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Dhanraj Pillai
 One
of the most dangerous forwards in the world,
he is India's well-known hockey forwards.
A person who has become famous for his on-field
as well as off-field theatrics. Dhanraj
will do anything for a win. Sometimes the
entire team may give up, but Pillai will
keep on trying to forge a move. With assets
like speed and ball control, Pillai can
unsettle any defence in the world. Till
he is in the circle, no defence in the world
can ever relax. His turn of speed in the
circle is his main weapon, which throws
defenders offtrack. The crowning moment
of his career came when India under his
captaincy won the Asiad Hockey Gold
in the 1998 Bangkok Asiad games.
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Ramchandra Panse
Ramachandra Panse has been featured in the
Guinness Book of World Records for
the record number of times he has climbed
up Pune's famous Parvati Hill. For the past
57 years, Ramchandra Panse, now 69, has been
walking up Parvati Hill every day at close
to four in the morning. His daily schedule
is chalked out. He gets up at 03:15 hrs, is
out of the house at 03:40 hrs and atop the
260-ft high hill at 04:30 hrs. And he does
so 365 days a year, be it monsoon or otherwise.
Back from his walk, he does 50 push-ups. He
is the man responsible for the maintenance
of the various branches of the State Bank
of India in the city. He also delivers lectures
in schools and banks. He personally feels
that early to bed and early to rise is the
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