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The Palmless Wrestler
Padmaraj with his wife
life of dependency. But Padmaraj was of a rare breed that proved what a person can achieve, given the right dose of courage, confidence and determination.
The Ranji Trophy cricket player from Bihar Anjan Bhattacharya was given the Arjun Award in 1975. When the Hon'ble President of India handed over the award to Anjan at a special ceremony at the Rastrapati Bhavan, the recipient merely smiled on receiving it from the President. The reason was that Anjan has been a dumb and deaf person. He has been playing in the Ranji Trophy matches since 1970 as a medium pace bowler. His best performance was 7 wickets for 10 runs.
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