Prakashi Tomar
Prakashi Tomar (born 01 January 1937) is an Indian sharpshooter from Johri village of Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district is one of the oldest sharpshooters in the world. She is an icon in the world of shooting. Personal life. Prakashi Tomar was married to Jai Singh, and their daughter, Seema Tomar, is an international shooter. She is the sister in law of Chandro Tomar. Her granddaughter, Ruby, is deputed as an inspector in Punjab Police, while her second daughter, Rekha, retired as a shooter. She lives in Johri village with her family, and has eight children and twenty  grandchildren. Career. Her career begun in year 1999 when she was well past her prime. Her daughter, Seema Tomar, joined the Johri Rifle Club but was hesitant to go alone. Tomar decided to accompany her to the academy as an encouragement. At the academy, coach Farooq Pathan and others were shocked when she shot the target skillfully while trying to show Seema how to hold the gun. Pathan advised her to join the academy, and has since won over 25 national and international championships. After two years of training, she entered a competition in which she had to compete against  the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Delhi Police, Dheeraj Singh. Tomar won the competition but the DIG refused to be photographed with her, and commented: ""What photograph, I have been humiliated by a woman."" Achievements. During her career, she received many awards, medal and trophies, besides social honours and the Stree Shakti Puraskar award conferred by then President of India Pranab Mukherjee. Tomar was selected in the #100Women_Achievers in India campaign launched in collaboration with Facebook about women who have contributed to their community and nation building. As such, Tomar was felicitated by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on  22 January 2016. She was also felicitated with the "Icon Lady" award by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2017.