“Where there is a will, there is a way”, a quotation for most of us but an application in the life of Arunima Sinha. She is a true inspiration for all of the people out there, that nothing is impossible. It is not physical strength but the conscience and mental strength to reach all heights.
| Bio- |
| Full Name: Arunima Sinha |
| Profession: Sportsperson, Motivational Speaker (mountaineer, volleyball player). |
| Journey: |
| A seven-time national volleyball representative. |
| On 11th April 2011, while traveling from Lucknow to Delhi by train, she was thrown out of a running train by 4 robbers stealing her gold chain. |
| Spent four months in AIIMS, 3 spine fractures with one amputated leg, and another with a rod inserted in it. |
| Met Bachendri Pal, to climb Mount Everest. |
| On 1st April 2013, with a prosthetic and rod in a leg, within 52 days, she summited Mount Everest hoisting the Indian flag. |
| Became the first female amputee in the world and first Indian to scale the summit. |
| In 2014, climbed each continent’s highest peak- Kilimanjaro (Africa), Elbrus (Europe), Kosciuszko (Australia), Aconcagua (Argentina), Carstensz Pyramid (Indonesia). |
| In 2019, climbed a final peak Mount Vinson (Antarctica) |
| Famous For: Mountaineering Mount Everest, Motivational speaking |
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| Physical Appearance – |
| Height: 5’2” (Approximately) |
| Hair Color: Black |
| Eye Color: Black |
| Personal Information – |
| Date Of Birth: 20th July 1988 |
| Age: 32 |
| Birthplace: Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Cast: Kayastha |
| Religion: Hinduism |
| Nationality: Indian |
| Zodiac Sign: Cancer |
| Hometown: Akbarpur |
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| Education Detail: |
| • School: Government Girls Inter-College, India. |
| • College: Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, University of Strathclyde. |
| Educational Qualification: MA in Sociology, LLB, A Course in Mountaineering, Honorary Doctorate. |
| Hobbies: Listening to music, sketching, gardening, yoga, traveling. |
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| Relationship Status – |
| Marital Status: Married |
| Family – |
| Parents: Name Unknown (Father- an engineer in the army, died when she was 3 years old, Mother- supervisor in the health department). |
| Siblings: 2 (Laxmi Sinha, Omprakash Sinha) |
| Husband: Gaurav Singh |
| Children: not yet |
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| Facts Based On Money – |
| Net Worth: $40 million (approximately in 2018 as per “Business Insider”) |
| Salary: $1-5million |
| Recognition And Awards:- |
| Aspire Young Achiever Award 2012. |
| Salaam India Gallantry Award by India TV in 2013. |
| Padma Shri in 2015. |
| Yash Bharti Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. |
| Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2016. |
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| Favorites:- |
| In Sports: Yuvraj Singh, MC Mary Kom |
| In Mountaineering: Bachendri Pal |
| In Politics: Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| In Leadership: Swami Vivekanand, APJ Abdul Kalam, Chandra Shekhar Azad |
| In Business: Ratan Tata |
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| Some Other Facts About Arunima Sinha– |
| She was born in a Kasthaya family where most of the members served in the Indian Army. |
| She was just 3 years old when her father passed away who was an engineer in the army and the entire responsibility was shifted to her mother(a supervisor in the health department) and brother-in-law. |
| She even represented as a national volleyball player seven times in a row. |
| She had the interest to serve the Indian Army and even received a call letter from CSIF. |
| She faced the biggest hurdle while traveling through Padmavati express from Lucknow to Delhi, where she was thrown by the gold-chain robbers out of a running train full of passengers and no one came to her rescue. |
| She was lying on the railway track the entire night with an injured leg and was carried finally to the district hospital in the morning by the locals. Doctors had to chop off her leg. |
| She faced controversy when police interpreted the train incident as a suicide attempt, and she was traveling without a ticket, etc. and put the entire blame on her and her family. But the Lucknow bench commanded to pay rs. 500,000 as compensation to Arunima for such a heinous incident. |
| She was so angry that she thought that she would prove everyone wrong and then thought of taking up the toughest challenge even after being an amputee. |
| She met Bachendri Pal right after the recovery and told her about the dream of climbing Mount Everest. |
| It was not an easy task, which took 2 min. to other mountaineers to reach, it took 3 hours to her. But, she was determined to reach the peak and completed the summit within 52 days. |
| She even climbed the highest peaks of all 7 continents. |
| She lastly became a motivational speaker, inspiring everyone with her life story. |
| She became the first female amputee to climb all the peaks and was honored with one of the highest recognition awards – Padma Shri. |
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