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| intl_list = '''[[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Medalists]]''':<br> [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze: [[Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav]] in [[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle bantamweight|1952]]<br> [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze: [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] in [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle 66 kg|2008]]<br> [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver: [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] in [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle 66 kg|2012]] <br> [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze: [[Yogeshwar Dutt]] in [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle 60 kg|2012]] <br>[[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze: [[Sakshi Malik]] in [[Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's freestyle 58 kg|2016]] <br> '''[[Wrestling at the Asian Games|Asian Games Champions]]''' : <br> [[File:Gold medal asia.svg|16px]] Gold: [[Yogeshwar Dutt]], [[Bajrang Punia]], [[Rajinder Singh (wrestler)|Rajinder Singh]], [[Maruti Mane]], [[Kartar Singh]] (''2 titles''), [[Chandgi Ram]], [[Satpal Singh]], [[Malwa Singh]], [[Ganpat Andhalkar]], [[Vinesh Phogat]]<br />
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'''Wrestling ''' is considered one of the oldest sports in the world and [[wrestling]] has a long history in India <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkthroughindia.com/sports/kushtithe-indian-wrestling/ |title= Wrestling in India|access-date= 27 March 2021}}</ref> Indian wrestlers have won numerous medals in international wrestling competitions.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Sport and Leisure during the Second World War IND2265.jpg|thumb|Indian soldiers wrestle during [[World War II]].]]<br />
Wrestling has been popular in India since ancient times, it was mainly an exercise to stay physically fit. The wrestlers, traditionally, use to wear a loincloth, [[langota]]. In [[Ancient India]] wrestling was most famously known as ''[[Malla-yuddha]]''. One of the premier characters in [[Mahabharata]], [[Bhima]] was considered to be a great wrestler of the time, and some of the other great wrestlers included [[Jarasandha]], Keechaka and Balrama. In the other Indian epic, [[Ramayana]] also mentions wrestling in India and [[Hanuman]] is described as one of the greatest wrestlers of his time.<br />
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During the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal rule]] who were of [[Turko-Mongol]] descent, the influence of [[Varzesh-e Pahlavani|Iranian]] and [[Mongolian wrestling]] were incorporated to the local [[Malla-yuddha]] to form the modern [[Pehlwani]].<br />
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Wrestling in India is also known as ''Dangal,'' and it is the basic form of a wrestling tournament. It is also called kushti in Punjab and Haryana. The wrestling in Punjab and Haryana will take place in a circular court with soft ground which in Punjabi is called an "akharha". Two wrestlers will continue to wrestle until the back of one touches the ground. The winner will parade the court with the loser following him.[10] The wrestlers are called Pehlwans who train with modern weights and traditional weights such as a Gada (mace).<br />
The aim of kushti is to wrestle the opponent and to block the other player.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Akhara]]<br />
* [[Kaupinam]]<br />
* [[Kushti]]<br />
* [[Malla-yuddha]]<br />
* [[Pehlwani]]<br />
* [[Phogat sisters]]<br />
* [[Badshah Khan (wrestler)]]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Rudraneil Sengupta, 2016, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1OboDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=dangal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yem7icLaAhXHtY8KHeq2AgQQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=dangal&f=false Enter the Dangal: Travels through India's Wrestling Landscape].<br />
* Joseph S. Alter, 1992, [https://books.google.com/books?id=EMu1xKEWBt4C&pg=PA181&dq=dangal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yem7icLaAhXHtY8KHeq2AgQQ6AEITjAH#v=onepage&q=dangal&f=false The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India].<br />
* Saurabh Duggal, 2017, [https://books.google.com/books?id=xEXVDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=dangal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yem7icLaAhXHtY8KHeq2AgQQ6AEISDAG#v=onepage&q=dangal&f=false Akhada: The Authorized Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://wrestlingfederationofindia.com/ Wrestling Federation of India]<br />
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