Nishat Mazumdar ( bn, নিশাত মজুমদার) became the first Bangladeshi woman to scale

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, with the help of three Sherpas - Lakpa Sherpa, Pemba Dorje Sherpa, Mingma Sherpa and a bigger team led by another Bangladeshi mountaineer M. A. Muhit. She reached the northern side of the mountain with the team on 19 May 2012, six days after which internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen reached the summit from

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side independently.

Biography

Mazumdar was born on 5 January 1981, into a family of

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s in Ramganj,

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(now in

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. Her father, Abdul Mannan Majumdar, was a businessman. Nishat was the second out of the four children of Abdul Mannan Majumdar and Ashura Majumdar. She received both bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from

Dhaka City College Dhaka City College ( bn, ঢাকা সিটি কলেজ) also known as DCC, is one of the oldest private college in the country of Bangladesh. It is located at Qudrat-i-Khuda road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. It offers Honors and Masters degr ...

. Nishat is married to Rafikul Islam, a software engineer in a software firm.

Climbing

The path to Everest however, was not simple. It took Nishat almost ten years of preparation before she attempted to climb the Everest. She joined the Bangladesh Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC) in late 2003 and ever since then went on expeditions with the other members of the organisation. She received official training from in 2007 at the Darjeeling Mountaineering Club in India. She climbed the ‘Singu Chuli’ of the Himalayas in 2008, following which, she took part in a number of expeditions. She also took part in the Manaslu peak expedition in 2011.

References

Awards

Anannya Top Ten Awards Anannya Top Ten Awards ( bn, অনন্যা শীর্ষ দশ পুরস্কার) is the prize for women in Bangladesh recognition of contribution to the fields of agriculture, industrial, trade, economics, acting, music, sports, ...

(2008) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazumdar, Nishat Living people Bangladeshi mountain climbers Bangladeshi summiters of Mount Everest Bangladeshi female climbers 1981 births People from Ramganj Upazila 21st-century Bengalis Dhaka City College alumni Recipients of Begum Rokeya Padak