Asia, China, Pundi Nehru

Publication Year: 1962.

Pundit Nehru. According to a Russian source quoted by Lo Scarpone, Georgian climbers made the first ascent of a 23,000-foot peak in the Tien Shan on September 9. In view of the boundary disputes between the Chinese Communists and India, it seems rather ironic that they have named the peak "Pundit Nehru."