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Pushpa Pradhan (born 25 November 1981) is a former field hockey player. She was a member of the India women's national field hockey team. [1] She played with the team when it won the Gold at 2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup. [2]
Pradhan was born in Hesel village in tribal heartland Khunti, roughly 60 kilometres from Ranchi, Jharkhand, on 25 November 1981.
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