Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna

Maj. Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna (1939 – April 18, 1971) was a leading mountaineer of India and a military personnel. He lost his life in the international expedition to the Mt. Everest on April 18, 1971. That was his second attempt. He had to abort his first expedition in 1965 just 400 feet short of the summit. He was instructor of Skiing and Mountaineering at the High Altitude Warfare School, Gulmarg and had successfully climbed many mountains.

He was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 1972.

14 years later, in October 1985 his younger brother Maj Jai Vardhan Bahuguna also lost his life in an Mt Everest expedition of the army, along with four other army officers. None of the brothers could summit the Mt. Everest and both near the same area and also died in their second attempts.