Chandro Tomar was an Indian professional sharpshooter. She was said to be the world’s oldest sharpshooter. He had won more than 30 national championships. On 30 April 2021, he died after battling COVID-19.
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Chandro Tomar was born in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh on Friday, 1 January 1932 (age 89 years at the time of death). His zodiac sign is Capricorn. She came from a family with an agricultural background and was married at the age of 15. She lived in Johari village of Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. Tomar never received formal education. She chose shooting as her career when she was 65 years old. In 1999, his granddaughter Shefali wanted to learn shooting and decided to enroll at Johari Rifle Club. Shefali felt shy going to the boys’ shooting club alone and asked Tomar to accompany her. One day, when his granddaughter Shefali was not able to load the rifle, Tomar came forward to help her and fired at the target. His first short resulted in a bull’s eye hit. Club coach Farooq Pathan was amazed by his skills and suggested him to join the club and receive proper training. On his advice, Chandro received extensive training for 2 years and participated in many state level and national level shooting championships.
Chandro Tomar practicing shooting
He won a silver medal in his first North Zone Championship. Since 1999, Tomar has participated and won more than 30 national competitions across India. He won the gold medal in the Veteran Shooting Championship held in Chennai. In 2016, Chandro competed in her last event in Delhi and won a bronze medal. After 2016, Tomar continued coaching youth, addressing meetings and inaugurating various sports institutions.
Chandro Tomar is guiding youth for rifle shooting.
Tomar has been featured on “Satyamev Jayate,” “India’s Got Talent,” and History TV’s “OMG!” It was also shown in various TV shows including. This is my India.”
Chandro Tomar on the sets of India’s Got Talent
In 2019, a film titled ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ was made by Tushar Hiranandani based on the biography of Tomar and his sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar. Bollywood actresses Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar played the roles of Chandro and Prakashi in the film. The film was declared tax free in Delhi and Rajasthan.
Physical Appearance
Hair Colour: White
Eye colour: black
Family, Caste and Husband
Chandro Tomar belonged to a Jat family. His brother was in the army. Her husband’s name is Bhor Singh. He had three sons and three daughters. All his daughters have learned shooting and have participated in shooting championships at international level. Tomar had 15 grandchildren. His granddaughter Shefali Tomar is an international shooter. His niece, Seema, is also a sharpshooter; Who became the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Rifle and Pistol World Cup in 2010. Chandro’s sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar is also a sharpshooter.
Chandro Tomar with his family members
Chandro Tomar with his granddaughter
Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar
award
- Senior Citizen – National Award
- ht woman 2017
Chandro Tomar posing with HT Woman Award
- Devi Award
Chandro Tomar receiving the Devi Award from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
- Shram Shakti Award
Chandro Tomar receiving Shram Shakti Award
Death
On 30 April 2021, he died after battling COVID-19. On April 26, 2021, he was admitted to a hospital in Meerut after complaining of difficulty in breathing. After Chandro’s death, his sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar wrote on her Twitter page,
I left you, where has Chandro gone?”
fact
- Doing yoga was his hobby.
Chandro Tomar practicing yoga
- She was fondly known as Shooter Dadi and Revolver Dadi.
- Chandro lived in an extended family of 40 persons.
- Although Tomar never received a formal education, she was a quick learner when it came to sharpshooting and learning basic English.
- Initially, she was afraid of going to the shooting range and would practice at her home late at night or early in the morning.
- Within 15 days of starting his shooting career, his name, work and picture were published in the newspaper.
- Two weeks after Chandro’s work was published in newspapers, his sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar also followed his footsteps and started learning shooting.
- Chandro defeated an army officer during his first championship from the North Zone. This match was organized in Chandigarh. Sharing details of the incident Chandro says,
When they called her on stage, she told everyone that she was disappointed to lose to the woman who had recently picked up a gun.
Her granddaughter Shefali was also competing in the same match in the junior category and both of them won silver medals in the championship.
- Initially, her husband neither supported nor opposed her passion for shooting, but when she excelled in her field, her husband encouraged her and other family members as well.
- He had a pistol worth £1,200.
Chandro Tomar with his pistol
- Tomar used to shoot wearing traditional village attire. She used to cover her head to protect herself from the disturbance of the wind.
- When household chores prevented him from going to the shooting range, Chandro continued his practice by throwing stones at bottles filled with water in his backyard.
- When Chandro was asked in an interview whether people were afraid of him, he replied-
Robbers no longer come to our village.”
- In October 2019, Chandro visited the sets of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ to promote the film with her sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar and the cast of the film “Saand Ki Aankh”.
- In October 2019, Chandro along with her sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar went to a multiplex in Baraut, Uttar Pradesh to watch the first show of her film. There was a huge crowd in the theater and both were demanding to take selfies with them.
- Chandro had traveled to Punjab, Haryana and Bihar to set up shooting ranges for the people there.
- Reportedly, boards with the name “Shooter Dadi” and slogans like “Beti Bachao, Beti Khilao, Beti Padhao” were put up near their houses. It is written on it.
- In October 2019, Chandro underwent surgery and was recovering in a hospital in Delhi.
- Chandro told in an interview that his son-in-law was among his first supporters.
- Chandro revealed during an interview that when she visited the sets of “Bigg Boss 13”, she joked with Salman Khan asking if he was the same boy whom she had been seeing on television for so many years. However, this part was edited by the Bigg Boss 13 team and Tomar was unhappy with it.
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