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Chandro Tomar
Chandro Tomar (10 January 1932 – 30 April 2021)Shooter Dadi: The Story of an Octogenarian Who's Breaking All Barriers With Her Awesome Aim
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Shamli, Uttar Pradesh
Shamli is a city and the headquarters of Shamli district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a part of Delhi NCR and is an administrative subdivision under Saharanpur division. History According to the mythological story, in Dawpar yug Lord Krishana passed through the city before proceeding towards Kurukshetra from Hastinapur and in his way he took a quick pit stop under the trees of Barne located at Hanuman Tilla (Hanuman Dham) Shamli and drank some water from the nearby well. later on, signs of Baba Bajrang Bali (Lord Hanuman) Blessed this Holy place which was known as “Shyamvali” previously and then got its name changed to “Shyama Nagri” which eventually came to be known as Shamli. According to some stories, the town was founded by Kunti's son Bheem Sen. It is considered to be a very important place as the bank to Indian culture and freedom movement. According to available pieces of evidence, Maratha warriors developed it as a Cantonment area and later used i ...
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Seema Tomar
Seema Tomar (born 3 July 1982) is an Indian trap shooter. She is the only Indian woman to win shotgun Silver Medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup. She was born in Johri village of Uttar Pradesh. Early life Tomar was born on 3 July 1982 in Johri, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh. She learned shooting at a range set up in her village in 1998. Tomar was initially discouraged by the expectations of the society around her, which expected her to get married and become a housewife. She felt that she could not enter this field unless an elder from her family went into shooting. Initially, Tomar was afraid to go shooting range without her mother, who encouraged and accompanied her to the range. Tomar's mother, Prakashi Tomar, started shooting and participating in events, soon becoming an award-winning shooter, the second-oldest woman shooter in India, also known as ''Revolver Dadi''. Prakashi and her sister-in-law Chandro Tomar's participation allowed ...
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People From Bagpat District
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Sharpshooters
A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19th-century combat. Along with "marksman" and "expert", "sharpshooter" is one of the three marksmanship badges awarded by the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps. The United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard use a ribbon with an attached "S" device to note a sharpshooter qualification. History Post-American Revolution (1794–1815) Some of the earliest mentions of rifling and sharpshooting units in the United States originate in the time following the American Revolutionary War and during the War of 1812. The US army abolished rifle units following the war in 1783, but they were later revived under General Anthony Wayne and used in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Fred L. Ray The unit was again disbanded in 1796 following the conclusion of ...
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Indian Female Sport Shooters
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2021 Deaths
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1932 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ...
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Bhumi Pednekar
Bhumi Pednekar (born 18 July 1989) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. After working as an assistant casting director at Yash Raj Films for six years, she made her film debut as an overweight bride in the company's romantic comedy ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (2015), which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Pednekar rose to prominence by playing headstrong small-town women in the comedy-dramas '' Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'' (2017), ''Shubh Mangal Saavdhan'' (2017), '' Bala'' (2019) and '' Pati Patni Aur Woh'' (2019). For her portrayal of the septuagenarian sharpshooter Chandro Tomar in ''Saand Ki Aankh'' (2019), she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. She has since gained praise for playing women exploring their sexuality in ''Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare'' (2020) and ''Badhaai Do'' (2022). Early life Pednekar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 18 July 1989. She is of Konkani and Haryanvi descent; her father, Satish, was a former hom ...
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Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards. After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ''Jhummandi Naadam'' (2010) and then entered Tamil cinema with the critically and commercially acclaimed ''Aadukalam'' (2011). She subsequently appeared in notable Tamil and Telugu films like '' Mr. Perfect'' (2011), '' Sahasam'' (2013), '' Arrambam'' (2013), ''Kanchana 2'' (2015), '' Ghazi'' (2017), and '' Game Over'' (2019). In Hindi films she often works in Women centric films, in which she play lead female character. She debuted in Hindi films in 2013 with the a comedy film called '' Chashme Baddoor''. She later worked in Hindi films such as ''Baby'' (2015), ''Pink'' (2016), ''Naam Shabana'' (2017), ''The Ghazi Attack'' (2017), ''Judwaa 2'' (2017), '' Mulk'' (2018), ''Manmarziyaan'' (2018), '' Badla'' (2019), ''Mission Mangal'' (2019), '' ...
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Saand Ki Aankh
''Saand Ki Aankh'' () is a 2019 Indian biographical drama film directed by Tushar Hiranandani Tushar Hiranandani (born 13 July) is an Indian film writer. He grew up around the world of films as his grandfather Hiranand Hiranandani and father Ashok Hiranandani were Hindi film distributors and had a company called Black and White film dis ... and produced by Anurag Kashyap, Reliance Entertainment and Nidhi Parmar. The film features Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar and Prakash Jha in the lead roles, it also features Pawan Chopra, Vineet Kumar Singh and Shaad Randhawa in the supporting roles. It is based on the lives of sharpshooters Chandro Tomar, Chandro and Prakashi Tomar. Filming began on 10 February 2019 in Baghpat. Some parts were filmed in Hastinapur and Mawana. It was released on 25 October 2019, coinciding with the Diwali festival. Cast * Bhumi Pednekar as Chandro Tomar * Taapsee Pannu as Prakashi Tomar * Prakash Jha as Rattan Singh Tomar * Kuldeep Sareen as Bhanwan Sin ...
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COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ...
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The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ...
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