Phu Dorjee Sherpa

Phu Dorjee Sherpa was the first Nepali man and twenty-third person in the world to climb Mount Everest.[2] He was a member of the third Indian Everest Expedition 1965, led by Captain M S Kohli, which was the first successful Indian Everest Expedition. The group consisted of 21 major expedition members and 50 Sherpas. The initial attempt was at the end of April, when they returned to base camp due to bad weather and waited 2 weeks for better weather.

1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition[1]

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi meets the members of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition on the Golden Jubilee of the occasion on 20 May 2015

On 29 May 1965, on the fourth and final attempt on the 12th anniversary of the first conquest of Mount Everest, together with H. P. S. Ahluwalia and Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, Phu Dorjee summited Mount Everest. This was the first time that these three climbers climbed the mountain together.[3][4][5][6]

He died in a fall on Mount Everest on 18 October 1969.[7]