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International Everest Day – May 29
May 30 , 2019
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- Every year the International Mount Everest Day is celebrated on May 29.
- It is observed in memory of the first summit of Mt. Everest by New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on May 29, 1953.
- Nepal decided to observe the day as International Everest Day since 2008, when the legendary climber Hillary passed away.
- In 1852, Bengali mathematician Radhanath Sikdar calculated the height of Peak XV.
- It was an icy peak in the Himalayas and the tallest mountain known in the world.
- It was later named as Everest in honour of Sir George Everest, the Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
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