Tajamul Islam

This little Kashmiri girl is the youngest of the Kashmiri women achievers listed in this article. She has represented India and won the much coveted World Kickboxing Championship that was organised in Italy in the year 2016, all at the young age of seven, when most kids her age are busy playing video games and eating dirt.

Baby Tajamul, who was inspired to join Kickboxing after learning that her older siblings were being trained in Wushu, and fearing that she might never get a chance to be strong, practically blackmailed her parents into letting her join the training academy by quipping, “Main aapki aulaad nahi hoon jo mujhe join nahi karwaayi academy?” (Am I not your child too that you haven’t let me join the academy?) Her father agreed on the condition that she would be allowed to learn kickboxing only if she wins gold – a promise she kept well.

Apart from being a kickboxer, she also excels at Taekwondo and Wushu. She is a fun loving child with a witty sense of humour, a trait that she finds helpful in overcoming fear.