Nickname Chandu World Champion 1958 | Name Chandra Hirjee | |
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Died c. 1989 (aged 64)Kolkata |
Chandrasinh Hirjee Jewraj (1925 - 1989) a.k.a. Chandu / The Stylist was an Indian amateur billiards and snooker player. He represented Bengal and India in domestic and world championships - the World Amateur Billiards Championship and the World Amateur Snooker Championship. He won the inaugural World Amateur Snooker Championship held at Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1958. He was also Indian Open Billiards Championship winner in 1946, 47, 56 and 58, runner-up in 1952, 54, 55, 57 and Indian Snooker Championship runner-up in 1952, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58.
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