Bhuvneshwari Kumari
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Bhuvneshwari Kumari is a former woman squash
champion of India
. She was awarded Arjuna award
in 1982 and Padma Shri
in 2001 for her achievements. Bhuvneshwari Kumari also known as Princess Candy was born to the royal family of Alwar in Rajasthan
on 1 September 1960 and is the granddaughter of Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur
. She was educated at Delhi University. She was Women's National Squash Champion for 16 years in a row from 1977 to 1992. She is winner of 41 State titles and 2 International titles (Kenyan Open 1988 and 1989).
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
champion of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. She was awarded Arjuna award
Arjuna award
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
in 1982 and Padma Shri
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
in 2001 for her achievements. Bhuvneshwari Kumari also known as Princess Candy was born to the royal family of Alwar in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
on 1 September 1960 and is the granddaughter of Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur
Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur
Tej Singh Prabhakar KCSI was the last ruling Maharaja of Alwar. A remotely related cousin of the previous ruler, Sir Jai Singh, he was selected by the British to rule Alwar, as Sir Jai Singh had been deposed by them for gross misconduct and cruelty...
. She was educated at Delhi University. She was Women's National Squash Champion for 16 years in a row from 1977 to 1992. She is winner of 41 State titles and 2 International titles (Kenyan Open 1988 and 1989).
Honours and awards
- Arjuna Award in 1982,
- Padma Shri in 2001.
- DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
Sports Journalist Association Award (For The Best Sports Woman 1983) - Rajasthan Sports Award Council 1984
- Maharana MewarMewarMewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...
Foundation "Aravali Award" (For the most Outstanding Sportswoman of the year 1990) - K.K. Birla Foundation Award for Sports (For Outstanding Performance in 1991)
- Bombay Sports Journalist Association Award (For Best Sportswoman for the year 1992)
- Listed in the LimcaLimcaLimca is a lemon and lime flavoured carbonated soft drink made primarily in India and certain parts of the U.S.In 1992, when the Indian government allowed Coca-Cola to return for operations, at the same time as it admitted Pepsi for the first time, Coca-Cola bought local soft-drink brands, from...
Book of Records (For Sports Person of The Year 1992 and for The Most Number of Titles Won in Indian Sports), - Rajasthan Olympic Association Award -For Best Woman Player 1993-94
- Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh Award for excellence in sports