Indian female bodybuilder Shweta Mehta has been gathering immense attention off late ever since she performed a stunt of lifting cricketer Harbhajan Singh on her shoulders and performing sit-ups. The stunt that took place on popular reality TV show MTV Roadies, has been going viral ever since.

Hailing from a small town in Haryana, Shweta Mehta lived the life of a software engineer for several years in Bengaluru until she decided to turn her life around and become a full-time bodybuilder and fitness trainer.

Shweta Mehta however isn’t the only one who switched careers to break gender stereotypes. Shweta Rathore who has won several International laurels for India is yet another engineer who later went onto win the ‘Miss India’ title and pursue bodybuilding as a future career.

Here’s a quick look at the other bold ladies who hail from small towns of India, but have made the country proud on various occasions...