As well as training hundreds of youngsters in Uttar Pradesh, Tomar taught nine members of her family including her niece Seema and improved the skills of her granddaughter Shifila.
Seema went on to become the first Indian woman to win a medal in the 2010 Shotgun Championships and Shifali has participated in international competitions in Hungary and Germany.
Many of Tomar's female students have landed jobs in the Indian army.
The elderly sharpshooter says her aim to empower young women and make them feel safe.
In a place like Uttar Pradesh, where crimes against women are prevalent, Tomar says self-defence is of utmost importance.
Women and men should have the same opportunities in sports and other spheres of life, she adds, remembering the day she competed with a police officer in competition.
That was just two years after she had taken to sharpshooting, and she defeated the police officer.
According to reports, the police officer refused to stand by Tomar's side for a photograph, claiming to have been humiliated by a woman.
A woman's strength
Looking ahead, Tomar wants to set up a hostel in her village so that people from other states can join her shooting club.
"Recently, I got a call from someone from Rajasthan. She wanted me to train her in sharpshooting. When I told her I could not travel to her state, she was disappointed," Tomar says. "If a hostel is set up here, people like her can stay there and train themselves."
Having won more than 30 championships in 10-metre pistol shooting, the current chief minister of Uttar Pradesh - Yogi Adityanath - has celebrated her achievements.
She regularly appears on TV shows and several Bollywood stars have made the pilgrimage to visit her.
Perhaps her greatest achievement, though, is how her name is used to fight off cultural traditions that trap women in impossible situations.
When a girl in her village is asked for dowry, for instance, people have been known to cite Tomar's name as a way of showing women's strength - and the demand is given up.
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