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{{Short description|Wrestling championship in Maharashtra, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}
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{{Infobox sport tournament
{{Infobox sport tournament
| name = Maharashtra Kesari
| name = Maharashtra Kesari
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| caption =  
| caption =  
| sport = [[Pehlwani|Indian-style wrestling]]
| sport = [[Pehlwani|Indian-style wrestling]]
| location = India
| location = [[Maharashtra]], India
| start_date = <!-- or | month_played = -->
| start_date = <!-- or | month_played = -->
| end_date = <!-- or | month_played = -->
| end_date = <!-- or | month_played = -->
| establishment = 1854<ref name="Narsing"/>
| establishment = {{start date and age|1854}}<ref name="Narsing"/><br>1961(Current Format)
| defunct =  
| defunct =  
| teams =  
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| commissioner =
| commissioner =
| format =
| format =
| current_champion = Harshwardhan Sadgir
| current_champion = Pruthviraj Mohol
<!--| most_titles = Narsing Yadav, Vijay Chaudhary (3 titles each)-->
| final_champion = <!--Use if no longer played-->
| final_champion = <!--Use if no longer played-->
| website = {{URL|http://www.maharashtrakustigirparishad.com|Official Website}}
}}
}}


'''Maharashtra Kesari''' (Kesari is [[Sanskrit]] for "Lion") is an [[Pehlwani|Indian-style wrestling]] championship, established in 1854 in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].
'''Maharashtra Kesari''' ({{translation|"Lion of Maharashtra"}} in [[Sanskrit]]) is an [[Pehlwani|Indian-style wrestling]] championship, established in 1854 in [[Maharashtra]], India. It is organized by the ''Maharashtra Kustigir Parishad''.


== Prize ==
== Prize ==
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== Records ==
== Records ==
The First Champion Of This Championship is '''Sardar Bhomji Panchariya''' (1854).Harshwardhan Sadgir is current (2019) Maharashtra Kesri. Bala Rafik became the winner of 2018 by defeating the winner of the 2017 edition Abhijit Katke. Narsing Yadav holds the record of winning the title three times consecutively from 2011 to 2013 and in 2016 Vijay chaudhary tied the record of Narsing Yadav. Vijay also won three times consecutively from 2014 to 2016, whereas Ganpat Khedkar, Chamba Mutnaal, Laxman Wadar, Dadu Chougule and Chandrahar Patil have won the title twice.<ref name="Narsing"/> After winning his second title in 2008, Chandrahar Patil also competed in the 2009 championship whereas previous double title holders had not competed the third time.<ref name="Chandrahar1"/> Yuvaraj Patil hold the record of being the youngest winner at the age of 17.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/06/02/mah-wrestler-yuvaraj-patil-killed-in-road-accident-1212403220.html | title=Mah Wrestler Yuvaraj Patil killed in road accident | publisher=oneindia.com | work=[[United News of India]] | date=2 June 2008 | accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref>
Maharashtra Kesari is a wrestling competition in the state of [[Maharashtra]] . This competition started in the year 1961. After India gained independence, the first Maharashtra Champion competition was held in 1953. At that time, the famous wrestler Tukaram Nanasaheb Phalke of Nagarkar Talmi in [[Pune]] defeated Gogachach Siddhapa, a big wrestler from [[Mumbai]] mill workers, in just two minutes on the Joli Insa. Tukaram Phalke was awarded the Maharashtra Champion (Kesari) trophy.
 
===Maharashtra Kesari 1961- present===
Maharashtra State Kustigir Parishad, established by Wrestling Maharshi Mamasaheb Mohol, has been organizing the highest level 'Maharashtra Kesari' wrestling competition in the state for the last six-seven decades. The aim of this competition is to make wrestling evolve, to make good wrestlers out of the region and help them shine at the country and world level. Maharashtra Kesari is being held in the clay and matt divisions. In this, the winner wrestler from the clay division open category and the winner [[Wrestling|wrestler]] from the mattress division open category will fight the final on Matt as per international standards, and the winner of this final fight is declared as ''''Maharashtra Kesari'''<nowiki/>' and the honorary mace of Maharashtra Kesari is awarded.


