I know, I know I am late for this but still, you can enjoy reading about it. So here are some 7 Great Sports Moments of India pre-Independence.
India’s Debut in Olympics (1900) – 7 Great Sports Moments of India pre-Independence
The 1900 Paris Olympics became India’s first step to participating in Olympic sports. All this happened because of the amazing performance by Norman Gilbert Pritchard, a British-Indian Athlete.
He participated in five track and field sports and won silver in them like shining for his country abroad.
He won Silver in 200m sprint and 200m hurdle events. With this, he became the first Asian-born athlete to win Olympic medals and that initiated the quest for Olympic medals in India.
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Gama the Great Showed his Strength and his Heart (1910)
Most of you might not know but India also had a great wrestler who crushed anyone who comes in his path. Ghulam Mohammad Baksh was his name but he was widely known as the Great Gama.
Another crazy fact is that even Bruce Lee was inspired by Great Gama and he also used to follow Gama’s rigorous training regimen in his own training.
Gama was the winner of the John Bull World Championship after a fierce wrestling match held in Sept 1910 against Stanislaus Zbyszko (Polish Wrestler).
He was also remembered for his big heart because, during the partition phase of India and Pakistan, he saved his Hindu brothers from the attacks and helped them to leave for India with sobbing eyes because he would never get to see them again. (Sad…)
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7 Great Sports Moments of India pre-Independence
