Krishna Patil
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Krushna Patil is an Indian Mountaineer. She is known as the second youngest India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n to climb Mount Everest at an age of 19, preceding Arjun Vajpai
Arjun Vajpai
Arjun Vajpai is the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest. He achieved this feat at an age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days. He broke the record set by the Krishna Patil of Maharashtra who climbed the summit at the age of 19. On 20 May 2011, he became the youngest climber ever to summit Lhotse,...

, the youngest Indian to conquer Mount Everest. She is also the first woman from Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 to climb Everest. She has also climbed the Seven Summits
Seven Summits
The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Summiting all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first postulated as such and achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass .-Definition:...

of the world.

She scaled Mount Everest on 21 May 2009, becoming the youngest Indian to ascend the peak at the age of 19. The record was broken by Arjun Vajpai on May 22, 2010; exactly one year after Krishna's ascend.
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