Harbhajan Singh (mountaineer) Singh and Nain Singh award and the Indian Mountaineering Foundation has extended life membership to him. In 2001, Harbhajan Singh was included the list for Republic Day honours for the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. Harbhajan Singh (mountaineer) Harbhajan Singh is an Indian mountaineer, known for his successful scaling of Mount Everest, Mount Nanda Devi and many other peaks in the Himalayan region. The Government of India honored him in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri. Harbhajan Singh was born in Punjab, India on 10 September 1956. He is a former sport person
Harbhajan Singh in further controversy after an 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in April 2008. While the teams were shaking hands, he slapped Punjab paceman and Indian teammate Sreesanth in the face. Harbhajan, who had stood in as the Mumbai captain for the first three matches of the tournament to that point, all of which were lost, had apparently been angered by Sreesanth's aggressive sending-off of his batsmen as Punjab coasted to a decisive victory. The Kings XI Punjab lodged an official complaint to the IPL. The match referee Farokh Engineer found