Google Doodle Celebrates Gama Pehalwan, The Undefeated Wrestling Champion
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One of the most significant feat achieved by Gama Pehalwan was in 1902 when he lifted a 1,200-kg stone.
Google Doodle today celebrates the birth anniversary of Gama Pehalwan, one of the most renowned wrestlers of pre-independent India. An undefeated wrestling world champion, he was also known as Rustam-e-Hind besides his ring name The Great Gama.
Even Bruce Lee is a known admirer and incorporates aspects of Gama's conditioning into his own training routine, Google said.
Born as Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt in 1878 in Amritsar, Gama hailed from a family of wrestlers. He was awarded the World Heavyweight title in 1910.
His workout routine included 500 lunges (bethaks) and 500 push-ups at the age of 10, Google said. In 1888, Gama won a lunge contest that saw the participation of over 400 wrestlers from across the subcontinent, earning him fame at a very young age.
