Pundit who explored the Himalayas for the British Nain Singh Rawat, was one of the first Indian explorers employed by the British to explore the Himalayas and Central Asia. He came from the Johar Valley in Kumaon. He surveyed the trade route through Ladakh to Tibet, determined the location and altitude of Lhasa in Tibet, and surveyed a large section of Brahmaputra. His reports were initially made under the code name Number 9. He walked "1,580 miles, or 3,160,000 paces, each counted." 273,118 views on October 21, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, Justin Verlander, Creatonotos gangis, Mindhunter (TV series). Wiki link