Kolhapur's Century-Old Tryst With Wrestling Gave India Its 1st Individual Olympic MedalSportsBy Gopi Karelia20 May 2019 09:59 ISTDid you know that Shahaji II, the Maharaja of Kolhapur, sponsored a 22-year-old wrestler from Satara for the 1948 London Olympics? Or that Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj built hundreds of akharas to create a city that produced legendary wrestlers?Read More
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