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Kolhapur, Maharashtra: Banta Singh (Punjab Kesari) [2] [3] [4] 1960 Mumbai Ganapatrao Andalkar: Kolhapur, Maharashtra [2] [3] 1961 Ajmer Karam Singh Punjab: 1962 Delhi Master Chandgi Ram: Haryana: 1964 Karnal Maruti Mane: Maharashtra: 1966 Ahmedebad Hazrat Patel: Maharashtra: 1968 Rohtak Master Chandgi Ram: Haryana: 1969 Kanpur Harishchandra ...
Maharashtra Kesari (transl. "Lion of Maharashtra" in Sanskrit) is an Indian-style wrestling championship, established in 1854 in Maharashtra, India. It is organized by the Maharashtra Kustigir Parishad .
Krishan Kumar Bhaprodia – Olympic participant, Hind Kesari 1986, Rustam-e-Hind, 3 Times National Champion, 3 Times Army Service Champion, Jawahar Kesari [2] [3] [circular reference] * Pandit Brahmdev Mishra – Lion of India, who defeated World Champion Dara Singh within few minutes in Kolkata; Pandit Ram Narayan Mishra – Lion of Uttar Pradesh
He made both the champions to bite the dust in the ring with his famous move ‘gadahlet’. In 1933 he came back to India and challenged Mustafa Pahalwan of Allahabad. Mustafa took him as a novice but got floored within 5 minutes when Mangla Rai used bahralli with full force. A star of wrestling was born in India after this famous bout. [2]
Hind Kesari (Hindi: हिंद केसरी, Caesar of India) is a 1935 Hindi action adventure film directed by Homi Wadia, and starring Husn Banu, Sardar Mansoor, Gulshan, Jal Khambatta, Tarapore and Master Mohammed. [1] [2] The film was a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, directed by Homi Master for Jayant Pictures. The film did ...
"Rustam-e-Hind": Champion of India. Dara Singh from Punjab, Sadika Gilgoo (Siddique Pehlwan), Krishan Kumar from Haryana, Muhammad Buta Pehlwan, Imam Baksh Pehlwan , Hamida Pehlwan , Vishnupant Nagrale , Dadu Chougule and Harishchandra Birajdar (Lion of India) [ 13 ] from Maharashtra, Mangla Rai from Uttar Pradesh and Pehlwan Shamsher Singh ...
Wrestling (known as Kushti in Hindi/Marathi), football and kabaddi are the sports most played in the city. [44] [45] Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium is known as wrestling capital of India. Kolhapur has a long history of kushti (wrestling) and has produced many wrestlers. The sport flourished during the reign of Shahu of Kolhapur (1894–1922).
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960), Indian writer, critic in Malayalam who wrote under the pseudonym Kesari, and the name of a Malayalam-language newspaper he started Kesari Singh Barahath (1872–1941), Indian poet and freedom fighter