Meet the “Revolver Dadi”
of India
She is an 82
year old lady and possibly the oldest sharpshooter in the world. She even
brought the sporting revolution in her village. And this “she” is no other than
Chandro Tomar. Chandro holds the record
of winning more than two dozens of championship in shooting. Chandro is an
inspiration to all the women and girls of her village. She is popularly known
as Revolver Dadi not only in her village but also in the entire nation.
Chandro happens to belong to Johri village which is situated
in the district of Uttar Pradesh. She has a large family that includes her 6
children and 15 grandchildren. She started training rifle when she was 65. It seems
like the passion for shooting runs in her family as we found that her daughter
and even grand daughters are very passionate about pistol shooting. Well, it
all started when Chandro’s granddaughter insister her to accompany her in
shooting practice as she wanted to part of Johri Rifle Club. But right at that
moment Chandro took the pistol and started shooting at the targets and surprisingly
she got it all. Not a single target was missed. Everybody was literally
impressed by her performance and since that day she never looked back. She
believed that age is just an excuse; if you have passion you can achieve your
goals.
Chandro setup an example for all the females in her village
and fortunately now there are around 25 women who have just took the brave step
to come forward and learn rifle shooting at the rifle club.
As I mentioned earlier,
the passion of shooting runs in the blood of chandro’s family. Here are some
facts that will make you proud for Chandro and her family. Seema is the
daughter of Chandro and you won’t believe that in 2010 she became the first
woman from India who successful won a medal at the pistol and rifle world cup. Her
daughter was not the only one who got this worldwide appreciation but her granddaughter Neetu
Solanki has also reached to the international competitions in Germany and
Hungary. There is one more name worth mentioning and that name is Prakashi
Tomar who is chandro’s sister-in-law. Prakashi once defeated deputy
superintendent of police and since that moment he never turned to her village
saying he was beaten by a woman. That was quite odd for him.