Lajja Goswami (born 28 September 1988) is an Indian

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. She is a former

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(NCC) cadet. She won the conferred Raksha Mantri Medal in 2009. She also won the silver medal in women's 50-metre rifle 3 position event, at

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(2013). She is a brand ambassador for Gujarat State and became the first sportswoman to be appointed as a police inspector in the Gujarat Police cadre in the sports quota. She has also participated in Asian Games 2014 and finished in Top 8.since her childhood Lajja was interested in rifles and guns. While other children were playing with dolls and toys, Lajja played with guns. Thus she was different from other children. Initially Lajja showed her talent in shooting as an NCC cadet. Then to sharpen the edge of her performance, she took coaching from Indian shooting academy,pune and the coach sunny Thomas trained her in shooting.

Personal life

She hails from Jitodia, a small village located in

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district of

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. Lajja's father, Tilak Giri Goswami, is a care taker of an ancient Shiv temple named Baijanath Mahadev in Jitodia village. She lived in a small family of four members only her father, mother and a brother.

Early childhood

Lajja's was a middle-class family. Tilak Giri, her father told media that while other children were playing with dolls and toys, Lajja played with guns. Her talent in shooting became focused when she got enrolled to the

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as a cadet. She got training for shooting from coach,

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Achievements and medals

References

Living people Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Indian female sport shooters Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportswomen from Gujarat People from Anand district Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games 1988 births Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Sportspeople from Gujarat Asian Games competitors for India {{India-sportshooting-bio-stub