Name Prem Sonir Role Field Hockey player | Awards Arjuna Award for Hockey | |
Prem Maya Bachchan Sonir (born July 14, 1961) is serving as Assistant Sport Officer of North Eastern Railways Headquarters Gorakhpur. She was a member of the women's hockey team of India which won the gold medal in the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.
She also serves as the coach of the Indian Railways women hockey team which has won the women's national hockey championship a number of times. She was also the captain of the national women's hockey team. She received the Arjuna Award in 1985.
She is married to basketball player Bachchan Prasad from Indian railways.
She has two sons, Ankit Bachchan and Arpit Bachchan.
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