Jennifer Paes
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Jennifer Paes is a former basketball
player from India
who captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982 and participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics
. She is mother of Leander Paes
, India's top tennis player, and the ex-wife of India's former field hockey
player Vece Paes
.
Jennifer is daughter of Michael Dutton and Ruby Myrtle Nyss of Calcutta and great granddaughter of Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt
.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player from 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...
who captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982 and participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
. She is mother of Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
, India's top tennis player, and the ex-wife of India's former field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player Vece Paes
Vece Paes
Vece Paes was a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, that won the bronze medal. He is the father of India's tennis player Leander Paes. He is also a doctor in sports medicine....
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Jennifer is daughter of Michael Dutton and Ruby Myrtle Nyss of Calcutta and great granddaughter of Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt or Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari , on the bank of Kopotaksho [কপোতাক্ষ] River, a village in Keshobpur Upozila, Jessore District, East Bengal . His father was Rajnarayan Dutt, an eminent lawyer, and...
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