<p>India badminton star Jwala Gutta praised her mother Yelan and called her the head of the family as she turned a year older on Thursday.</p>
<p>Jwala Instagrammed the above picture with her mother, father Kranti and sister Insi and captioned it: "Happy birthdayyyyy to the head of our family...my mom...the strongest woman I know!! We love you!!"</p>
<p>Take a look at Jwala Gutta's post below.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_8bV-hLxn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Happy birthdayyyyy to the head of our family...my mom...the strongest woman I know!! &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&yen;&sup3; We love you!! &acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009d&curren;&iuml;&cedil;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098</a></p>
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<p>Jwala Gutta's mother Yelan's birthplace is China. Yelan first arrived in India along with her father, who is a Gandhian named Tseng, in 1977. Not many know that Jwala Gutta's mother translated the Gandhi autobiography to Chinese. Jwala Gutta's father, Kranti comes from a family of freedom fighters.</p>
<p>The 36-year-old badminton player began her career in the 1990s and since then has become a household name in badminton especially doubles. In her career, Jwala has won a total of 316 matches with her best world ranking at number 6.</p>
<p>Jwala Gutta has won multiple medals during her career - 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze at Commonwealth Games, 5 gold at the South Asian Games, 2 bronze at the Uber Cup and 1 bronze at the World championships.</p>
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