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Despite Sir George Everest having no relation to the mountain and never even seeing it, it was still named after him, which he objected to because Everest could not be easily written in Hindi or pronounced by the local population.

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Despite Sir George Everest having no relation to the mountain and never even seeing it, it was still named after him, which he objected to because “Everest” could not be easily written in Hindi or pronounced by the local population.

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