==Winners==
==Winners==
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;Key
;Key
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="1"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="1"
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! Ref.
! Ref.
|-
|-
| 1854
|1953
| Sardar Bhomji Panchariya
|Tukaram Nana Phalke
| [[Nashik]]
|
| Record Not Available
|
|
| [[Pune]]
|
|-
|1955
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|''Cancelled''
| Mumbai
|-
|1959
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|''Record not available''
| Solapur
|-
|1960
|No Result
|
|
|
| [[Nashik]]  
|
| [[Nagpur]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1961
| 1961
| Dinkar Patil (Dhayarikar)
| Dinkar Patil (Dahyarikar)
|  
| Dahyari, [[Sangli]]-[[Kolhapur]]
| Hanmant Mane
| Hanmant Mane / Biraju Yadav?
|  
|  
| Dhayari, Maharashtra
| [[Aurangabad]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1962
| 1962
| Bhagwan more
| Bhagwan More
|  
| Sangli
| Sadashiv Takmoge
|
|
|
| [[Dhule]]
| RethareHarnax
|  
|  
|-
|-
| 1963
| 1963
| cancelled
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|''Cancelled''
|
|Satara
|
|  
|
|
|
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 1964
| 1964
| Ganpat Khedkar {{dagger}}
| Ganpatrao Khedkar {{dagger}}
|  
| June Khed, Sangli-Kolhapur
|  
| Biraju Yadav
|  
|  
| [[Amravati]]
| [[Amravati]]
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|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 1965
| 1965
| Ganpat Khedkar {{dagger}}
| Ganpatrao Khedkar {{dagger}}
|
| June Khed, Sangli-Kolhapur
|  
| Mohan Bhise
|   
|   
| [[Nashik]]
| [[Nashik]]
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|-
|-
| 1966
| 1966
| Dinanath Singh
| Deenanath Singh
|  
| [[Varanasi]]-Kolhapur
|
| Chamba Mutnal
|
|
| Jalgaon
|  
|  
|
|-style="background:#ADD8E6"
|-
| 1967
| 1967
| ChamBa mutnal
| Chamba Mutnal {{dagger}}
|  
| Kolhapur-[[Karnataka]]
|  
| Dada Mane
|  
|  
| [[Khamgaon]], [[Buldhana district|Buldhana]]
|
|
|
|-style="background:#ADD8E6"
|-
| 1968
| 1968
| Chamba Mutnal
| Chamba Mutnal {{dagger}}
|  
| Kolhapur
|  
| Parasram Patil
|  
|  
|Ahmednagar
|
|
|
|-  
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 1969  
| 1969  
| Dadu Chougule {{dagger}}
| [[Harishchandra Birajdar]]
| [[Osmanabad]]-[[Latur]]
| Dadu Chougule
|  
|  
|  
| Latur
|  
|
|
| <ref name="Wadar"/>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 1970
| 1970
| Dadu Chougule {{dagger}}
| Dadu Chougule {{dagger}}
| Kolhapur
| Parasram Patil
|  
|  
| Pune
|  
|  
|  
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|
| <ref name="Wadar"/>
|-
| 1971
| 1971
| Dadu Chougule {{dagger}}
| Kolhapur
| Sahebrao Jadhav
|  
|  
|  
| [[Alibag]], [[Raigad district|Raigad]]
|
|
|
|
|
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 1972
| 1972
| लक्ष्मण वडर {{dagger}}
| Laxman Wadar {{dagger}}
| Kerle, Kolhapur
| Mohan Bhise
|  
|  
| Mohan Singh Bisen
| Kolhapur
|
| [[Kolhapur]]
| <ref name="Wadar">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/Two-time-Maharashtra-Kesari-Laxman-Wadar-passes-away/articleshow/24771856.cms | title=Two-time Maharashtra Kesari Laxman Wadar, passes away | work=[[Times of India]] | date=27 October 2013 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | author=Vivek Waghmode}}</ref>
| <ref name="Wadar">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/Two-time-Maharashtra-Kesari-Laxman-Wadar-passes-away/articleshow/24771856.cms | title=Two-time Maharashtra Kesari Laxman Wadar, passes away | work=[[Times of India]] | date=27 October 2013 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | author=Vivek Waghmode}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 1973
| 1973
| लक्ष्मण वडर {{dagger}}
| Laxman Wadar {{dagger}}
|  
| Kerle, Kolhapur
| Raghunath Pawar  
| Raghunath Pawar  
|  
|  
| [[Akola]]  
| [[Akola]]
| <ref name="Wadar"/>
| <ref name="Wadar"/>
|-
|-
| 1974
| 1974
| Yuvraj Patil
| Koparde, Kolhapur
| Raghunath Pawar
|  
|  
|  
| [[Thane]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1975
| 1975
| Raghunath Pawar
| Pune
| Agnel Negro
|  
|  
|  
| [[Chandrapur]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1976
| 1976
| Hiraman Bankar {{ref|1|[Note 1]}}  
| Hiraman Bankar {{ref|1|[Note 1]}}  
| Chimbali, Pune
| Shivaji Pachpute
|  
|  
|  
| [[Akluj]], Solapur
|
|
| <ref name="banker"/>
| <ref name="banker"/>
|-
|-
| 1977
| 1977
|  
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|''No result''
|
| [[Chalisgaon]], Jalgaon
|
|  
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1978
| 1978
| Appasaheb Kadam
| Sangli
| Shivaji Pachpute
|  
|  
|  
| Mumbai
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1979
| 1979
|Shivajirav Pachpute
| Shivaji Pachpute
|  
| [[Mumbai]]
|  
| Madar Nabab
|
|
|Nashik
| Nashik
|
|
|-
|-
| 1980
| 1980
| Ismail Shaikh  
| Ismail Shaikh  
| Solapur
| Ramesh Takawale, Hargude
|  
|  
| रमेश ताकवले ,हरगुडे
| [[Khopoli]], Raigad
|
| [[Solapur]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1981
| 1981
|बापूराव लोखंडे (ढवळ)
| Bapurao Lokhande (ढवळ)
|
| [[Satara (city)|Satara]]
 
