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developed expertise in martial art. Due to this his confidence was enhanced with the result that he started playing foot-ball too, and would take any position except that of a goal-keeper.
He achieved very many great things in life by sheer determination and hard work. If he was good at sports, he was good at studies too. He obtained a B.Com. degree in 1964. It was at this time that he became a champion wrestler at Lucknow University and also became a captain of the University wrestling team. He also joined as a clerk in the NCC office at Lucknow. He not only learnt how to write without the use of a palm but his handwriting was beautiful and ornamental.
By this time, he got a better job in the civil supplies department of Punjab with a posting at Chandigadh where he rose to the position of senior auditor.
Once while he was crossing the bridge on the river Gomti at Lucknow, he saw an eight year old girl drowning. All those who were witnessing the incident were only shouting for help from others, but none had the courage to jump into the river to save the girl. It was Padmaraj who showed valour, jumped into the river and finally saved the girl. He then took the girl to her home in an auto-rickshaw where the father of the girl literally prostrated before Padmaraj and profusely thanked him for saving his daughter from drowning.
Thus Padmaraj could successfully surpass the physical deficiency that he had from the time of his birth. He could do so by dint virtue of sheer determination and willpower.
He also learnt how to ride a motorbike and could easily ride it even in very busy thoroughfares of the city. Thousands would watch him with amazement. To top it all, he also learned how to fire a pistol and a revolver.
Generally speaking, it is found that a man born with a handicap like that of Padmaraj would reconcile himself to a
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