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| Arunima Sinha: Compensation for India's Everest climbing amputee | Arunima Sinha: Compensation for India's Everest climbing amputee |
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| An Indian mountaineer, who lost a leg resisting robbers in a moving train in 2011, has won a prolonged legal battle to get compensation from the railway company. | An Indian mountaineer, who lost a leg resisting robbers in a moving train in 2011, has won a prolonged legal battle to get compensation from the railway company. |
| Arunima Sinha's lawyer said India's state-run railways initially refused to recognise Ms Sinha as a passenger and even blamed her for the accident. | |
| The legal victory came after a seven year battle in the railway tribunal. | The legal victory came after a seven year battle in the railway tribunal. |
| Ms Sinha became the world's first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013. | Ms Sinha became the world's first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013. |
| She was a volleyball champion before her accident, but chose mountaineering to "accomplish her dreams". | She was a volleyball champion before her accident, but chose mountaineering to "accomplish her dreams". |
| The railway tribunal ordered that Ms Sinha must be paid 700,000 rupees ($11,000; £8,000) in compensation after her legal team was able to prove that she had been travelling on a valid ticket and had been pushed from a moving train by robbers. | The railway tribunal ordered that Ms Sinha must be paid 700,000 rupees ($11,000; £8,000) in compensation after her legal team was able to prove that she had been travelling on a valid ticket and had been pushed from a moving train by robbers. |
| In an interview with the BBC in 2013, she said that she had turned her artificial leg into her strength. | In an interview with the BBC in 2013, she said that she had turned her artificial leg into her strength. |
| "I stubbornly chose the most difficult sport for myself. When I reached the summit, I felt like screaming at the top of my voice. I wanted to tell the world: here I am. I have saved that moment inside me," she said. | "I stubbornly chose the most difficult sport for myself. When I reached the summit, I felt like screaming at the top of my voice. I wanted to tell the world: here I am. I have saved that moment inside me," she said. |