The Great GAMA PEHALWAN
♛♛Lion of the Punjab♛♛
Starting Years of Life
Ghulam Muhammad,
“The Great Gama” also known as
“Gama Pahelwan” and
“Lion of the Punjab” was born in 1880 at Amritsar. Ghulam Muhammad nicknamed
"Gama", was born to the renowned wrestler Muhammad Aziz in 1882 at Amritsar. Maharaja Bhawani Singh, the ruler of the princely state of Datia, patronized the young wrestler and his brother Imam Bukhsh. Gama was first noticed at the age of ten when he entered a strongman competition held in Jodhpur, which included many grueling exercises such as squats. The contest was attended by more than four hundred wrestlers and young Gama was among the last remaining fifteen wrestlers. At that point the Maharaja of Jodhpur announced Gama as the victor due to his remarkable show of enormous stamina and dedication among the many older wrestlers.
Starting Days Of Career
Fame came to
Gama at the age of 19 when he challenged the then Indian Wrestling Champion, middle aged
Raheem Bakhsh Sultani Wala, who was also a kashmiri Butt wrestler from Gujranwala. At about 7 feet tall with a very impressive record, Raheem was thought to easily defeat the 5' 7" Gama. Raheem's only drawback was his age as he was much older than Gama and near the end of his career. The bout continued for hours and eventually ended in a draw. The contest with Raheem was the turning point in Gama's career. After that, he was looked upon as the next contender for the Indian Wrestling Championship. In the first bout Gama remained defensive, but in the second bout, Gama went on the offensive. Despite severe bleeding from his nose and ears, he managed to deal out a great deal of damage to Raheem Bakhsh.
Greatest Match OF Gama Pehlwaan
Zbyszko Vs Gamma Pehlwan
International Wrestling Competition in 1910 at London.Just 10 minutes before the start of the match.
Zbyszko (left hand) and
Gamma (right hand) shaking hands.
Some of the Gama Pehlwaan Bouts
Gama Vs Khumb Pehlwaan
The Great Gama vs The Dynamite Kid
Last Days OF Career and Life
After the partition in 1947,
Gama moved to Pakistan where he lived the rest of his life with his brother, the Champion
Imam Bux and his nephews, the famous
Bholu Brothers. After retiring, he trained his nephew
Bholu Pahalwan who held the Pakistani wrestling championship for almost 20 years.
Kulsoom Butt, the wife of former Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif is the grand-daughter of
Gama´s brother.
The Great
Gama died in Lahore, Pakistan on
21 May 1960.
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