| Saradar Khushahal
|  
|
| सरदार खूशहाल
| Nagpur
|
|
|-
|-
| 1982
| 1982
| Sambhaji Patil
| Asgaon, Kolhapur
| Saradar Khushahal
|  
|  
|  
| Beed
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1983
| 1983
| Sardaar khushal
| Saradar Khushahal
| [[Indore]]-Kolhapur
| Vishnu Bhandari
|  
|  
|  
| Pune
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1984
| 1984
| Ramkisan Lokhande
| [[Dharur, Beed|Dharur]], [[Beed]]
|Shankar
Todkar
|  
|  
|  
| [[Dadar]], Mumbai
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1985
| 1985
| Vishnuji Joshilkar  
| Vishnu Joshilkar  
|  
| Kolhapur
|  
| Rama Mane
|  
|  
|
| [[Pimpri-Chinchwad]], Pune
|
|
|-
|-
| 1986
| 1986
| Gulab Barde
| Gulab Barde
| Rahuri
| [[Rahuri]], [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar]]
|  
| Dilip Pawar
|  
|  
|
| Solapur
|
|
|-
|-
| 1987
| 1987
| Tanaji Bankar
| Tanaji Bankar
 
| [[Solapur]]
|  
| Pirmohmmad Attar / Dilip Pawar ?
| Pirmohmmad Attar
|  
|  
|
| Nagpur
|
|
|-
|-
| 1988
| 1988
| Raosaheb Magar (Nimgaon M)
| Raosaheb Magar  
|
| Nimgaon M, Solapur
|
| Bala Rafi
|  
| Puluj
|  
| Ahmednagar
|
|
|-
|-
| 1989
| 1989
|  
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|''No result'' 
|
| [[Wardha]]
|
|  
|  
|
|
|-
|-
| 1990
| 1990
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|''No result''
| Kolhapur
|  
|  
|  
|-
|  
| 1991
 
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|''No result''
|
|Amravti
|  
|  
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1992
| 1992
| Apaalal Sheikh
| Apaalal Sheikh
|  
| Boramani, Solapur- Kolhapur
|Maula Shaikh
| Maula Shaikh / Sanjay Patil ?
|Akkalkot
| Akkalkot, Solapur
| Solapur
| Pune
|
|
|-
|-
| 1993
| 1993
| Udayraj Yadav
| Udayraj Yadav
| Boramani, Solapur- Mumbai
| Balu Padgham
|  
|  
|
| [[Balewadi]], Pune
|
| [[Mumbai]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1994
| 1994
| Sanjay Patil  
| Sanjay Patil  
| [[Karad]], Satara- Mumbai
| Maula Shaikh
|  
|  
|Maula Shaikh
| Akola
|
| [[Satara (city)|Satara]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1995
| 1995
| Shivaji Kekan  
| Shivaji Kekan  
| Beed
| Saheb Solanke / Raju Lonari ?
|  
|  
| Saheb Solanke
| Nashik
|
| [[Beed]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1996
| 1996
| Ashok Shirke
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|''Cancelled''
|  
|  
|  
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
| Ashok Shirke
| Ashok Shirke
| [[Ahmednagar]]
| Balu Padgham
|  
|  
|  
| Deoli, Wardha
|
|[[Ahmednagar]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| Gorakh Sirak
| Gorakhnath Sarak
|
| Satara
|Maula Shaikh
| Maula Shaikh
|  
|  
| Satara
| Nagpur
|
|
|-
|-
| 1999
| 1999
| Dhanaji Phadtare
| Dhanaji Phadtare
|
|
|
| Satara
| Satara
| Anil Ashruba Raut / Raju Barguje ?
| Beed
| Pune
|
|
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| Vinod Chogle
| Vinod Dadu Chougule
|
| Kolhapur
| Rahul Kalbhor
|  
|  
|  
| [[Khamgaon]], [[Buldhana district|Buldhana]]
| Kolhapur
|
|
|-
|-
| 2001
| 2001
| Rahul Kalbhor
| Rahul Kalbhor
| Pune
| Dattatray Gaikwad
|  
|  
|  
| Nanded
|
| Pune
|
|
|-
|-
| 2002
| 2002
| Munalal Shaikh
| Munnalal Shaikh
|  
| Solapur-Mumbai
|Chandrakant Sul
| Chandrakant Sul
|
| Solapur
| Solapur
| [[Jalna, Maharashtra|Jalna]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 2003
| 2003
| DATTA GAIKWAD
| Dattatray Gaikwad
|
| Pune
| Bharat Mekale
|  
|  
|  
| Yavatmal
 
