Sunder Deodhar (married name Sunder Patwardhan) is a female

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from India. She is the daughter of India's cricket player

D. B. Deodhar Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948. Cricket career Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor of Sanskrit at Pune ...

Career

Sunder Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her sister Tara Deodhar. Between 1942 and 1954 the Deodhar sisters, Suman, Sunder, and

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, dominated the

Indian National Badminton Championships The Indian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in India since 1934. Until the 1960s, foreign players could compete in the championships, which is why the winners' lists includes Malaysians ...

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