Anchal Gangwal, a 24-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh, India, has become an Indian Air Force officer despite coming from an impoverished background as the daughter of a tea seller. Her father has worked as a tea seller in Bhopal for over 25 years and struggled to pay for her education, but she pursued her dream of joining the Air Force through hard work and perseverance. After seeing Air Force personnel help during floods in 2013, she was motivated to join. Through collecting information and passing her exams on the sixth attempt, she achieved her goal. Her success has inspired many and brought her father pride, though he was unable to see her commissioning due to COVID-19 restrictions.

1. PEOPLE
Tea Seller’s Daughter Becomes IAF
Officer
 BY SURAMYA-KAUSHIK
 JUN 24, 2020 12:21
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Who says you need money to fulfill your dreams? To achieve dreams one
requires hard work and perseverance which is undoubtedly proven by 24-
year-old IAF officer Anchal Gangwal, a tea-seller’s
daughter from Madhya Pradesh.

2. The journey for Anchal was full of crests and troughs but none of them stop
her to follow her passion and fulfill her dream. Her father has been selling
tea in Bhopal for more than 25 years and did not even have money to pay
for her education but blessed he is to have a daughter like Gangwal who is
now an inspiration for many.
“Her commissioning was a proud moment for our family, but we could not
make it (to the Air Force Academy at Dundigal) to see her due to the corona
virus-induced restrictions,” her father Suresh Gangwal, who works as a tea
seller at a bus stand in Neemuch district, told PTI. Her father further told
me that she got her motivation to join IAF in 2013 when she saw defense
personnel helping people during the Kedarnath floods.
“She was a bright student and also a basketball player. She first wished to
join the Air Force after seeing the IAF personnel helping people during
the Kedarnath tragedy. And, now her dream has come true,” Suresh said.
Her father told to media that she pursued her dream by collecting
information from bookstalls to understand how to prepare for exams and
her hard work and dedication finally made her clear the exams in her sixth
attempt. “One can understand my financial condition. At times, I faced
problems with depositing her school or college fees. I had to borrow money
from others on many occasions to deposit the fee. Sometimes I had to
pretend to be out of town to delay fees deposition,” her father, who has
studied till Class 10, said.
Anchal Gangwal’s dedication has become an inspiration for all and her
success is even acknowledged by Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, who congratulated her for making the
state proud.

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