|
|
|-
|-
| 2004
| 2004
| Chandrahas Nimgire
| Chandrahas Nimgire
| |
| [[Jeur]], Solapur
|
| Ravi Patil
|  
|  
| | Jeurwadi
| [[Vashi]]
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 2005
| 2005
| Sayeed bin Ali Kardoos (Sayeed Chaus)
| Sayeed (Ali Kardoos) Chaus
|  
| Beed
|
| Asab Ahmed
|
|
| Indapur Pune
| [[Indapur]], Pune
|  
|  
|-
|-
| 2006
| 2006
| Amol Buchade
| Amol Buchade
|  
| Pune-Mumbai
| Aba Sul
| Aba Sul
|  
|  
|
| [[Baramati]], Pune
| <ref>{{cite web | url=http://eprahaar.in/wrestling-in-need-of-encouragement/ | title=Wrestling in need of encouragement | work=[[Prahaar (newspaper)|Prahaar]] | date=20 October 2013 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | author=Supriya Dabke}}</ref>
| <ref>{{cite web | url=http://eprahaar.in/wrestling-in-need-of-encouragement/ | title=Wrestling in need of encouragement | work=[[Prahaar (newspaper)|Prahaar]] | date=20 October 2013 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | author=Supriya Dabke}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 2007
| 2007
| Chandrahar Patil {{dagger}}
| Chandrahar Patil {{dagger}}
|  
| Sangli
| Atul Patil
| Atul Patil
|  
|  
| [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]
| Aurangabad
| <ref name="Chandrahar"/><ref name="Chandrahar1">{{cite web | url=http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5318384750867732386 | title=महाराष्ट्र केसरीच्या मैदानात "चंद्रहार'चे दशक | work=[[Sakal]] | language=Marathi | date=11 November 2013 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | author=Sandeep Khandekar | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031601/http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5318384750867732386 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| <ref name="Chandrahar"/><ref name="Chandrahar1">{{cite web | url=http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5318384750867732386 | title=महाराष्ट्र केसरीच्या मैदानात "चंद्रहार'चे दशक | work=[[Sakal]] | language=Marathi | date=11 November 2013 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | author=Sandeep Khandekar | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031601/http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5318384750867732386 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 2008
| 2008
| Chandrahar Patil {{dagger}}
| Chandrahar Patil {{dagger}}
|  
| Sangli
| Sandeep Barguje
| Sandeep Barguje
|  
|  
| Kadegaon, [[Sangli]]
| [[Kadegaon]], Sangli
| <ref name="Chandrahar"/>
| <ref name="Chandrahar"/>
|-  
|-  
| 2009
| 2009
| Vijay Bankar {{ref|1|[Note 1]}}  
| Vijay (Vicky) Bankar {{ref|1|[Note 1]}}  
|  
| Sangli-Pune
| Sayeed bin Ali Kardoos (Sayeed Chaus)
| Sayeed (Ali Kardoos) Chaus
 
