Wrestler Abdul Ghani of Maler Kotla Wins Bambyal Kesri Kushti Title

Trikuta News Express

JAMMU: In a tough fight which lasted for 30 minutes Wrestler Abdul Ghani of Maler Kotla clinched the Bambyal Kesri title which was held at Bambyal fallen on the old traditional route of Maa Vaishno Devi ji defeating Pardeep of Patiala. The Dangal was organized by Bambyal Dangal Committee under the overall supervision of its Chairman Ram Singh, Vice Chairman Choudhary Bashir Ahmed, & Secretary Choudhary Manzoor Ahmed in which more than 45 bouts were played.

Winner and runner –up wrestlers were awarded with cash prize of Rs.31000/- and Rs.20,000/- respectively by the Chief Guest of the occasion Rakesh Wazir State Gen.Secretary Bahujan Samaj Party in presence of Sr.PDP leader Showkat Choudhary.

In the second main bout Zakir of Bisnah defeated Sanjeev Singh of Delhi. The 3rd bout was tied between Vikas of Khanna & Farooq of Bishnah. The 4th bout was won by Lallu of Garh Shankar by defeating Bobi of Bishnah. The 5th bout ended up in a draw between Babba of Kot Bhalwal and Abdul of Maler Kotla,in another main bouts Nissar and Kalu bout ended up in a draw,Mohd.Asif beat Sukha,Akram beat Talib etc.

Bambyal Dangal Committee members and Technical officials who helped for conduct of grand wrestling event were Ram Singh, Choudhary Manzoor Hussain, Basheer Ahmed, Dr. Jitender Sharma, Patwari Krishan Lal, Kartar Chand, Karamat Ali, Habeeb Hussain, Ghulam Nabi, Master Pawan, Lamberdar Sher Singh, etc.

Mr.Rakesh Wazir Chief Guest of the occasion Complimented Dangal Committee for successful conduct of Dangal and said that holding of such events in the state sends a message of love, peace ,unity , and brotherhood to the entire country & state in particular and the youth who are taking wrong paths now a days get inspiration to do something positive and remain physically fit as well.He also assured them that he will takeup the matter of revival of old Heritage Route with Department of Tourism and get that started once again at the earliest.

Chairman Dangal Committee Ram Singh said that Rs.2.00 lac was spent on this dangal and thanked the people for making this Dangal a grand success .Others who were present on the occasion include BSP assembly president Nagrota Gardhari Lal,Ex.Dy.SP Ghulam Rasool, Rehmat Ali,Saraj Din,Shyam Lal,Noor Mohd., all serpanches and Naib Serpanch Bagh Hussain etc.

Lalli of Punjab lifts Battal Kushti Dangal title

Vijay Gupta

Jammu, June 26
Lalli of Garh Shanker in Punjab clinched the 6th Annual Battal Dangal title defeating Amit of Guru Hunumam Akhara Delhi in the main bout held at Battal in tehsil Majalta of district Udhampur. Winner and runners-up wrestlers of the top bout awarded with cash prize of Rs 10,000 and Rs 8,000 respectively jointly by president J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma, president district Udhampur, Virender Sharma and president of Battal Dangal Committee, Dewan Chand Sharma. Dangal was organized by Battal Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association. Around 78 wrestlers drawn from within and outside the State participated in the event. In all, 43 bouts were played in the day-long dangal.
Wrestler Chinni of Banaras was declared as the best wrestler of the dangal. He won two bouts by fall and was awarded with an additional cash prize of Rs 500. The second main bout was won by Sukha of Rajasthan who defeated Roshan Lal Sharma of J&K Police. Ranjeet of Ludhina secured the third bout beating Nisar Ahmed of Doda while fourth bout clinched by Ajay Kumar Sharma of Landen Power House (Udhampur) trouncing Rajan of Banaras. Prominent among others present were AEE Vinod Sharma, Naib Tehsildar Majalta Shanker Chand, Advocate Amit Sharma, JE Som Nath, Dr. Subash Chander, Prem Nath Badiyal, Shiv Ram, Rajesh Kumar Sharma (Raju), Bittu, Hans Raj, Om parkash, Karnail Singh, contractor Rumal Singh, Girdwar Yash Paul Singh, Lochan Singh and Om Parkash Verma. Baba Varinder Giri was chief guest who gave away the cash prizes to the winners and winners-up wrestlers. District Horticulture officer, Udhampur Virender Sharma, AEE Vinod Sharma and Naib Tehsildar Shanker Chand were guests of honour. Members and technical officials who helped for the smooth conduct of the event included Dewan Chand Sharma.

