The first round table conference was conducted from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931. Majority of the leaders from the Indian National Congress could not participate in this conference due to Gandhi's Civil Disobedience movement. However, the results obtained from the 1st round table conference were minimal.

Sir Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer, and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. Their historic achievement marked the first confirmed ascent to the highest point on Earth, and it remains one of the most iconic moments in the history of mountaineering.