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Strong Men over the years (A Chronicle of Athletes)

1942

Banerji's own family I believe was a family of lawyers but he chose to pursue the career of a professional strong man —surely an unusual choice considering the spirit of the times and the prdilection of the youth of those days for jobs easily available in the various departments of the Government Before I describe Banerji any further it seems important that I should try to trace the prevail [...] In the eighties Bengal was swept Dyer by a New Consciousness which expressed itself in the development of spiritual political and educational hought on the one hand and in the endeavour to ;tem the tide of a hastening physical decay of the 3Strong Men Over the Years Bengali race on the other. [...] Once introducing a friend to the mighty charm of the cages I could not restratn the bravado of digging with a pointed pencil a paw of the sleeping leopard dangling out of the bars. [...] It is not possible to ascertain the truth of these varied claims but to the careful investgator it is clear that the styles of wrestling which have existed in the Islamic Belt of the world have always been superior to the other existent forms. [...] This year saw three rising stars in the 26Bhuttan Ganga and Ghulam Mohiuddin persons of Ghulam Muhammad known all the world over as Gama the Lion of the Punjab; Ghulam Mohiuddin of Lahore and Ghulam Mohiuddin of Arpritsar.; apparently the last of the trio was a lesser wrestler in comparison.
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Pages
224
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143774
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii S. Muzumdar view
Shyamakanta Banerji
1-12 S. Muzumdar view
Legend and History
13-19 S. Muzumdar view
Ghulam and His Times
20-23 S. Muzumdar view
Bhuttan Ganga and Ghulam Mohiuddin
24-28 S. Muzumdar view
Kalloo the Fearsome Grappler
29-34 S. Muzumdar view
Gutta Singh—the Jat
35-viii S. Muzumdar view
Eugene Sandow and Ramamurti
41-51 S. Muzumdar view
Raheem Sultaniwala
52-68 S. Muzumdar view
Gama gives up the Title
69-74 S. Muzumdar view
Bose’s Famous Circus
75-84 S. Muzumdar view
An Amazon and Her Husband
85-92 S. Muzumdar view
Ahmed Buksh the Wrestler
93-iv S. Muzumdar view
A Strong Man for Madras
103-iv S. Muzumdar view
The Revival of Wrestling
107-113 S. Muzumdar view
Gobar—Wrestling World Champion
114-121 S. Muzumdar view
Women also can be Strong
122-129 S. Muzumdar view
Miscellaneous
130-135 S. Muzumdar view
Notable Weight-lifting Feats
136-145 S. Muzumdar view
An Inimitable Strong Man
146-150 S. Muzumdar view
Ulyett and Gama
151-159 S. Muzumdar view
Barbell and Hammer-Throw
160-180 S. Muzumdar view
Venkappa Sidu Burud
181-186 S. Muzumdar view
I Meet Gama Again
187-193 S. Muzumdar view
Kraemar’s Visit to India
194-200 S. Muzumdar view

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