Wrestlers Baba, Lallu share Showa Mathwar Kesari Kushti Title

State Times

JAMMU: In a tough fight which lasted for 30 minutes Wrestler Lallu of Bajrangi Akhara and Baba of Kot Bhalwal shared the Showa Mathwar Kesri title which was held at Showa, four kms from the famous religious spot of Jammu i.e. Mathwar.
The Dangal was organised by Showa Dangal Committee under the overall supervision of its President Mool Raj and Sarpanch Mumtaz Ahmed in which more than 45 bouts were played.
Bahujan Samaj Party State General Secretary, Rakesh Wazir was the Chief Guest who gave away cash prize to the winners of the first bout Baba and Lallu.
In the second main bout Amir Khan of Nargara defeated Vijay of Bain Bajalta. The third bout was won by Naresh of Showa by defeating Baj Singh of Ban Batara. The fourth bout was won by Javed Khan of Nargara by defeating Anil of Pargwal and the fifth bout ended up in a draw between Swarn Singh of J and K and Rajat of Delhi. The sixth bout was won by Rajat of Delhi by defeating Balwan of Dayaran etc.
Showa Dangal Committee members and Technical officials who helped for conduct of wrestling event were President Mool Raj, Serpanch Showa Mumtaz Ahmed, Lamberdar Dwarka Nath, Allah Mahi, Master Ram Dayal, Shiv Kumar, Suraj Mani, Govind Ram, Dr.Ravi, Master Mangat Ram and Pandit Des Raj.
Rakesh Wazir complimented Dangal Committee for successful conduct of Dangal and said that holding of such events in the State sends a message of love, peace, unity and brotherhood to the entire country and State in particular.
On the occasion Lambardar Dwarka Nath was honoured for giving 5 kanal land to the Middle School Showa free of cost.
President Dangal Committee Mool Raj thanked the people for making the Dangal a grand success.
Others who were present on the occasion include BSP Assembly President Nagrota Gardhari Lal, Ex-Sarpanch Showa Bagh Hussain, Ex. State Gujjar Advisory Board Member Bagh Hussain, Ganesh Dass, Prem Nath Bhagat and Raj Paul Singh.

Punjab wrestler Gani bags Malhar Kushti Dangal title

Greater Kashmir

Jammu, June 22: Abdul Gani of Mallerkotla in Punjab clinched the16th Annual Malhar Dangal title after he defeated Pardeep of Patiala in a closely contested 22-minute long bout at Malhar in tehsil and district Udhampur.
Winner and runner-up wrestler of the top bout were awarded with cash prize of Rs 19,000 and Rs 14,000 respectively by chief guest, senior BJP leader, Pawan Gupta in the presence of president, J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma, district Udhampur PDP president, Sukhdev Sharma, and president of Malhar Dangal Committee, Devinder Kumar (Pappu).
Dangal was organized by Malhar Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association involving around 72 wrestlers from within and outside the State.
The event held under the overall supervision of Shiv Kumar Sharma, Devinder Kumar (Pappu) and Rattan Fouji. In all, 40 bouts were played in this one-day dangal.
The second main bout won by Lalli of Garh Shanker in Punjab who defeated Major of Loudana. Ranjeet of Ludhiana secured third bout beating Gurjeet of Patiala while fourth bout won by Chinni of Banaras outplaying Nisar Ahmed of Doda. All these winners and runners and got handsome cash prize from the organizers.
Prominent among others present were Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri), SHO, OP Chib, Varinder Sharma, Om Parkash Verma, Satish Kumar, Amar Singh, Muna Khan and Capt. Dhiyan Singh.
Members and technical officials who helped for the smooth conduct of the event included Devinder Kumar (DK), Sarpanch Subash Chander Sharma, Om Paul, Pawan Kumar, Beli Ram, Nariyan Dass, Gopal Dass, Nek Ram, Madan Lal, Capt. (Retd.) Dhiyan Singh, Mohd Fareed, Vijay Singh (Bijju, Tulinder Kumar, Raj Singh,, Pappu Lakri, Rajinder Kumar Ramotra, Murli Dhar (Munna) and Om Parkash Verma.
Other Results: Salman of Choprashop beat Sonu of Garh Shanker, Ranjeet of Ludhiana beat Sukha of Garh Shanker, Sukha of Patiala beat Nisar Ahmed of Doda; Chinni of Banaras beat Ravinder Fouji of Haryana, Gopal Sharma of Jindrah beat Talib of Maller Kotla. Bouts played between Sandeep of Haryana and Murad Ali of Domana Akhara Jammu and Rajan of Banaras ended in a draw.

