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PM Modi launches book by Arunima Sinha, first female amputee to climb Mt.Everest

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ANI New Delhi

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today launched "Born Again on the Mountain", a book by Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee and first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest.

A national-level volleyball player,Sinha was shoved off a moving train by thieves.

The accident cost the twenty-four-year-old her left leg and sporting career, but it never deterred her.

Two years later, she retrained as a mountaineer and became the first female amputee to scale Mount Everest.

This is her unforgettable story.

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First Published: Dec 12 2014 | 1:30 PM IST

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