Chhanda Gayen was an Indian mountaineer and martial artist, born on 9 July 1979 in a Bengali family and died on 20 May 2014. She is best known for being the first, and fastest, Indian to climb two eight-thousanders, Mount Everest and Lhotse, in one go. She made the traverse from the summit of Everest to the summit of Lhotse in 22 hours, finishing on 18 May 2013. For this work she was awarded the Sera Avishkar prize in Sera Bengali 2013 by ABP Ananda, at the age of 34.
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