Vijender Singh Beniwal

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Vijender Singh Beniwal is Silver medalist (69Kgs) in boxing Commonwealth Games 2006. He comes from village Kaluwas in Bhiwani district in Haryana. Vijender has joined as a Senior Railways Ticket Examiner at Jaipur a few months ago. Vijender’s family owns no land. His father, a driver with Haryana Roadways, has a house in Kaluwas village along the Meham-Bhiwani road. Vijender’s cash rewards for his medals in various international meets have helped the family build a house with all the trappings of a comfortable urban dwelling. It has an inverter to keep the desert coolers running during power cuts. The furniture is new and the kitchen “modern” by village standards.

Vijender’s mother Krishna has also ensured that he got all the milk and curd he needed to make him strong. “Besides, I always gave him the money he wanted to pursue his sport”, she says. Vijender’s elder brother Manoj, a Havildar in the Army, is also a boxer. So are three of his cousins.

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