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{{short description|Indian kabaddi player (1931–2007)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shankarrao Salvi
| other_names = Buwa Salvi
| image = Shankarrao Salvi.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|7|15}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|2|15|1931|7|15}}<ref name="Midday-20070216"/>
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India
| occupation = [[Kabaddi]] player
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'''Shankarrao Salvi''' (15 July 1931 – 15 February 2007) was an Indian [[Kabaddi]] player,<ref name="ZeeNews-20070503">{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/sports/federation-cup-kabaddi-in-mumbai-from-may-6_369282.html|title=Federation Cup Kabaddi in Mumbai from May 6|date=3 May 2007|work=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref> coach and administrator. He was life president of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India.<ref name="Midday-20050220" />

Salvi is described as a persuasive speaker. His efforts in the field resulted in the merging of "hu tu tu" into a standardised version of kabaddi. Hu tu tu, a traditional game similar to kabaddi, played in [[Maharashtra]] has nine players per side whereas the standard kabaddi is played with seven players per side. Traditionalists in Maharashtra had resisted replacement of the word "hu tu tu" with "kabaddi" a word more common in northern India. They had persisted in their resistance even after its acceptance in the southern India states.<ref name="Midday-20050220" />

Salvi was a [[M. N. Roy|Royist]], who cultivated good relations with the state government and lobbied with chief ministers of Maharashtra, to obtain state patronage for Kabaddi. He didn't abuse his contacts for personal benefits; when asked by the Chief Minister what he wanted, Salvi even though he lived in a rented house, requested for space for an administrative office for kabaddi. Salvi travelled widely to popularise kabaddi.<ref name="MaharashtraTimes-20050218">{{cite news|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=1025275|title=बुवा साळवी|date=18 February 2005|work=[[Maharashtra Times]]|language=Marathi|accessdate=9 August 2013|archive-date=9 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809025307/http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=1025275|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 1970s, Salvi organised tours to [[Bangladesh]] and Japan. His efforts lead to the popularisation of the sport internationally and its being played in the [[1990 Asian Games|Asian Games in 1990]] where India won the gold medal.<ref name="Midday-20070216">{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2007/feb/151992.htm|title=Doyen of kabaddi Shankarrao Salvi dead|date=16 February 2007|work=[[Mid-Day]]|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref> He was a member of the working committee of the [[International Kabaddi Federation]] when the foundation was created in 2004.<ref name="TheHindu-20041122">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/22/stories/2004112201071700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041224173905/http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/22/stories/2004112201071700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2004|title=Gehlot to head IKF |date=22 November 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref>

Salvi received the "Shiv Chhatrapati Rajya Krida Jivan Gaurav Puraskar", awarded by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to sportspersons from Maharashtra for lifetime contribution to sports in 2005.<ref name="Midday-20050220">{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2005/feb/104059.htm|title=State's sportspersons awarded|date=20 February 2005|work=[[Mid-Day]]|accessdate=7 August 2013|archive-date=25 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425052121/https://www.mid-day.com/news/2005/feb/104059.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
He is popularly referred to as "Buwa Salvi" and honorarily as "Kabaddi Maharashi" or the grand old man of Kabaddi.<ref name="UNI-20130715">{{cite news|url=http://www.univarta.com/eng/displaystory.php?sid=484&ngsystemtask=3325weare24olym54hrt56u6755uwere21stories15|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130721004959/http://www.univarta.com/eng/displaystory.php?sid=484&ngsystemtask=3325weare24olym54hrt56u6755uwere21stories15|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2013|title=Need to develop kabaddi: Pawar|date=15 July 2013|work=[[United News of India]]|access-date=7 August 2013}}</ref> He died on 15 February 2007 at the age of 75 in Mumbai.<ref name="Midday-20070216"/> The 27th Federation Cup Kabaddi Tournament, held in May 2007 in Mumbai and organised by Maharashtra State Kabaddi Association was dedicated to Salvi.<ref name="ZeeNews-20070503"/> His birthday, 15 July, is observed as ''Kabaddi Din'' ("Kabaddi Day") in Maharashtra.<ref name="UNI-20130715"/> The venue of the 57th Maharashtra State Kabaddi Championship was named after him as "Late Shankarrao Salvi Krida Nagri".<ref name="TOI-20101120">{{cite news|url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=30&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=20-11-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar03001&publabel=TOI|title=Kabaddi Cship from today |date=20 November 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=8 August 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

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[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male kabaddi players]]
[[Category:Kabaddi players from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian sports coaches]]

Shankarrao Salvi - Revision history

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