Gama Pehlwan 144th Birth Anniversary: Today is the 144th birthday of 'The Great Gama', popularly known as 'Rustom-e-Hind'. Google has made Gama Pehlwan's birthday even more special by making a doodle. A wrestler who never lost to any wrestler in the world, who earned a name all over the world.
Gama Pehlwan gave 52 years of his life to wrestling and won many titles. It is said that the last time of his life passed in a lot of trouble. Let's know about Gama Pehlwan.
Wrestling started at the age of 10
Gama was born on 22 May 1878 in Amritsar. Gama's father Muhammad Aziz Baksh was also a wrestler. Gama's childhood name was Ghulam Muhammad. Gama started wrestling at the age of just 10. At the time of the partition of India-Pakistan, Gama Pehlwan moved to Lahore with his family.
Gama Pehlwan learned the initial nuances of wrestling from the famous wrestler Madho Singh. After this, Maharaja Bhavani Singh of Datia gave him the facilities to do wrestling, due to which his wrestling continued to flourish. Gama has never lost a match in his 52-year career.
Used to conduct 5000 sittings and more than 1000 pushups in a day
Gama Pehlwan became famous as 'Rustom-e-Hind'. He was known for doing 5000 squats and 1000 pushups in a day. No wrestler could stand in front of him. He stunned all the wrestlers.
The diet used to take 6 indigenous chickens, 10 litres of milk and 100 roti
Talking about the diet of Gama wrestlers, people used to press their fingers after seeing them eating them. Gama's diet was such, as that which is beyond the reach of the common man. It is said that Gama Pehlwan used to eat 6 indigenous chickens, 10 litres of milk, half a kilo of ghee, almond syrup and 100 rotis in a day.
Bruce Lee was also influenced by Gama Pehlwan
According to a report, Gama had made her body with stone dumbbells. Famous martial artist Bruce Lee was also very much influenced by Gama and learnt bodybuilding from him. It is said that Bruce Lee used to keep an eye on the workout of Gama wrestlers through articles and then used to practice it himself. Bruce Lee also learnt to punish by watching Gama.