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May 29, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
#OnThisDay, in 1953, Tenzing Norgay, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Coincidentally, today also marks Tenzing’s 106th birth anniversary! It wouldn’t be wrong to say, Tenzing made history on the day he was born.

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...Tenzing Norgay was not his original name?

Tenzing was born to Kinzom and Ghang La Mingma on their pilgrimage to the monastery of Ghang La, and was named Namgyal Wangdi.

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