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1187:Sunita Devi
1152:Seema Mehta
1027:Devaki Amma
981:Gita Mittal
957:Jetsun Pema
917:C. K. Durga
899:Ambica Beri
794:Gargi Gupta
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733:Reema Sathe
728:Qamar Dagar
683:Divya Rawat
673:Bano Haralu
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