Great gama workout Continue Indian wrestler for stampede wrestling villain and professional wrestler of the 1970s - 2000s, see Gama Singh. Gama PehalwanBirt namedGulam Mohammad Bakshborn (1878-05-22)22 May 1878Amritsar, Punjab, British India Punjab, PakistanFamilyImam Baksh Pahalwan (brother)Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif (granddaughter) Professional wrestling careerRing name (s)Gama PahalwanBilled height 5 feet 7 in (170 cm) , commonly known as Rustam-e-Hind (Hindi Urdu for the champion of India) and named the ring of the Great Gama, was an Indian wrestler who remained undefeated. Born in Amritsar, Punjab province of colonial India in 1878, on October 15, 1910, he was awarded the Indian version of the World Heavyweight Championship, and on October 15, 1910, he defeated the world champions in freestyle wrestling. Unbeaten in a career spanning more than 52 years, he is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. During the partition of India, the Great Gama saved the lives of many Hindus and then spent the rest of her days until her death on May 23, 1960, in Lahore, which became part of the newly created state of Pakistan. Early in his life, Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt was born in Amritsar to a Kashmiri Muslim wrestling family in the Punjabi region of northern India. He is from a family of wrestlers that is known to produce world-class wrestlers. The Butt family, historians believe, were originally Kashmiri Brahmins (Butta) who converted to Islam during Muslim rule in Kashmir. Gama had two wives, one in Punjab and the other in Baroda, Gujarat, India. After the death of his father Muhammad Aziz Baksh when he was six years old, Gama was placed in the care of his maternal grandfather, Nun Pahalwan. After his death, Gama was taken care of by his uncle Ida, another wrestler who also began coaching Gama in wrestling. He was first spotted at the age of ten, in 1888, when he entered the Jodkhpur power competition, which included many gruelling exercises such as squats. The competition was attended by more than four hundred wrestlers and Gama was one of the last fifteen and was named the winner of the Maharaja from Jodhpur because of his young age. Gama was subsequently accepted to study maharaja from Datia. The training and diet of Gama performing baithak Gama performing Dand Gama daily training consisted of fighting with forty of his fellow wrestlers in akhada (court). He made at least five thousand baithaks (Hindustani word for squats) (avg. speed 100-200 squats per minute) and three thousand dands (Hindustani word for push-ups) (avg. speed 50-100 push-ups per minute) per day and even more for 30 to 45 minutes each, wearing a doughnut-shaped wrestling apparatus called Hasli 1 quintal (about 100 kg). Gama's daily diet included 10 litres of milk 1.5 pounds of desi Chicken Karhai Half a liter of lassi six pounds of oil three buckets of fruit chaat Two kilograms of pakoray Six samosa along with fruit juices and other ingredients to promote his digestive system and muscle health. The first meeting with Rahim Bakhsh Sultaniwala fame came in Gama in 1895, at the age of 17, when he challenged the then Indian wrestling champion, middle-aged Rahim Bakhsh Sultaniwala, another ethnic Kashmir fighter from Gujranwal, now in Punjab, Pakistan. (quote needed) About 7 feet tall, with a very impressive win-loss record, Rahim is expected to easily defeat 5'7 Gama. Rahim's only downside was his age, as he was much older than Gama, and near the end of his career. The fight lasted several hours and eventually ended in a draw. The competition with Rahim was a turning point in Gama's career. After that, he was considered as the next contender for the title of Rustam-e-Hind or the Championship of India in wrestling. In the first match Gama remained defensive, but in the second match Gama went on the offensive. Despite severe bleeding from his nose and ears, he managed to cause great damage to Rahim Bakhsh. By 1910, Gama had defeated all the outstanding Indian wrestlers who faced him except the champion, Rahim Bakhsh Sultani Vala (Rustam-e-Hind or the linear champion of India). During this time, he focused on the rest of the world. Accompanied by his younger brother Imam, Bakhsha Gam went to England to compete with Western wrestlers, but was unable to get an instant entry due to his lower altitude. Tournament in London, Gama issued a challenge that he could throw any three wrestlers in thirty minutes of any weight category. This announcement, however, was seen as a bluff by wrestlers and their wrestlers promoter R.B. Benjamin. For a