# Tejbir Bura

_Nepalese mountaineer_

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Last updated: 2026-10-18

> Tejbir Bura was a Nepalese soldier, mountaineer and a gold medalist in alpinism, as he was recognized during the 1924 Winter Olympics for his participation in the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition. In 1922 he was a non-commissioned officer (NCO) of the 6th Gurkha Rifles, part of the British India Army, and held the rank of Naik, which in India is equivalent to the rank of corporal.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15284092#P27))
- **Occupation:** mountaineer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15284092#P106))

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tejbir Bura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejbir_Bura) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): तेजविर बुढा](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q15284092](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15284092) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Tejbir Bura.png by G.I Finch (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tejbir_Bura.png)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Tejbir Bura, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Tejbir Bura.png — G.I Finch, Public domain.

## Cite this page

"Tejbir Bura". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/tejbir-bura. Retrieved 4 November 2026.