|  
|  
| [[Pimpri Chinchwad]], Pune
| [[Sangavi]], Pune
| <ref name="banker">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-vijay-bankar-clinches-maharashtra-kesari-title-in-wrestling-1325110 | title=Vijay Bankar clinches 'Maharashtra Kesari' title in wrestling | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=18 December 2009 | accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref>
| <ref name="banker">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-vijay-bankar-clinches-maharashtra-kesari-title-in-wrestling-1325110 | title=Vijay Bankar clinches 'Maharashtra Kesari' title in wrestling | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=18 December 2009 | accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2010
| 2010
| Samadhan Ghodke
| Samadhan Ghodke
|  
| Solapur
| Nandkumar Abdaar
| Nandkumar Abdaar
|  
|  
| Rohe, Solapur
| [[Roha]], Raigad
| <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20101224/5435111293906250714.htm | title=सोलापूरचा समाधान घोडके 'महाराष्ट्र केसरी' | work=[[Sakal]] | date=24 December 2010 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200927/http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20101224/5435111293906250714.htm | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20101224/5435111293906250714.htm | title=सोलापूरचा समाधान घोडके 'महाराष्ट्र केसरी' | work=[[Sakal]] | date=24 December 2010 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200927/http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20101224/5435111293906250714.htm | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 2011
| 2011
| [[Narsingh Pancham Yadav|Narsing Yadav]] {{dagger}}
| [[Narsingh Pancham Yadav|Narsing Yadav]] {{dagger}}
| [[Mumbai]]
| Mumbai
| Atul Patil [Solapur]
| Atul Patil
|
|  
|  
| Akluj, Solapur
| <ref name="Narsing"/>
| <ref name="Narsing"/>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
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| Narsing Yadav {{dagger}}
| Narsing Yadav {{dagger}}
| Mumbai
| Mumbai
| Vijay Choudhary [Jalgao]
| Vijay Choudhary
|  
| Jalgaon
| [[Gondia]]
| [[Gondia]]
| <ref name="Narsing"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5333448787302624615 | title=बाराशे मल्लांची हजेरी | work=[[Sakal]] | language=Marathi | date=21 December 2012 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201501/http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5333448787302624615 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| <ref name="Narsing"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5333448787302624615 | title=बाराशे मल्लांची हजेरी | work=[[Sakal]] | language=Marathi | date=21 December 2012 | accessdate=27 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201501/http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5333448787302624615 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Sunil Salunke  
| Mumbai
| Mumbai
| Bhosari, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune
| Bhosari, Pune
|<ref name="Narsing">{{cite web|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/narsing-yadav-maharashtra-kesari/articleshow/26866403.cms?|title=नरसिंग यादव 'ट्रिपल महाराष्ट्र केसरी' |language=Marathi |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=5 December 2013 |accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref>
|<ref name="Narsing">{{cite web|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/narsing-yadav-maharashtra-kesari/articleshow/26866403.cms?|title=नरसिंग यादव 'ट्रिपल महाराष्ट्र केसरी' |language=Marathi |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=5 December 2013 |accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
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|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 2015
| 2015
| [[Vijay Chaudhary]] {{dagger}}
| Vijay Chaudhary {{dagger}}
| Jalgaon
| Jalgaon
| Vikrant Jadhav
| Vikrant Jadhav
| Mumbai
| Mumbai
| [[Nagpur]]
| Nagpur
| <ref name="2ndVijay">{{cite web | url=http://www.loksatta.com/krida-news/vijay-chaudhari-win-maharashtra-kesari-title-second-time-at-nagpur-1187808/ | title=जळगावचा विजय चौधरी दुसऱ्यांदा ‘महाराष्ट्र केसरी’ | work=[[Loksatta]] |language=Marathi |place=Nagpur | date=11 January 2016 | accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref>
| <ref name="2ndVijay">{{cite web | url=http://www.loksatta.com/krida-news/vijay-chaudhari-win-maharashtra-kesari-title-second-time-at-nagpur-1187808/ | title=जळगावचा विजय चौधरी दुसऱ्यांदा ‘महाराष्ट्र केसरी’ | work=[[Loksatta]] |language=Marathi |place=Nagpur | date=11 January 2016 | accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
| 2016
| 2016
| [[Vijay Chaudhary]] {{dagger}}
| Vijay Chaudhary{{dagger}}
| Jalgaon
| [[Jalgaon]]
| Abhijit Katake
| Abhijit Katake
|[[Pune]]
| Pune
| [[Pune]]
| [[Warje]], Pune
| <ref name="3rdVijay">{{cite web | url=http://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/vijay-choudhary-wins-maharashtra-kesari-beat-abhijeet-katke-1359036 | title=जळगावचा विजय चौधरी सलग तिसऱ्यांदा महाराष्ट्र केसरी | work=[[Loksatta]] |language=Marathi |place=Pune | date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
| <ref name="3rdVijay">{{cite web | url=http://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/vijay-choudhary-wins-maharashtra-kesari-beat-abhijeet-katke-1359036 | title=जळगावचा विजय चौधरी सलग तिसऱ्यांदा महाराष्ट्र केसरी | work=[[Loksatta]] |language=Marathi |place=Pune | date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|-
|2017
|2017
|Abhijit Katake (winner)
|Abhijit Katake
|[[Pune]]
|[[Pune]]
|Kiran Bhagat
|Kiran Bhagat
|Satara
|[[Bhugaon]], Pune
|
|
|Bhugaon, Pune
|-
|
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|2018
|2018
|Bala Rafik Shaikh (winner)
|Swapnil M
|Bhuldhana
|[[Pune]]
|Abhijit Katake
|Abhijit Katake
|[[Pune]]
|Pune
|Jalana
|[[Jalna, Maharashtra|Jalna]]
|
|
|-
|-
|2019
|2019
|Harshwardhan Sadgir  
|Harshad Sadgir {{dagger}}
|Nashik
|[[Nashik]]
|Shailesh Shelke
|Shailesh Shelke
|Latur
|Latur
|Pune (Balewadi)
|[[Balewadi]], Pune
|
|
|-
|2020
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|''Cancelled''
|
|-
|2021–22
|Pruthviraj Patil
|[[Kolhapur]]
|Vishal (Prakash) Bankar
|Solapur
|Satara
|
|-style="background:#ADD8E6"
|2022–23
|Shivraj Rakshe {{dagger}}
|[[Nanded]]
|Mahendra Gaikwad
|Pune
|
|
|-
|2023–24
|Sikander Shaikh
|[[Mohol]], [[Solapur]]
|Shivraj Rakshe
|Pune
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-11 |title=Match over in 22 seconds: Solapur’s Sikander Sheikh becomes the new ‘Maharashtra Kesari’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/match-solapur-sikander-sheikh-maharashtra-kesari-9022522/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ADD8E6"
|2024
|Shivraj Rakshe {{dagger}}
|Pune
|Harshad Sadgir
|Nashik
|[[Osmanabad]]
|
|-
|2025
|Pruthviraj Mohol
|Pune
|Mahendra Gaikwad
|Solapur
|
|-
|2026
|Harshad Sadgir {{dagger}}
|[[Nashik]]
|Mahendra Gaikwad
|Solapur
|[[Wagholi,Pune]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-02-02 |title=Pune's Pruthviraj Mohol Wins Maharashtra Kesari 2025 Title |url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/maharashtra/punes-pruthviraj-mohol-wins-maharashtra-kesari-2025-title-a507/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=Lokmat Times |language=en}}</ref>
|}
Other Title holders from Maharashtra
'''[[Hind Kesari]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! colspan=2 | Winner
! colspan=2 | Runner-up
! Venue
! Ref.
|-
|1959
|Shripati Khanchnale
|Kolhapur
|Banta Sing (Punjab Kesari)
|
|[[Delhi]]
|
|-
|1960
|[[Ganpat Andalkar|Ganpatrao Andhalkar]]
|Kolhapur
|Khadak Singh
|
|Mumbai
|
|-
|1964
|[[Maruti Mane]]
|Kavathe Pirhan, Sangli
|Mehruddin
|
|[[Karnal]], Haryana
|
|-
|1966
|Hazrat Patel
|Achegaon, Solapur
|
|
|[[Ahmedabad]]
|
|-
|1969
|[[Harishchandra Birajdar]]
|Nilanga, Latur
|Jharkhand Rai
|
|[[Kanpur]]
|
|-
|1971
|Deenanath Singh
|Kolhapur
|Lal Bahadur Singh
|[[Bihar]]
|Nagpur
|
|-
|1975
|Chamba Mutnal
|Kolhapur
|
|
|[[Bengaluru]]
|
|-
|2003
|Vinod Dadu Chougule
|Kolhapur
|Suresh Nad
|
|Nashik
|
|-
|2005
|Yogesh Dodke
|Pune
|Pravin Kumar
|Haryana
|Ahmednagar
|
|-
|2013
|Amol Barate
|Pune
|Sonu Kumar
|[[Indian Air Force|Air Force]]
|Bivani, [[Haryana]]
|
|-
|2014
|Santosh Vetal
|Karad
|DevendraKumar
|
|Haryana
|
|-
|2015
|Sunil Salunkhe
|Sangola, Solapur
|Hitesh Kumar
|Punjab
|[[Jamakhandi|Jamkhandi]], Karnataka
|
|-
|2023
|Abhijit Katake
|Pune
|Somveer
|Harayana
|[[Hyderabad]]
|
|-
|}
'''[[Pehlwani|Rustam-e-Hind]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! colspan=2 | Winner
! colspan=2 | Runner-up
! Venue
! Ref.
|-
|
|Vishnupant Nagrale
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1972
|[[Harishchandra Birajdar]]
|[[Nilanga]], Latur
|Netrapal Singh
|[[Indian Army|Army]]-Delhi
|Varanasi
|
|-
|1973
|Dadu Chougule
|Kolhapur
|
|
|Mumbai
|
|-
|2010
|Amol Buchade
|Pune
|Kamaljeet
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|Punjab
|
|-
|2018
|Asab Ahmed
|[[Indapur]], Pune
|
|
|
|
|-
|2024
|Sikandar Shaikh
|Mohol, Solapur
|Bagga Kohli
|Punjab
|Punjab
|
|}
'''Olympics'''
[[Khashaba Jadhav]] – Bronze 🥉
[[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight|Bantamweight]]
[[1952 Summer Olympics]]
'''National Awards'''
'''[[Arjuna Award]]'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="1"
|-
| 1963-[[Ganpat Andalkar|Ganpatrao Andhalkar]]
|-
| 1998-Kakasaheb Pawar
|-
| 2000-[[Khashaba Jadhav]] posthumously
|-
| 2012-[[Narsingh Yadav]]
|-
| 2020-[[Rahul Aware]]
|-
|}
'''[[Dhyanchand Award]]'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="1"
|-
| 2005-[[Maruti Mane]]
|-
| 2006-[[Harishchandra Birajdar]]
|-
| 2018-Dadu Chougule
|-
|-
|}
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
<sup>{{note|1|[Note 1]}}</sup>Hiraman Bankar is father of Vijay Bankar. Dadu Chaugule is father of vinod Chaughule.
<sup>{{note|1|[Note 1]}}</sup>Hiraman Bankar is father of Vijay Bankar. Dadu Chaugule is father of Vinod Chaughule.
[http://www.lokmat.com/other-sports/vijay-chaudharys-maharashtra-kesari/ विजय चौधरी ठरला 'महाराष्ट्र केसरी']