long time no one was to accept this challenge. To break the ice, Gama presented another challenge for specific heavy weight fighters. He challenged Stanislav zbyshko and Frank Gotch, either he beat them or paid them prize money and went home. The first professional wrestler to take his challenge was American Benjamin Roller. In the fight, Gama locked the video for the first time in 1 minute 40 seconds, and after 9 minutes 10 seconds another. On the second day he defeated 12 wrestlers and thus got an entry into the official tournament. In the match against Stanislav zbyshko, he faced the world champion Stanislav zbyshko, and the date of the fight was set for September 10, 1910. At that time he was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world; and he'll then take on the mammoth of India feared Great Gama, the undefeated champion who was unsuccessful in his attempts to lure Frank Gotch into the match. Thus, on September 10, 1910, he faced the Great Gama in the final of the World Bullets Championship in London. The match's prize pool was 250 pounds and John Bull's belt. Within a minute, he was knocked down and remained in that position for the remaining 2 hours and 35 minutes of the match. There were a few short moments when he got up, but he had just returned to his previous position. Creating a defensive strategy to hug the mat in order to nullify the greatest strengths of the Great Gama, zbyshko fought the Indian legend in a draw after almost three hours of struggle, although the lack of perseverance of zbyshko angered many fans in attendance. However, he is still one of the few wrestlers ever to meet the Great Gams without going down in defeat; On September 17, 1910, they had to face each other again. On that day, she did not appear, and Gama was declared the winner by default. He was awarded the John Bull Prize and Belt. Having received this belt under the name of Gama will be called Rustam-e-Zamana or world champion, but not a linear world champion, as he did not defeat zbyshko in the ring. Fights against American and European champions During this round Gama defeated some of the most respected grapplers in the world, Doc Benjamin Roller of the United States, Maurice Deriaz of Switzerland, Johann Lemm (European champion) from Switzerland, and Jesse Peterson (world champion) from Sweden. In the game against Roller, Gama threw 13 pucks in the 15-minute game. Gama has now challenged others who claim to be world champions, including Japanese judo champion Taro Micah, George Hackenschmidt of Russia and Frank Gotch of the United States - each turned down an invitation to enter the ring to meet him face-to-face. At one point, to face some kind of competition, Gama offered to fight twenty English wrestlers, one by one. He announced that he would win all or pay the prize money, but still no one would accept his challenge. (quote necessary) Final meeting with Rahim Bakhsh Sultani Vala shortly after his return from England, Gama faced Rahim Bakhsh Sultani Vala in Allahabad. This fight eventually ended a long fight between the two pillars of the Indian fight of the time in favor of Gama, and he won the title of Rustam-e-Hind or the linear champion of India. Later, when asked who was his strongest opponent, Gama replied: Rahim Bakhsh Sultani Vala. After defeating Rahim Bakhsh Sultani Vala, Gama collided with Pandit Biddu, who was one of the best wrestlers in India at the time (1916), and defeated him. In the During his visit to India, the Prince of Wales presented Gama with a silver mace. Gama had no rivals until 1927, when it was announced that Gama and zbyshko would face each other again. They met in Patiala in January 1928. Entering the fray, Zbyshko showed strong build-up of body and muscles and Gama was reported to have looked much thinner than usual. However, he managed to defeat the former easily and won the fight within a minute, winning the Indian version of the Linear World Wrestling Championship. After the fight, he praised him, calling him a tiger. At 48, he was known as the Great Wrestler of India. In a battle with Balram Hiraman Singh Yadav, after defeating zbyshko Gama defeated Jesse Petersen in February 1929. The fight lasted only a minute and a half. It was the last fight that Gama fought during his career. In the 1940s, he was invited by Nizam Hyderabad and defeated all his fighters. Nizam then sent him to the wrestler Balram Hiraman Singh Yadav, who had never been defeated in his life. The fight was very long. Gama could not beat Hiraman, and in the end none of the wrestlers won. Hiraman was one of the toughest wrestlers for Gama to face.