Zubair Aslam a.k.a JHARA Pahalwan, was the son of Aslam pahalwan who belonged to the renowned GAMA family of legendary wrestlers. He had to maintain the prosperity of his ancestors, and so he did by making his career in wrestling. Zubair was trained under the supervision of different experts of wrestling, while Arshad Bijli was one of the trainers who ...Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Rustam-E-Hind
Pehlwani (wrestling) is a sport which is a Persian style of wrestling practiced in India, Bangladesh, Iran and Pakistan. The practitioners are called Pehalwans. The Pehalwans of India who stay undefeated are given the title of Rustam-e-Hind. The meaning of this title is “The Rostam of India “. This title is entitled to those Indian wrestlers only who stay undefeated ...Read More »
Bholu Pehalwan – The mighty wrestler of ‘50s
Haji Manzoor Hussain, known as Bholu Pehlwan, was the most famous wrestler of his time. Bholu’s name was listed in the history of Pehalwaan-baazi (traditional wrestling). He belonged to a Gujjar GAMA wrestling family from Amritsar, Punjab. He passed his childhood in Amritsar for 9 years. He was 9, when it was his school vacations; he went Patiala to pay ...Read More »
Imam Baksh Pehalwan
Pehlwani is a Persian style of wrestling and those who practice this is called Pehalwan. This is practiced mostly in Pakistan, Iran, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. This requires great courage and strength to beat competitor and such renowned Pehalwan was Imam Baksh Pehalwan. He enlightened the name of Pakistan as he was entitled as champion of Lahore. The brother of ...Read More »




