British Expedition to Mount Everest 1953. 1. Messages of Congratulation from the Government of India to the Governments of New Zealand and Nepal on the climbing of Mount Everest by Mr. Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norkay. 2. Award by the Government of India of specially struck gold medals to Colonel Hunt, Leader, Mr. Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing, and of souvenirs to the other members of the Expedition. 3. Award by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the George Medal to Sherpa Tenzing Norkay. 4. Omission of the visarga from the Sanskrit inscription on the gold medals and steps taken to correct this

Keywords	Indian Posts and Telegraph Department A.K. Azad Air Survey Company of India Limited Nepal
Ministry/ Department/ Residency	President Secretariat
Branch	General
From Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1953
To Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1953
Identifier	PR_000006175397
File No./Reference No./Sheet No./Folio No.	File No. 53-G/53
Location	Repository-2
File Size	94.1 MB
Pages	69
Collection	Digitized Public Records President Secretariat
Language	English