List of Famous people born in Ladakh, India

Sonam Wangchuk

First Name Sonam
Born on September 1, 1966 (age 58)
Born in India, Ladakh

Sonam Wangchuk is an Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist. He is the founding-director of the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), which was founded in 1988 by a group of students who had been in his own words, the 'victims' of an alien education system foisted on Ladakh. He is also known for designing the SECMOL campus that runs on solar energy and uses no fossil fuels for cooking, lighting or heating.

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Tsewang Paljor

First Name Tsewang
Born on April 10, 1968
Died on May 10, 1996 (aged 28)
Born in India, Ladakh

The May 1996 expedition by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police to reach the summit of Mount Everest happened in the background of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and resulted in three members of the expedition dying.

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