Benia of J&K Police lifts Jagti kushti dangal title

Greater Kashmir

ammu, June 21: Benia of J&K Police lifted the108th Annual Saya Jagti Kesari dangal title defeating wrestler Sunny of Hoshiarpur in Punjab in the main bout at Saya Jagti near Nagrota, here.
Dangal was organized by Peer Baba Saya Jagti Dangal Committee in support with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association and supervised by president of the Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma, chairman of dangal committee, Abdul Rashid Malik and Parveen Singh.
Winner Benia has awarded with a cash prize of Rs 20,000 by chief guest, senior PDP leader, Choudhary Showkat Ali and Shiv Kumar Sharma. Runners-up Sunny received Rs 16,000 from state secretary of BSP, Rakesh Wazir and former MLA Sukh Dev Singh.
In all, 38 bouts decided in this day-long dangal. The second main bout went to Pardeep of Patiala in Punjab, who beat Kamaljot of Khanna. Third bout between Rinku of Patiala and Lalli of Garh Shanker of Punjab ended in a draw. In fourth main bout, Major of Ludhiana defeated Asaf of Bajarangi Akhara in Jammu.
Members and technical officials who helped in smooth conduct of this dangal included Romesh Singh, Kurshid Ahmed, Shayal Singh, Sardar Singh, Gulam Ali, Rafiq Ahmed, Mir Singh, Kulwant Singh, Allah Mai (Ranga) Mohd. Fareed, Murli Dhar (Munna), PR Sharma, Raj Singh, Raj Hussain, and Manjoor Ahmed.
Other Results: Billu of Kot Bhalwal beat Mustaq of Khanna, Buta of Garh Shanker beat Mohd. Sadiq of Domana Akhara, Nissar Ahmed of Doda beat Sukha of Garh Shanker, Lallu of Jammu beat Vijay of Bai- Bajalta, Amir Khan of Nargada beat Tolla of Maller Kotla, Akram of Jammu beat Lovely of Hoshiarpur,, Murad Ali of Domana beat Sukha of Patiala, Gurjeet of Patiala beat Javed Khan Nargada, Rajat of Haryana beat Ravi of Domana, Sonu Fouji of Amritsar beat Deepu of Domana and Prem Verma of Jhiri beat Prahlad Singh of Kalakote.

AN INTRODUCTION TO KUSHTI CULTURE

By Deepak Ansuia Prasad

Promoting kushti worldwide is one of my aims. And when people from within or outside my country come to me to learn about the sport, it gives me the opportunity to achieve this goal.
In the past I have introduced many foreigners to the world of Indian wrestling, including an American defence official, two prestigious French photographers, an Australian MMA fighter, a World TV crew and many others.
Most recently, diplomats from Costa Rica came to watch kushti. I welcomed them, and found them to be very nice and respectful. We had a long talk about kushti culture in India.
Along with them, software engineers from Delhi, my friends Devesh and Kamal also visited. All shared their concern and good wishes for the kushti fraternity.
As a gesture of respect the diplomats and my friends offered gifts of wrestling trunks for all the wrestlers of the akhada.
I thanked them for their visit and requested them to come again.