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.maharashtrakustigirparishad.com}}


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Maharashtra Kesari
Tournament information
SportIndian-style wrestling
LocationMaharashtra, India
Established1854; 172 years ago (1854)[1]
1961(Current Format)
WebsiteOfficial Website
Current champion
Pruthviraj Mohol

Maharashtra Kesari (transl. "Lion of Maharashtra" in Sanskrit) is an Indian-style wrestling championship, established in 1854 in Maharashtra, India. It is organized by the Maharashtra Kustigir Parishad.

Prize[edit | edit source]

Cash prize was awarded to the winner since the start. But since 1982, initiated by wrestler Mamasaheb Mohol, the winner was permanently awarded with a silver mace weighing 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb).[2] As of 2008 the winner received a silver mace and a cash prize of ₹51,000 (US$720).[3] In addition, Government of Maharashtra also provided honorary sum amount to the title holders above age 50. Until 2012, to be eligible for this amount, the title holder's annual income had to be less than₹40,000 (US$560).[4] In 2015, the cash prize was raised to ₹1 lakh (US$1,400).[5]

The winners are also eligible to apply for government jobs under sports quota.[6]

Records[edit | edit source]

Maharashtra Kesari is a wrestling competition in the state of Maharashtra . This competition started in the year 1961. After India gained independence, the first Maharashtra Champion competition was held in 1953. At that time, the famous wrestler Tukaram Nanasaheb Phalke of Nagarkar Talmi in Pune defeated Gogachach Siddhapa, a big wrestler from Mumbai mill workers, in just two minutes on the Joli Insa. Tukaram Phalke was awarded the Maharashtra Champion (Kesari) trophy.

Maharashtra Kesari 1961- present[edit | edit source]

Maharashtra State Kustigir Parishad, established by Wrestling Maharshi Mamasaheb Mohol, has been organizing the highest level 'Maharashtra Kesari' wrestling competition in the state for the last six-seven decades. The aim of this competition is to make wrestling evolve, to make good wrestlers out of the region and help them shine at the country and world level. Maharashtra Kesari is being held in the clay and matt divisions. In this, the winner wrestler from the clay division open category and the winner wrestler from the mattress division open category will fight the final on Matt as per international standards, and the winner of this final fight is declared as 'Maharashtra Kesari' and the honorary mace of Maharashtra Kesari is awarded.

