Four Himalayan peaks named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Four Himalayan peaks named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Question: Recently four peaks of Himalayan range were named after which of the following former Prime Minister of India?
(a)Indira Gandhi
(b)Jawaharlal Nehru
(c)Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(d)Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • Four peaks of the Himalayan range have been named after India’s former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who died on August 16, 2018 at the age of 93.
  • Recently Joint expedition called “Mission Atal” was taken to mountaineering and scaled these four peaks. This 15-day expedition was led by a team from Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM).




  • The team was flagged off on October 4 from Dehradun by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. The heights of the four peaks scaled by the team measuring 6,557, 6,566, 6,160 and 6,100 metres were renamed as Atal-1, Atal-2, Atal-3 and Atal-4, respectively.
  • These peaks are situated on the right flank of Gangotri glacier near Sudarshan and Saifi peaks in Raktvan valley.

Links:

https://www.india.com/news/india/mission-atal-expedition-four-himalayan-peaks-christened-after-late-former-pm-atal-bihari-vajpayee-3390648/

https://www.india.com/news/india/mission-atal-expedition-four-himalayan-peaks-christened-after-late-former-pm-atal-bihari-vajpayee-3390648/