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Indian National Basketball Championship for Women is a professional basketball tournament in India for women. This tournament is held by the Basketball Federation of India. The 61st Championship will be held in New Delhi in 2011. [1] [ needs update ] 23 states teams will participate in this tournament.
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The participating teams are:
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The list of participating teams are:
Pratima Singh is a member of the India women's national basketball team, hailing from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. Born in Solanki Agnivanshi Rajput family from Varanasi, her siblings have also either played or are playing for India- her sisters Divya and Priyanka have represented Indian National Women's Basketball Team, while Prashanti Singh an Arjuna Award and Padma Shri winner is the current captain of the team and Akanksha is a member.
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