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The Great Gama

1878 - 1960

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Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt (22 May 1878 – 23 May 1960), commonly known by the title Rustam-e-Hind and by the ring name The Great Gama, was a pehlwani wrestler and strongman in British India and later, Pakistan. In the early 20th century, he was an undefeated wrestling champion of British India. Born into a Punjabi-speaking family of Kashmiri Muslim origin in British Punjab in 1878, Gama was awarded a version of the World Heavyweight Championship on 15 October 1910. Undefeated in a career spanning more than 52 years, he is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. The Great Gama is the 37th most popular wrestler (up from 78th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from India (up from 576th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, The Great Gama ranks 37 out of 1,027. Before him are Bruno Sammartino, Big Van Vader, Ric Flair, Sid Eudy, Rocky Johnson, and Khabib Nurmagomedov. After him are Goldust, Triple H, John Layfield, Sheamus, A.J. Styles, and Isao Inokuma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, The Great Gama ranks 80. Before him are Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Charles Joughin, Mikhail Artsybashev, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Alexander Tamanian. After him are Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Carl Sandburg, Tullio Serafin, Grigory Petrovsky, Paul Hazard, and Erich Mühsam. Among people deceased in 1960, The Great Gama ranks 65. Before him are Abram Ioffe, Pierre Reverdy, Alexandre Benois, Edwin Fischer, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Bruno Loerzer. After him are Hans Wilsdorf, Leonard Woolley, Georges Claude, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, and Johan Gunnar Andersson.

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In India

Among people born in India, The Great Gama ranks 290 out of 1,861. Before him are Joseph Coutts (1945), Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), John Abraham (1972), Vallabha (1479), and Morarji Desai (1896). After him are Meher Baba (1894), Chand Bibi (1550), Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), Prabhas (1979), Amrish Puri (1932), and M. Night Shyamalan (1970).

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Among WRESTLERS In India

Among wrestlers born in India, The Great Gama ranks 1. After him are The Great Khali (1972), Sushil Kumar (1983), Vinesh Phogat (1994), Geeta Phogat (1988), Bajrang Punia (1994), Babita Kumari (1989), Yogeshwar Dutt (1982), Bekmurod Oltiboev (1996), Navjot Kaur (1990), and Shushila Devi Likmabam (1995).

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