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'''Khanum Haji''' ([[Hindi]]: ख़ानम हाजी, [[Urdu]]: خانم حاجی) was an | '''Khanum Haji''' ([[Hindi]]: ख़ानम हाजी, [[Urdu]]: خانم حاجی) was an Indian [[lawn tennis|tennis]] player from [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref name="datta2001">{{Citation | title=A Century of Indian Tennis | author=Pratip Kumar Datta | year=2001 | publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India | isbn=81-230-0783-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OCBAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... The honour of becoming the first woman National Champion fell on Mrs. Khanum Singh (nee Haji) ... Khanum Haji, also from Bombay ...''}}</ref> She was the women's champion in the first-ever [[Grass court|Grass Court]] National Championship of India, held in 1946.<ref name="majumdar2005">{{Citation | title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present | author=Boria Majumdar, J. A. Mangan | year=2005 | publisher=Routledge | isbn=0-415-35953-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBk2bV_EEK8C | quote=''... The first woman Champion was Khanum Singh (nee Haji) ...''}}</ref> | ||
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Khanum Haji (Hindi: ख़ानम हाजी, Urdu: خانم حاجی) was an Indian tennis player from Hyderabad.[1] She was the women's champion in the first-ever Grass Court National Championship of India, held in 1946.[2]
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- ↑ Pratip Kumar Datta (2001), A Century of Indian Tennis, Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 81-230-0783-3,
... The honour of becoming the first woman National Champion fell on Mrs. Khanum Singh (nee Haji) ... Khanum Haji, also from Bombay ...
- ↑ Boria Majumdar, J. A. Mangan (2005), Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-35953-8,
... The first woman Champion was Khanum Singh (nee Haji) ...
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