कुश्ती से जन मानस को जोड़ना मेरी मंजिल के पड़ाओं में से एक हैं। इसी सिलसिले में देश विदेश के कुश्ती प्रेमियों का मुझसे मिलना और उनका आदर सम्मान करना मुझे अच्छा लगता हैं। पिछले दिनों अमरीका के ऑटोमिक डिफेन्स से जुड़े एक बुजुर्ग कुश्ती देखने मेरे पास आये उनसे मिल कर बहुत अच्छा लगा। उनके साथ एक दिन अखाड़े पर बिताया और उनसे बहुत कुछ सीखने को मिला , इसी प्रकार दुनिया भर से फोटोग्राफर, वीडियो ग्राफर्स, टीवी क्रू, कोरेस्पोंडेंट , या कुश्ती प्रेमियों का मेरे पास आना कुश्ती के लिए एक शुभ संकेत हैं। इसी सिलसिले में आज लैटिन अमेरिका से राजदूत व् उनके सहयोगी मिलने आये। और साथ ही आये मेरे फेस बुक फ्रेंड्स सॉफ्टवेयर इंजीनियर देवेश व् कमल राठोर , दोनों भाइयों से मिलकर बहुत अच्छा लगा। उन्हें रिसीव कर मै अखाड़े पर ले गया जहाँ गुरु , खलीफा लोगों ने उनका स्वागत किया। गुरु श्याम लाल अखाड़े के गुरु हरिपाल , राजिंदर पहलवान व् कोच टोनी के साथ बातचीत कर उन सभी लोगों को अच्छा लगा। देवेश व् कमल भाई कुश्ती के प्रचार में मेरी मदद करना चाहते हैं। इसी बातचीत में उन्होंने व् लैटिन अमरीकी डिप्लोमेट्स ने अखाड़े के पहलवानो को कुश्ती के कस्टम , लंगोट व् जाँघिया वितरित किये। पहलवानो के खान पान व् रहन सहन पर बहुत से सवालों के जवाब लैटिन अमरीकी डिप्लोमेट्स को दिए , जिनसे वे बड़े प्रभावित हुए। और उनमे से कुछ ने कहा हम प्रैक्टिकली फील करना चाहते हैं की अखाड़े में कुश्ती कैसे होती हैं। सो हमने अगले सफ्ताह का टाइम रखा मुलाकात खत्म की।

Punjab wrestler Gani bags Malhar Dangal title

Newspoint Bureau
Jammu Tawi, June 22
Abdul Gani of Mallerkotla in Punjab clinched the16th Annual Malhar Dangal title after he defeated Pardeep of Patiala in a closely contested 22-minute long bout at Malhar in tehsil and district Udhampur.
Winner and runner-up wrestler of the top bout were awarded with cash prize of Rs 19,000 and Rs 14,000 respectively by chief guest, senior BJP leader, Pawan Gupta in the presence of president, J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma, district Udhampur PDP president, Sukhdev Sharma, and president of Malhar Dangal Committee, Devinder Kumar (Pappu).
Dangal was organized by Malhar Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association involving around 72 wrestlers from within and outside the State.
The event held under the overall supervision of Shiv Kumar Sharma, Devinder Kumar (Pappu) and Rattan Fouji. In all, 40 bouts were played in this one-day dangal.
The second main bout won by Lalli of Garh Shanker in Punjab who defeated Major of Loudana. Ranjeet of Ludhiana secured third bout beating Gurjeet of Patiala while fourth bout won by Chinni of Banaras outplaying Nisar Ahmed of Doda. All these winners and runners and got handsome cash prize from the organizers.
Prominent among others present were Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri), SHO, OP Chib, Varinder Sharma, Om Parkash Verma, Satish Kumar, Amar Singh, Muna Khan and Capt. Dhiyan Singh.
Members and technical officials who helped for the smooth conduct of the event included Devinder Kumar (DK), Sarpanch Subash Chander Sharma, Om Paul, Pawan Kumar, Beli Ram, Nariyan Dass, Gopal Dass, Nek Ram, Madan Lal, Capt. (Retd.) Dhiyan Singh, Mohd Fareed, Vijay Singh (Bijju, Tulinder Kumar, Raj Singh,, Pappu Lakri, Rajinder Kumar Ramotra, Murli Dhar (Munna) and Om Parkash Verma.
Other Results: Salman of Choprashop beat Sonu of Garh Shanker, Ranjeet of Ludhiana beat Sukha of Garh Shanker, Sukha of Patiala beat Nisar Ahmed of Doda; Chinni of Banaras beat Ravinder Fouji of Haryana, Gopal Sharma of Jindrah beat Talib of Maller Kotla. Bouts played between Sandeep of Haryana and Murad Ali of Domana Akhara Jammu and Rajan of Banaras ended in a draw.