Winners[edit | edit source]

Key
Symbol Meaning
dagger Indicates that the wrestler has won the title multiple times
Year Winner Runner-up Venue Ref.
1953 Tukaram Nana Phalke Pune
1955 Cancelled Mumbai
1959 Record not available Solapur
1960 No Result Nagpur
1961 Dinkar Patil (Dahyarikar) Dahyari, Sangli-Kolhapur Hanmant Mane / Biraju Yadav? Aurangabad
1962 Bhagwan More Sangli Sadashiv Takmoge Dhule
1963 Cancelled Satara
1964 Ganpatrao Khedkar dagger June Khed, Sangli-Kolhapur Biraju Yadav Amravati [7]
1965 Ganpatrao Khedkar dagger June Khed, Sangli-Kolhapur Mohan Bhise Nashik [7]
1966 Deenanath Singh Varanasi-Kolhapur Chamba Mutnal Jalgaon
1967 Chamba Mutnal dagger Kolhapur-Karnataka Dada Mane Khamgaon, Buldhana
1968 Chamba Mutnal dagger Kolhapur Parasram Patil Ahmednagar
1969 Harishchandra Birajdar Osmanabad-Latur Dadu Chougule Latur
1970 Dadu Chougule dagger Kolhapur Parasram Patil Pune
1971 Dadu Chougule dagger Kolhapur Sahebrao Jadhav Alibag, Raigad
1972 Laxman Wadar dagger Kerle, Kolhapur Mohan Bhise Kolhapur [8]
1973 Laxman Wadar dagger Kerle, Kolhapur Raghunath Pawar Akola [8]
1974 Yuvraj Patil Koparde, Kolhapur Raghunath Pawar Thane
1975 Raghunath Pawar Pune Agnel Negro Chandrapur
1976 Hiraman Bankar [Note 1] Chimbali, Pune Shivaji Pachpute Akluj, Solapur [9]
1977 No result Chalisgaon, Jalgaon
1978 Appasaheb Kadam Sangli Shivaji Pachpute Mumbai
1979 Shivaji Pachpute Mumbai Madar Nabab Nashik
1980 Ismail Shaikh Solapur Ramesh Takawale, Hargude Khopoli, Raigad
1981 Bapurao Lokhande (ढवळ) Satara Saradar Khushahal Nagpur
1982 Sambhaji Patil Asgaon, Kolhapur Saradar Khushahal Beed
1983 Saradar Khushahal Indore-Kolhapur Vishnu Bhandari Pune
1984 Ramkisan Lokhande Dharur, Beed Shankar

Todkar

Dadar, Mumbai
1985 Vishnu Joshilkar Kolhapur Rama Mane Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune
1986 Gulab Barde Rahuri, Ahmednagar Dilip Pawar Solapur
1987 Tanaji Bankar Solapur Pirmohmmad Attar / Dilip Pawar ? Nagpur
1988 Raosaheb Magar Nimgaon M, Solapur Bala Rafi Puluj Ahmednagar
1989 No result Wardha
1990 No result Kolhapur
1991 No result Amravti
1992 Apaalal Sheikh Boramani, Solapur- Kolhapur Maula Shaikh / Sanjay Patil ? Akkalkot, Solapur Pune
1993 Udayraj Yadav Boramani, Solapur- Mumbai Balu Padgham Balewadi, Pune
1994 Sanjay Patil Karad, Satara- Mumbai Maula Shaikh Akola
1995 Shivaji Kekan Beed Saheb Solanke / Raju Lonari ? Nashik
1996 Cancelled
1997 Ashok Shirke Ahmednagar Balu Padgham Deoli, Wardha
1998 Gorakhnath Sarak Satara Maula Shaikh Nagpur
1999 Dhanaji Phadtare Satara Anil Ashruba Raut / Raju Barguje ? Beed Pune
2000 Vinod Dadu Chougule Kolhapur Rahul Kalbhor Khamgaon, Buldhana
2001 Rahul Kalbhor Pune Dattatray Gaikwad Nanded
2002 Munnalal Shaikh Solapur-Mumbai Chandrakant Sul Solapur Jalna
2003 Dattatray Gaikwad Pune Bharat Mekale Yavatmal
2004 Chandrahas Nimgire Jeur, Solapur Ravi Patil Vashi
2005 Sayeed (Ali Kardoos) Chaus Beed Asab Ahmed Indapur, Pune
2006 Amol Buchade Pune-Mumbai Aba Sul Baramati, Pune [10]
2007 Chandrahar Patil dagger Sangli Atul Patil Aurangabad [3][11]
2008 Chandrahar Patil dagger Sangli Sandeep Barguje Kadegaon, Sangli [3]
2009 Vijay (Vicky) Bankar [Note 1] Sangli-Pune Sayeed (Ali Kardoos) Chaus Sangavi, Pune [9]
2010 Samadhan Ghodke Solapur Nandkumar Abdaar Roha, Raigad [12]
2011 Narsing Yadav dagger Mumbai Atul Patil Akluj, Solapur [1]
2012 Narsing Yadav dagger Mumbai Vijay Choudhary Jalgaon Gondia [1][13]
2013 Narsing Yadav dagger Mumbai Sunil Salunke Mumbai Bhosari, Pune [1]
2014 Vijay Chaudhary dagger Jalgaon Sachin Yelbar Ahmednagar [14]
2015 Vijay Chaudhary dagger Jalgaon Vikrant Jadhav Mumbai Nagpur [5]
2016 Vijay Chaudharydagger Jalgaon Abhijit Katake Pune Warje, Pune [15]
2017 Abhijit Katake Pune Kiran Bhagat Satara Bhugaon, Pune
2018 Swapnil M Pune Abhijit Katake Pune Jalna
2019 Harshad Sadgir dagger Nashik Shailesh Shelke Latur Balewadi, Pune
2020 Cancelled
2021–22 Pruthviraj Patil Kolhapur Vishal (Prakash) Bankar Solapur Satara
2022–23 Shivraj Rakshe dagger Nanded Mahendra Gaikwad Pune
2023–24 Sikander Shaikh Mohol, Solapur Shivraj Rakshe Pune [16]
2024 Shivraj Rakshe dagger Pune Harshad Sadgir Nashik Osmanabad
2025 Pruthviraj Mohol Pune Mahendra Gaikwad Solapur
2026 Harshad Sadgir dagger Nashik Mahendra Gaikwad Solapur Wagholi,Pune [17]

