Master Chandgiram Akhara MASTER CHANDGI RAM was born on 9 November 1937 and died on 29 June 2010 (aged 72). He was a gold medalist in the ASIAN GAMES 1970, Bangkok). He has 3 children JAGDISH KALIRAMAN, DEEPIKA KALIRAMAN, SONIKA KALIRAMAN. MASTER CHANDGI RAM was an Indian soldier and wrestler who won a gold medal at 1970 ASIAN games. He received both ARJUNA AWARD and PADMA SHRI AWARD. He was born in 1937 in the Hisar district of Haryana, which is famous for wrestlers. He later set up the akhada to train women wrestlers for international events. He was popularly known as MASTER CHANDGI RAM. His daughter SONIKA KALIRAMAN is also a wrestler and was the member of DOHA ASIAN GAME’S INDIAN SQUAD. His famous pupil is SANJAY KUMAR who had won BHARAT KESARI many times, and also a GOLD WINNER OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES. The thought of women wrestling in India reminds us of great wrestler MASTER CHANDGI RAM
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Prem Nath Akhada: GURU PREM NATH was a legendary wrestler of India. Born in India on 1st July 1955. He was a student of Delhi University and a disciple of guru Hanuman ji.
This akhada is also known as Sonkar wrestling club, as the community around the akhada is known by that name. The community donates and helps in maintaining it. The wrestlers here compete in all sort of wrestling competitions, national and international matches.
The akhada is clean and well maintained. It is building with a dirt wrestling pit on the ground floor as well as several rooms on the ground floor for the wrestlers live here.
This is very prominent akhada in the Gur Mandir Marg. There are 48 students train here. They start practice at 4 in the morning. There are wrestlers of every age group 10-15, 15-20 also. A wrestler named DIVYA was selected in world championship of 2016 which was going to be held in china. Another girl SIMMO also get selected in the world championship. This akhada have 20 girls who got there training here. This akhada play a very important in promoting women wrestling in Delhi. All students of senior group won around 4 national championship. This akhada have a mat based wrestling. Wrestlers here also took part in the dangals which is a mud based wrestling took place in villages. Vikram coach train wrestlers here he is international coach, he won gold medal in the ALL INDIA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP, he is a SHAHI coach, he also attend several Indian camp. He joined this akhada 5 years ago after the death of RAJ SINGH who was a ASP in Delhi police he was a ARJUNA AWARDEE and won RASHTRIYA PURUSKAR. Another coach SANGEET JI is a superintendent chief in railway, he got this job after winning a gold medal in ALL INIDIA WRESTLING. They came here to train these wrestlers. This akhada has both type of pattern-mud based and mat based. Students came here from different regions like Haryana, Uttar Pradesh. Some students live here to practice here other came from their home at 4 in the evening every day. All students practice at the same time for around 3 hours. Students of age group 5-10 also come here. This akhada shows a great variation in the age of wrestlers.
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