Benia lifts Saya Jagti Kesari title

Journey Line
Katra: Wrestler Benia min of J&K police lifts "108 Annual Saya Jagti Kesari title 2014" by defeating Wrestler Sunny of Hossiarpur in Punjab in the bout for the first malli that lasted for 13 minutes at Saya Jagti near Nagrota. Vishal Dangal was organized by PEER BABA SAYA Jagti Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association under the over all supervision of President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association Shiv Kumar Sharma , Abdul Rashid Malik (Chairman of the Dangal Committee) and Parveen Singh (Vice President)
Winner of the first main bout Wrestler Benia Min has awarded with cash prize of Rs 20,000/- by chief guest Choudhary Shokat Ali and Shiv Kumar Sharma while runner-up Wrestler Sunny got Rs 16,000/- by State General Secretary BSP Sh. Rakesh Wazir and Ex. MLA Sukh Dev Singh . In all 38 bouts were played in this one day long Dangal . An amount of Rs 1,95,000/- has been incurred for conduct of this vishal dangal. Prize money of 1st malli bout Rs. 36,000/- was contributed by chief guest Choudhery Shokat Ali, Rakesh Wazir contributed Rs 10,000/- as financial assistance and Ex. MLA Shiv Dev Singh contributed Rs 5,000/- as financial assistance to the organizers.
The 2nd main bout was fought between Wrestler Pardeep of Patiala in Punjab V/s Wrestler Kamaljote of Khanna, this bout was won by Pardeep in 4minutes and 15 second cash prize of Rs 10,000/- was given to winner Wrestler Pardeep by Abdul Rashid Malik and Retd. SP P.R. Sharma while runner-up wrestler Kamaljot got Rs 7,000/- by Parveen Singh and Sarpanch Rehmat Ali . 3rd main bout was fought between Wrestler Rinka of Patiala V/s Lalli of Garh Shanker in Punjab this bout ended in draw that lasted for 23 minutes and both the Wrestlers were jointly given Rs 12,000/-. 4th bout was won by Major of Ludhiana who defeated ASAF of Bajarangi Akhara Jammu.
PDP Senior Leader Choudhary Shokat Ali was the chief guest on the occasion who gave away cash prizes to the winners and runner-up wrestlers. Treasurer Indian Style Wrestling Association of India Shiv Kumar Sharma presided over the function. State General Secretary BSP Rakesh Wazir and EX. MLA Shiv Dev Singh were the guest of honour . Retd. SP Prithivi Raj Sharma, Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Thoru Ram, Choudhary Alam Khan, (all Sarpanches), Mangal Singh (Retd. DSP), Numberdar Bittu, Prominent citizens, and a large number of local and outside people witnessed the Vishal Dangal.

Haryana Wrestler Sandeep Lifts ’7TH RAMNAGAR-BIRNU KESARI’ title

By u4uvoice

Birnu Kesari Vishal Dangal was organized by Birnu Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association was held at Birnu (Chowki) in Tehsil Ramnagar of District Udhampur. 60 bouts were played in the one day Vishal Dangal. Wrestlers from Delhi , U.P Punjab, Harayana and J&K participated.
The first main bout was between Wrestler Sandeep of Mehar Singh Akhara Rohtak in Haryana and Wrestler Arvind of Banaras. This bout was won by wrestler Sandeep which lasted for 23 minutes. Winner Sandeep was awarded with cash prize of Rs 9,000/- along with Traditional Patta and momento by chief guest Prof. Sukha Chand and Shiv Kumar Sharma President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association. The runner-up Wrestler Arvind got Rs 7,000/.
2nd main bout was won by Wrestler Kamaljote of Khanna in Punjab by defeating Wrestler Ajay Sharma of Landen Power house Udhampur. Winner Wrestler was awarded with cash prize of Rs. 6,000/- while runner-up Wrestler Ajay got Rs. 5,000/- 3rd main bout was won by Wrestler Vijay of Bai- Bajalta in Jammu who defeated wrestler Alam of Meerut in U.P. 4th bout was won by Samsher Singh of Meerut who defeated Ali of Ramnagar.
District Udhampur BSP President Prof. Sukhnam Chand was the chief guest on the occasion who gave away cash prizes to the winners and runner-up Wrestler. Sarpanches, prominent persons a large number of locals witnessed the dangal.

