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'''Bhuvneshwari Kumari''' is a former women's [[Squash (sport)|squash]] champion from [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/a/alwar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020724081016/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/a/alwar.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-07-24|title=ALWAR|date=2002-07-24|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kumari, also known as Princess Candy, was born to the [[Naruka]] royal family of [[Alwar]] in [[Rajasthan]] and is the granddaughter of [[Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/alwar.html |title=Alwar}}</ref> She was educated at [[Delhi University]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
She was Women's National Squash Champion for 16 years in a row from 1977 to 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiasquash.com/players-achievement.aspx |title=Squash Rackets Federation of India |access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><br />
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She is winner of 41 State titles and two International titles (Kenyan Open 1988 and 1989).<br />
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She was awarded the [[Arjuna award|Arjuna Award]] in 1982 and the [[Padma Shri]] in 2001 for her achievements.<br />
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She is also the Coach for the Indian Women's Squash team along with Cyrus Poncha. They trained the team for Asian Games 2018 that were held in Jakarta, Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/indian-squash-players-question-role-of-coaches-cyrus-poncha-and-bhuvneshwari-kumari-in-asian-games-contingent-5306406/|title=Indian squash players question role of coaches Cyrus Poncha and Bhuvneshwari Kumari in Asian Games contingent|date=2018-08-14|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
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*[[Arjuna Award]] in 1982<br />
*Padma Shri in 2001<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
*[[Delhi]] Sports Journalist Association Award (For The Best Sports Woman 1983)<br />
*Rajasthan Sports Award Council 1984<br />
*Maharana [[Mewar]] Foundation "Aravali Award" (For the most Outstanding Sportswoman of the year 1990)<br />
*[[K.K. Birla]] Foundation Award for Sports (For Outstanding Performance in 1991)<br />
*Bombay Sports Journalist Association Award (For Best Sportswoman for the year 1992)<br />
*Listed in the [[Limca]] Book of Records (For Sports Person of The Year 1992 and for The Most Number of Titles Won in Indian Sports)<br />
*Rajasthan Olympic Association Award -For Best Woman Player 1993&ndash;94<br />
*Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh Award for excellence in sports<br />
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