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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, and after Nun Pahalwan’s death, he was put under the care of his uncle Ida, another wrestler, who gave Gama his first training in wrestling.
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Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt (22 May 1878 – 23 May 1960), commonly known by the title Rustam-e-Hind [a] and by the ring name The Great Gama, [b] [7] was a pehlwani wrestler and strongman in British India and later, Pakistan. In the early 20th century, he was an undefeated wrestling champion of British India.
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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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Nov 28, 2023 · The Great Gama was born Ghulam Mohammad Bakhsh in 1878 in a village in Punjab, British India. He belonged to a family of wrestlers, with an illustrious lineage and reputation. His father,...
Mar 7, 2016 · Like his wrestler father Muhammad Aziz Baksh, Gama and his brother were patronised by the Maharaja of Datia, and they showed great promise from the moment they stepped into the ring for the first...
May 22, 2017 · The Great Gama (Gama Pahalwan) was born on 22-05-1878 in Jabbowal Village, Amritsar in the state of Punjab, British India as Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt. He was a British Indian Wrestler & Bodybuilder who was an undefeated world's wrestling champion in the early 20th century.
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