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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