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80-year-old Chandro Tomar (right) and 75-year-old Prakasho Tomar.
79-year-old Chandro Tomar (right) and 74-year-old Prakashi TomarHindustan Times/Caters News Agency
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Meet the sharpshooting grannies from India — Prakashi Tomar, 74, and sister-in-law Chandro Tomar, 79.

The high-caliber duo are part of an all-female shooting team in Uttar Pradesh, India, who have won awards in national shooting meets.

Prakashi began shooting at age 60 when she accompanied her granddaughter Shefali to a shooting range. She fired the girl’s gun and was hooked.

“Out of sheer boredom I borrowed my granddaughter’s pistol and let fly, I pulled the trigger and the pellet hit the target,” she said. “When everybody had gone off to sleep, I used to hold a jug of water in a closed room to enhance my grip and strengthen my wrists.”

In 2001, Prakashi won the national championships in the veteran category.

Chandro took second place the following year in the North India Shooting Competition.

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