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Detailed explanation-1: -Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu, who is also a Padma Shri recipient, was honoured by Adventure Sports Tourism Society of Nepal in Lalitpur Metropolitan city. Nepal has felicitated an Indian who became the first person from the country to summit Mount Everest for a record six times.

Detailed explanation-2: -DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand mountaineer Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu has become the first Indian to summit Mount Everest a record six times. The mountaineer, a Padma Shri awardee who works as an assistant commandant with the Border Security Force in Dehradun, achieved the feat early on Saturday morning.

Detailed explanation-3: -Avatar Singh Cheema (1933–1989) was the first Indian man and sixteenth person in world to climb Mount Everest.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was on 20 May 1965 that Lt Col Avatar. S. Cheema, Gurdial Singh, and Nawang Gombu Sherpa climbed the peak and became the first Indian to achieve this feat. This was the second time that Nawang Gombu Sherpa climbed Mount Everest.