Chandro Tomar
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A brief biography
Piyush Rai, May 1, 2021: The Times of India
Just in March this year, Chandro Tomar, 89, had thrown a New York Times reporter off balance when she said the secret of her good health was all the household chores she did every day.
One of the oldest professional female shooters in the world and winner of numerous national competitions, Tomar, popular as ‘Shooter Dadi’, broke targets, ceiling and stereotypes with equal ease. She died on Friday, battling Covid complications.
Both Bollywood – which dedicated a film to her, ‘Saand Ki Aankh’, starring Tapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar — and the sports world grieved her passing.
Tomar had tested Covid positive and was admitted to a private hospital in Meerut after she complained of difficulty in breathing. She was later taken to the Lala Lajpat Rai Medical College on Thursday where she breathed her last. Her son Vinod Singh said, “She suffered brain haemorrhage too.”
Tomar was well into her 60s when she first picked up the gun. Tomar had mentored and coached dozens of young women in her village in UP’s Baghpat, and beyond, for more than 20 years.
