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- He did a minimum of five thousand baithaks (squats) and three thousand dands (Indian word for pushups) in a day and even sometimes more within 30 to 45 minutes each by wearing a doughnut-shaped wrestling apparatus called a Hasli of 1 Quintal (approx. 100 kilos).
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He was first noticed at the age of ten, in 1888, when he entered a strongman competition held in Jodhpur, which included many gruelling exercises such as squats. [15] The contest was attended by more than four hundred wrestlers and Gama was among the last fifteen and was named the winner by the Maharaja of Jodhpur due to his young age. [16]
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The Great Gama, popularly known by his ring name Gama Pehalwan was born on 22 May 1878 (82 years) as Ghulam Muhammad Baksh into a traditional Kashmiri Muslim family of wrestlers in the village Jabbowal, Amritsar, Punjab, British India. His family was kenned to produce top-notch and fine wrestlers. All through his lifetime, he remained famous for ch...
Muhammad Aziz Baksh was the father of Indian wrestler, Gama Pehalwan. The Muslim wrestler also had a brother, Imam Baksh Pehalwan. Gama married twice in his life; Wazeer Begum and one more. He had five sons and four daughters. His granddaughter, Kalsoom Nawaz, is thewife of Nawaz Sharif. Kalsoom’s sister Saira Bano, also Gama’s granddaughter, is th...
The Great Gama had a robust stature with 5′ 8″ height and 110 kg weight. He hadblack eyes andhair. His body measurements were 46″ chest, 34″ waist, and22″ biceps.
If sources are to be believed The Great Gama’s daily diet included 2 gallons (7.5 litre) of milk, six desi chickens and more than a pound of crushed almond pastemade into a tonic drink. His daily training did not use to be a cake walk. Gama used tograpple with 40 of his fellow wrestlers in the court. Gama also used to do 5000 Baithaks (squats) and3...
When Gama was 6-year-old, he lost his father, Muhammad Aziz Baksh, who was also a prominent wrestler. After his father’s demise, his maternal grandfather and wrestler Nun Pahalwan took care of him. After Nun Pahalwan’s death, he was put under the supervision of his uncle Ida, another wrestler, who gave Gama his first training in wrestling.
In 1888, at the age of 10, Gama was first noticed when he entered a strongman competition held in Jodhpur. In the contest, Gama was among the last 15, and the Maharaja of Jodhpur was so impressed by Gama’s performance that he declared him winner due to his young age. When the story of Gama’s prowess in wrestling reached to the Maharaja of Datia, he...
While on a visit to the then Baroda state (modern-day Vadodara) to attend a wrestling competition, Gama Pehalwan lifted a stone weighing over 1,200 kilograms. The stone has now been kept at Baroda Museum.
In 1895, at the age of 17, Gama challenged Raheem Bakhsh Sultani Wala (the then Indian Wrestling Champion), another ethnic Kashmiri wrestler from Gujranwala, now in Punjab, Pakistan. Raheem Bakhsh Sultani Wala was amiddle-aged guy with almost 7-feet height and also had an impressive record. The bout continued for hours and eventually ended in a dra...
To compete with the Western Wrestlers, Gama sailed to England, accompanied by his younger brother Imam Bakhsh. However, because of his short stature, he could not gain instant entry. While in London, he issued a challenge that he could throw any 3 wrestlers in 30 minutes of any weight class, but no one turned as they considered it a bluff. Further,...
On 10 September 1910, in the finals of the John Bull World Championships in London, Gama faced world champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. The match was £250 (₹22000) in prize money. After nearly three hours of grappling, Zbyszko wrestled the great Gama to a draw. Next time, when Zbyszko and Gama were set to face each other, Zbyszko didn’t show up and Gama ...
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Dec 18, 2015 · Gama used to do five thousand squats and three thousand pushups everyday, and his daily diet included 10 liters of milk, six desi chickens, and a pound and a half of crushed almond paste...
Gama also used to do 5000 Baithaks (squats) and 3000 Dands (pushups) in a day. Gama Pehalwan doing workouts. Some sources also quote his daily diet included 2 gallons (7.5 litres) of milk, 6 desi chickens, and more than a pound of crushed almond paste made into a tonic drink.
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Dec 8, 2013 · He performed squats while wearing 200 pounds apparatus and had someone rub him with dry mustard after every workout session. Another interesting fact about this great man is that he had a major influence on many, including Bruce Lee himself.
May 22, 2022 · In Indian and world wrestling alike, The Great Gama or Gama Pehlwan is peerless. With an undefeated record in over 5,000 bouts over the course of his five-decade-long career, it’s near impossible to come up with enough superlatives to describe the Indian phenom’s feats.
May 22, 2022 · He was purportedly known for doing five thousand squats a day and three thousand pushups. His training routine resonated with famed martial art expert and movie star Bruce Lee, who took inspiration for some of his moves from Gama.
