Overview

• Barwa suffered a paralytic stroke and after brief false reports of her death during ventilator treatment, she died on June 1 at a private Ranchi hospital.
• As head coach at the Khunti residential hockey training centre and a longtime mentor in Simdega, she helped cement Jharkhand’s reputation as a national women’s hockey powerhouse.
• Among her protégées are India captain Salima Tete and internationals Beauty Dungdung and Sangita Kumari, reflecting her impact on the sport.
• Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Hockey India general secretary Bhola Nath Singh led a wave of tributes praising her transformative influence.
• Barwa is to be cremated in her ancestral village, and her passing has evoked widespread mourning across the Indian sporting community.