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Kavita Dalal (born 20 September 1986) is an Indian professional wrestler who performed in the WWE under the ring name Kavita Devi, on their developmental territory NXT between 2017 and 2021. Devi is the first female professional wrestler of Indian nationality to wrestle in WWE. [ 4 ]
Pehlwani, [1] also known as Kushti, is a form of wrestling contested in the Indian subcontinent.It was developed in the Mughal Empire by combining Persian Koshti pahlevani with influences from native Indian Malla-yuddha.
[11] [12] Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi, a coach with the Indian women's wrestling team, trained Khan and the cast for the wrestling sequences. [ 13 ] After a North American premiere on December 21, 2016, Dangal was released worldwide on December 23 to universal critical acclaim, with praise centered on the film's "honest" depiction of a real ...
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Malla-yuddha (Sanskrit: मल्लयुद्ध, IAST: mallayuddha) is the traditional form of combat-wrestling originating in the Indian subcontinent. [1] It is closely related to Southeast Asian wrestling styles such as naban and is one of the two ancestors of kushti. Indian wrestling is described in the 13th century Malla Purana.
Alka Tomar is an Indian wrestler [5] who belongs to village Sisauli (Uttar Pradesh). [6] She became the National Women Wrestling champion of India, and received the bronze medal in Wrestling (59 kg Freestyle) at the Doha Asian Games in 2006. [7] Alka Tomar also received a bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006. [8]
Despite sumo wrestling not being amongst the recognized sports in India, Dave has represented India in several competitions. [13]When she participated in the World Games she was the only female participant from India to represent the country and Sumo out of more than 200 games.
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