Mountaineering Institute at Darjeeling) Bachendri Pal (first Indian woman to reach summit of Mt. Everest, Padma Bhushan) Shooting Jaspal Rana (Commonwealth Games gold medalist in shooting, Padma Shri recipient) Sushma Rana (2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne) Chess Parimarjan Negi (third-youngest chess grand-master in history, Arjuna Award 2010) Athletics Manish Rawat (Race-walker), 2016 Rio Olympics) Cricket Amit Uniyal (Left-arm-fast-medium bowler, plays for Punjab cricket team, currently a part of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League) Aryan Juyal (Wicketkeeper-batsman, part of the India national under-19 cricket team who won the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup) Hemlata Kala (Player for the India national women's cricket team) Pawan Suyal (First-class cricketer, Left-arm medium-pace bowler, plays for Delhi cricket team in domestic cricket, currently a part of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League) Preeti Dimri (Player for India women's national cricket team) Rishabh Pant (Player for India national cricket team) Wikipedia Football Deependra Negi (Indian professional football midfielder for Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League) Manish Maithani (Indian precessional football midfielder for Pune City in the Indian Super League) Sahil Panwar (Indian professional football defender for Pune City in the Indian Super League) Journalism and literature Viren Dangwal (Poet and recipient of the Sahitya Academy Award for his renowned contribution in Hindi Literature) Manglesh Dabral (poet and journalist, He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000) Shivprasad Dabral Charan (Historian, poet and writer (Hindi and Garhwali) from Uttarakhand) See also Garhwal division Garhwal Rifles Kumaoni people References External links Article on Khas people of Uttarakhand namely Jeevat Ke Dhani Uttarakhand Ke Khasiya by Indian writer Govinda Singh Himalay Parichay - Rahul Sankrityayan, Source : हिमालय परिचय | HIMALAYA PARICHAY | राहुल सांकृत्यायन - Rahul Sankrityayan | Hindi PDF Download | Read Online | https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/supporting-actor/sachin-negi Social groups of Uttarakhand Culture of Uttarakhand Ethnic groups in India Demographic history of India Garhwal division Indo-Aryan peoples