ON THE KUSHTI TRAIL IN PUNJAB: A VISIT TO KAINOR AKHADA

By Deepak Ansuia Prasad



अखाडा काईनोर

काइनोर में शर्मा जी के अखाड़े में पहुंचा तो दिन चढ़ गया था , और सुबह के प्रैक्टिस ख़त्म कर पहलवान घर जा चुके थे। फिर भी शर्मा जी ने हमारा स्वागत किया , अखाड़े में कुछ रेजिडेंट बच्चों के साथ मुलाकात की , शर्मा जी के साथ भी कुश्ती पर चर्चा की। शर्मा जी के अखाड़े जिसमे मैट, जिम, मिटटी का अखाडा , बच्चो के रहने के कमरे , किचन , पानी टॉयलेट सब कुछ बेहतर लगा , की फोटोग्राफी में कुछ समय लगाया। पंजाब में अखाड़ों का रख रखाव और सुविधाएं बेहतर हैं , पहलवानो में वजन और मेहनत की काबिलियत हैं। पंजाब में इसलिए कुश्ती लम्बी चलती हैं , जीदारी और दमकशी का मुकाबला होता हैं। बड़ी मेहनत और शिद्दत से शर्मा जी अपने अखाड़े में पहलवानो को शिक्षा दे रहे हैं। उन्होंने दुबारा प्रैक्टिस के समय आने का निमन्तरं दिया। उनके अखाड़े पे जलपान किया और शर्मा जी को धन्यवाद कर आगे बढ़ चले

पटियाला पहुँच कर हमारी इच्छा सुभाष मालिक जी की अकादमी पर पहुँचने की थी , गर्मी का माहोल था , गाड़ी ने साथ न दिया , और फ्यूज में शार्ट सर्किट ने गाडी और हमारी रफ़्तार पर ब्रेक लगा दिया , किसी तरह फ्यूज का इंतज़ाम किया। मेरे फ़्रांसिसी दोस्त के पास अब समय न था , भाई गोलू पहलवान को फ़ोन किया की अगली बार पटियाला अकादमी से ही शुरआत करेंगे और इस प्रकार उन्हें इन्फॉर्म कर दिल्ली एयरपोर्ट की तरफ गाड़ी का रुख किया। इस तरह पंजाब के कुछ अखाड़ों की ये यात्रा वैभव पूर्ण रही ,जिसमे सभी गुरु ,खलीफाओं , कोच व् पहलवानो ने साथ दिया। सब को एक बार फिर बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद

ENGLISH VERSION

Akhada Kainor
It was a hot sunny day when we reached the akhada at Kainor. Sharma ji the guru at the akhada welcomed us and told us that it was not practice time and most of their pupils were away at competitions. However, there were still a few wrestlers there and the guru, Bhardwaj ji. We had a chat about kushti, his akhda etc. and had a look around the facilities, which included a sand pit for traditional wrestling as well as a mat for freestyle wrestling and a hostel for wrestlers.

The End of the Road
The car broke down on the way to Patiala, so it would have been very late in the day when we reached Subhash Malik ji’s wrestling academy there. Also, my French friend needed to catch a flight. So I called Golu Pahlwan and told him that I would start my next tour from Patiala and we headed back to Delhi.
The journey to the akhadas of Punjab was a great experience. I had a help from Golu Pahlwan, all the gurus, coaches and wrestlers. I thank all of them once again. You are all heroes of Indian wrestling!