Kritika Sharma, a 19-year-old NCC cadet from Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, has made history as the first and youngest from the state to scale Mount Everest. Part of a 27-member team, she unfurled the Tricolour on May 18 during an expedition flagged off on April 3. CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu praised her for bringing laurels to the state.