Google Doodle pays tribute to India’s first woman wrestler Hamida Banu. | Photo Credit: Google Doodle It was on this day in 1954 when Hamida Banu defeated famed wrestler Baba Pahalwan in just one minute and 34 seconds. While Baba Pahalwan deemed it fit to retire from professional wrestling, Banu’s career expanded to international arenas …
Hamida Banu became known as the “Amazon of Aligarh”. Hamida Banu, widely considered India’s first professional woman wrestler, was born in the early 1900s near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. She rose to stardom in the 1940s and 50s, at a time when women’s participation in athletics was strongly discouraged by prevalent social norms. Her spectacular feats …
Image Source : GOOGLE DOODLE Hamida Banu. Hamida Banu is a name, hard to look past when you turn the pages of Indian wrestling. Regarded as the first woman wrestler in India, Hamida Banu, blazed a trail for generations to follow. As Google Doodle celebrates the first Indian woman wrestler on May 4 (Saturday), let’s …