Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in Uttarakhand, the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country; owing to this geography it was considered the highest known mountain in the world until computations on Dhaulagiri by western surveyors in 1808. It was also the highest mountain in India before Sikkim joined the Republic of India.
- Devasheesh Pant
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