Arunima Sinha awarded Amazing Indian Award

Arunima Sinha received Amazing Indian Award on 6th February 2014. The award was given by the Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari. She was awarded for scaling Mount Everest despite being physically challenged. The Amazing Indian Award was instituted by Times Now channel in September 2012. Sinha is the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest on 21 may 2013. Sinha scaled the 8848 meter-high summit of the world’s highest peak on 21 May 2013. Sinha is a former national volleyball and football player from Uttar Pradesh