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Tenzing Norgay Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

This timeline game is a fun and educational way to test your knowledge of historical events and their chronological order. In the spirit of Tenzing Norgay, who made history by summiting Mount Everest alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, this game challenges players to arrange events in the correct sequence.

  • Players must correctly place key events in history in their chronological order
  • Each correct placement earns points and advances the player closer to victory
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  • May 29, 1914: Tenzing Norgay is born in Nepal
  • 1935: Tenzing Norgay starts working as a porter in the Himalayas
  • 1951: Tenzing Norgay attempts his first Everest expedition with Eric Shipton
  • May 29, 1953: Tenzing Norgay reaches the summit of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary
  • 1953: Tenzing Norgay becomes a hero in Nepal and around the world
  • 1954: Tenzing Norgay establishes the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling, India
  • 1956: Tenzing Norgay leads the Swiss Everest Expedition
  • 1953: Tenzing Norgay receives the George Medal from the British government
  • 1955: Tenzing Norgay publishes his autobiography, 'Man of Everest'
  • 1961: Tenzing Norgay is appointed the director of field training at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
  • 1963: Tenzing Norgay is named the Indian Ambassador to Nepal
  • 1959: Tenzing Norgay is awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government
  • May 9, 1986: Tenzing Norgay passes away in Darjeeling, India
  • 1986: Tenzing Norgay's remains are cremated in Darjeeling
  • 1986: Tenzing Norgay's ashes are scattered in the Ganges River
  • 1996: Tenzing Norgay's son, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, reaches the summit of Mount Everest
  • 2006: Tenzing Norgay's grandson, Tashi Tenzing, climbs Mount Everest
  • 2003: Tenzing Norgay is posthumously awarded the Order of the Star of Nepal
  • 2014: Tenzing Norgay's 100th birth anniversary is celebrated in Nepal and India
  • Ongoing: Tenzing Norgay is remembered as a legendary mountaineer and adventurer

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