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Was Tenzing Norgay nighted

Updated: 9/27/2023
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Honours received were:

The George Medal from Queen Elizabeth ll and the Queen Elizabeth ll Coronation Medal.

The Order of the Star of Nepal, first class.

From the Indian Government the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India.

The Tenzing Norgay award was created in his honour in India.

He did receive several other awards

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Tenzing Norgay was not knighted buy In 1953, Tenzing received the George Medal (GM) from Elizabeth II, and also received, along with the rest of the Everest party, the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. King Tribhuvan of Nepal also presented him with the Order of the Star of Nepal,

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