22/05/2022
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Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt
(22 May 1878 - 23 May 1960)
Happy Birthday The Great Gama
The questions always asked
"Do you have the Heart of a Wrestler?
The dream and the fire to
Labour and toil arduously
Day after day, month after month, year after year
Honing your craft, mastered your art
Do you have the heart of a Champion?"
The dream, the fire were in evident
Even at the tender age of ten
Finished in the top fifteen in the strongman competition
Which fielded four hundred wrestlers
Named the winner, due to your young age
You paid your paid your dues
Trained with forty grapplers
Minimum five thousand baithaks (squats) and
Three thousands dands (push ups)
Your daily routine.
At seventeen, you challenged the colossus
Rustam - e - Hind (Wrestling Champion of India)
Seven foot tall Raheem Bakhsh Sultani Wala,
In the that lasted for hours
Your five foot eight iron frame and held him to a draw
In 1910 travelled to London England,
For the John Bull World Championships
10 September 1910, faced the
World champion Stanislaus Zbyszko
For the belt & the prize money of £250
Zbyszko's adopted defensive strategy
Hugging the mat for 2 hours and 35 minutes
The match was declared a draw
The lack of tenacity by Zbyszko angered the fans.
Crowned World Champion (Rustam -e- Zamana)
When the World champion Stanislaus Zbyszko
Failed to show up for the
Rematch on September 17, 1910
Retired undefeated in career that
Spanned over 52 years.
Happy birthday
Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt
Gama pahalwan
The great Gama
Today would've been your 144th birthday
Gone but not forgotten
Will always be remembered as
One the greatest wrestlers of all time.
