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Feb 18, 2024 · Babita’s elder sister, India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning woman wrestler, Geeta Phogat, also wrote on X in Hindi, expressing sentiments similar to those of Babita.
Oct 13, 2022 · One of the highest-grossing Indian films of the past decade, Dangal chronicled the early life and career of India’s famous wrestling sisters, Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat. The Bollywood sports biopic followed in the footsteps of movies like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Mary Kom. The film grossed more than Rs 2,000 crores worldwide.
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Babita’s sister Geeta Phogat said some people were trying to divert the women wrestlers’ agitation. “I urge people to support the women wrestlers, who are fighting for justice. This is a ...
Aug 25, 2022 · Tik Tok star Sonali Phogat, who unsuccessfully contested on a BJP ticket from Adampur in the recent Haryana Assembly election, has filed a police complaint against her sister and brother-in-law ...
Babita is the younger sister of Geeta Phogat, who won India's first gold medal in women's wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. Babita is the daughter of wrestler and Dronacharya Award recipient Mahavir Singh Phogat. She has a cousin Vinesh Phogat who also won gold, in the 48 kg category, at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Among the famous Phogat sisters trained and raised by Mahavir, Geeta, the eldest, holds the distinction of being the first Indian women’s wrestler to qualify for the Olympics (London 2012) and to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (New Delhi 2010). Babita is also a former Commonwealth Games champion (Glasgow 2014).
