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Detailed explanation-1: -Satyarup became: First from India to complete Volcanic Seven Summits. First from India to climb Mt Sidley, highest volcano of Antarctica. First from India to climb Mt Giluwe, the highest volcano of Papua New Guinea.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta entered ‘Limca Book of Records’ (LBR) for his extraordinary achievements, as the first Indian to climb the highest volcanoes of each of the 7 continents. He also holds the record as the youngest mountaineer in the world to climb both 7 peaks and 7 volcanic summits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution: Satyarup Siddhanta is an Indian mountaineer who is the first Indian and the youngest mountaineer (at age 36) in the world to climb both the Seven Volcanic Summits and the Seven Summits. He achieved this feat on 15 January 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first person to complete the Seven Summits was the American businessman, Richard Bass, who climbed Aconcagua (South America), Denali (North America), Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Elbrus (Europe), Mount Vinson (Antarctica) and Mount Kosciuszko (Oceania/Australasia) in 1983.

Detailed explanation-5: -Satyarup Siddhanta from Kolkata created a world record by becoming the world’s youngest mountaineer to climb the seven highest mountains and the seven highest volcanoes in seven years. Kolkata boy becomes world’s youngest to scale seven highest mountains and the seven highest volcanic peaks in seven continents.