Do you know? The world\u2019s highest mountain had no name at the start!<\/p>\n
Originally known as \u2018Peak B\u2019 and later as \u2018Peak XV\u2019, the mountain drew its today\u2019s name in the British period.<\/p>\n
The peak was named after British\u2019s surveyor George Everest after recommendation by George\u2019s successor Andrew Scott Waugh. Waugh, the first one to make first formal observations of the mountain, wrote to the Royal Geographical society suggesting Everest\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
After rounds of debate which brought up several other names such as \u2018Deva Dhunga\u2019 and \u2018Gaurisankar\u2019, the Society named it \u2018Mount Everest\u2019 in 1865 despite the opposition from George himself.<\/p>\n
Nepalis call Mount Everest as \u2018Sagarmatha\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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