World-record-holding Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, widely known as "Nimsdai," has died after being caught in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan.

Elite Exped, the expedition company founded by Purja, officially confirmed the death of Nirmal Purja via a Facebook post on Saturday.

According to the company, Purja's climbing assistants and guides, Pura Bahadur Gurung (Yukta) and Nima Sherpa, also died in the same accident.

A 10-member international mountaineering team led by renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja had been missing since Thursday after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak, one of the world's highest mountains. 

Born in Myagdi to a lower-middle-class family that moved to Chitwan, Purja was surrounded by Gurkha soldiers in the family. He also joined the Brigade of Gurkhas in 2003 and was accepted into the Royal Navy’s Special Boat Service (SBS) in 2009, becoming the first Gurkha to join the elite British unit. He further served in Special Boat Service as a cold-weather warfare specialist and Special Air Service (SAS) unit.

Purja first got into mountaineering in 2012 when he summited Lobuche (6,119m) and Dhaulagiri in 2014. He summited the highest peak in the world, Everest in 2016. Even at this point, he did not think of bidding adieu to the military.

In 2017, he completed the Everest-Lhotse-Makalu summit within five days.

Later, he made up his mind to climb all 14 peaks in the world above 8,000m in less than seven months.

The previous record for the same feat was nearly eight years, but he did it in just six months and six days.