“It turned out to be a journey of unity, patriotism, and adventure,” said Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal, Director of the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS), who led the Har Shikhar Tiranga Mission, an expedition to hoist the Indian national flag on the highest peak of every State in India.
The campaign was supported by the Defence Ministry and Government of Arunachal Pradesh and was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pema Khandu from the NIMAS Campus in Dirang. The team, consisting of 20 members, 10 Army personnel and 10 civilians, scaled 28 mountains in a year, with the expedition lasting from October 2, 2022 to the same date in 2023. In all, there were six mountaineers who had scaled Mount Everest, including Tsewang Chosgail, Kewal Krishan, Nehpal, Dorjee Khandu, and Tongchen.
