Unit 2.7 ARUNIMA SINHA: A BIOGRAPHY Part-1

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DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
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Unit:
Unit Two
Title:
ARUNIMA SINHA: A BIOGRAPHY
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From www.makingpeacewithlife.com
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Mrs.Patil.S.L
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--------------------ARUNIMA SINHA: A BIOGRAPHY ----------------------------------
From www.makingpeacewithlife.com
Arunima Sinha is the first Indian amputee to climb the Mount Everest. Among
women amputee, she is just the second one to achieve this milestone. Before Arunima,
Rhonda Graham, a female amputee from USA climbed Mount Everest in October, 2011. In
2015, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the 4th highest civilian award in India.
Arunima was a sports enthusiast from the childhood- a national level volleyball
player. She decided to get a job in the paramilitary forces so that she can carry on with her
passion for sports along with a regular source of income as well. But, the fate had other plans.
On the night of 11th April, 2011, while on her way to Delhi from Lucknow from Padmavati
Express train, she was attacked by a group of local robbers. They tried to snatch her gold
chain which was gifted by her mother. She tried to resist them. Thanks to her athletic
physique and fitness, she gave them a tough time. But, being a lonely girl, she could not resist
them for longer and eventually, she was overpowered by them. Those inhuman guys threw
her out of the running train. Another train coming on the parallel track run over her legs. By
the time, she reached hospital, the doctors were left with no option but to amputate her left leg
below the knee. Otherwise, the infection could have spread in the whole body. Her right leg
also didn’t remain completely immune from that accident. A rod was inserted in the right legfrom knee to ankle.
She spent 4 months at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. One
day, while lying on the bed in the hospital, she read an article about the Mount Everest- the
ultimate destination of every mountaineer. Then only, she decided to climb it. She took
inspiration from Yuvraj Singh and other famous personalities who won over cancer and other
life threatening conditions to bounce back and prove their mettle. People used to come to meet
me in the hospital and sympathize by saying words like- “you would not be able to play
volleyball anymore” or “what a tragedy with this young girl.”
Why she took this extremely difficult decision of climbing Mount Everest when she
was already offered a job by the Indian Railways? Why she didn’t spend her life like any
other handicap person doing a regular 9 to 5 job and making a livelihood? When I was in the
hospital post this robbery incident, I came across several absurd conspiracy theories like- I
was traveling without ticket, hence, I jumped out of the train to avoid punishment OR I
jumped out of the train by my own in the suicide attempt. These rubbish rumors hurt me
badly. Then only, I decided that I would answer to all these fake theories by doing something
big, achieving something extraordinary.

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