute to this brave man.

On the occasion of International Women's Day, we have been profiling amazing, gritty and inspiring women all of this week. Today, we bring to you the story of an IAF officer, who has scaled many heights, including the daunting Mount Everest!