Ratnesh Pandey of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Minali. Pandey scaled the Mount Everest in on May 21, 2016. By reciting the national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana, he became first person in the world to the recite national anthem of their own country at the top of Mount Everest, as reported by The Free Press Journal. In September 2016, Pandey climbed Mount Damavand, Iran's highest mountain and Mount Sabalan, its third-highest montain, in a mountaineering expedition organized in Iran by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. In April 2015, Ratnesh Pandey succeeded in climbing 22,000 feet of Mount Everest, but could
National anthem of Russia issue and put it before the State Council. CNN also reported that members of the Spartak Moscow football club complained that the wordless anthem "affected their morale and performance". Two years earlier, during the 1998 World Cup, members of the Russian team commented that the wordless anthem failed to inspire "great patriotic effort". In a November session of the Federation Council, Putin stated that establishing the national symbols (anthem, flag and coat of arms) should be a top priority for the country. Putin pressed for the former Soviet anthem to be selected as the new Russian anthem, but strongly suggested