Other Title holders from Maharashtra

Hind Kesari

Year Winner Runner-up Venue Ref.
1959 Shripati Khanchnale Kolhapur Banta Sing (Punjab Kesari) Delhi
1960 Ganpatrao Andhalkar Kolhapur Khadak Singh Mumbai
1964 Maruti Mane Kavathe Pirhan, Sangli Mehruddin Karnal, Haryana
1966 Hazrat Patel Achegaon, Solapur Ahmedabad
1969 Harishchandra Birajdar Nilanga, Latur Jharkhand Rai Kanpur
1971 Deenanath Singh Kolhapur Lal Bahadur Singh Bihar Nagpur
1975 Chamba Mutnal Kolhapur Bengaluru
2003 Vinod Dadu Chougule Kolhapur Suresh Nad Nashik
2005 Yogesh Dodke Pune Pravin Kumar Haryana Ahmednagar
2013 Amol Barate Pune Sonu Kumar Air Force Bivani, Haryana
2014 Santosh Vetal Karad DevendraKumar Haryana
2015 Sunil Salunkhe Sangola, Solapur Hitesh Kumar Punjab Jamkhandi, Karnataka
2023 Abhijit Katake Pune Somveer Harayana Hyderabad

Rustam-e-Hind

Year Winner Runner-up Venue Ref.
Vishnupant Nagrale
1972 Harishchandra Birajdar Nilanga, Latur Netrapal Singh Army-Delhi Varanasi
1973 Dadu Chougule Kolhapur Mumbai
2010 Amol Buchade Pune Kamaljeet Punjab Punjab
2018 Asab Ahmed Indapur, Pune
2024 Sikandar Shaikh Mohol, Solapur Bagga Kohli Punjab Punjab

Olympics

Khashaba Jadhav – Bronze 🥉 Bantamweight 1952 Summer Olympics

National Awards

Arjuna Award

1963-Ganpatrao Andhalkar
1998-Kakasaheb Pawar
2000-Khashaba Jadhav posthumously
2012-Narsingh Yadav
2020-Rahul Aware

Dhyanchand Award

2005-Maruti Mane
2006-Harishchandra Birajdar
2018-Dadu Chougule

Notes[edit | edit source]

^[Note 1] Hiraman Bankar is father of Vijay Bankar. Dadu Chaugule is father of Vinod Chaughule.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "नरसिंग यादव 'ट्रिपल महाराष्ट्र केसरी'". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 5 December 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ↑ Sanghapal Gadling (24 December 2012). "पहेलवानांची उर्जा ठरतेय चांदीची गदा". Sakal (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Chandrahar Patil wins Maharashtra Kesari title". United News of India. Webindia123. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "महाराष्ट्र केसरी आणि अर्जुन पुरस्कार विजेत्यांना मानधनासाठी अट नाही". Sakal (in Marathi). 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "जळगावचा विजय चौधरी दुसऱ्यांदा 'महाराष्ट्र केसरी'". Loksatta (in Marathi). Nagpur. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Shyamrao Gawde (6 July 2014). "डबल महाराष्ट्र केसरी खेडकरांच्या दोन्ही गदा गेल्या कोठे?". Sakal (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Vivek Waghmode (27 October 2013). "Two-time Maharashtra Kesari Laxman Wadar, passes away". Times of India. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Vijay Bankar clinches 'Maharashtra Kesari' title in wrestling". Daily News and Analysis. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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  11. ↑ Sandeep Khandekar (11 November 2013). "महाराष्ट्र केसरीच्या मैदानात "चंद्रहार'चे दशक". Sakal (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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  16. ↑ "Match over in 22 seconds: Solapur's Sikander Sheikh becomes the new 'Maharashtra Kesari'". The Indian Express. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  17. ↑ "Pune's Pruthviraj Mohol Wins Maharashtra Kesari 2025 Title". Lokmat Times. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.

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