Tara Deodhar (born 1924) is a

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and

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

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 ...

Education

In 1946, Deodhar studied at the

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Career

Tara Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her sister

Sunder Deodhar Sunder Deodhar (married name Sunder Patwardhan) is a female badminton player from India. She is the daughter of India's cricket player D. B. Deodhar. Career Sunder Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her si ...

. Between 1942 and 1954 the Deodhar sisters, Suman,

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, and Tara dominated the Indian National Badminton Champion competition. She was also a strong tennis player. While studying at

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, she was seeded fifth among foreign tennis players in the U.S. Tennis Championship.

References

Indian female badminton players Indian national badminton champions Possibly living people Marathi people Sportswomen from Maharashtra Racket sportspeople from Maharashtra Indian female tennis players 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people 1924 births Indian expatriates in the United States University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni {{India-badminton-bio-stub