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Chapter-V

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Historical sketch of Indian Bodybuilding

DALIP SINGH RANA

Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972) better known by his ring name

The Great Khali, is an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and former powerlifter

who won Mr. India in 1995 and 1996. He is currently signed to World Wrestling

Entertainment (WWE) on its raw brand. Before embarking on his professional

wrestling career, he was a police officer in the Punjab state police. In WWE, Singh

is a one-time World Heavyweight Champion, and one-time Slammy Award

winner. He has also appeared in three Hollywood films as well as two Bollywood

films. Under the ring name Giant Singh, Dalip Singh first became a professional

wrestler for All Pro Wrestling (APW) in the United States, making his first

appearance in October 2000, when teaming with Tony Jones against the West Side

Playaz.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2001–2002)

In August 2001, Singh was brought into New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)

by Team 2000 leader, Masahiro Chono, as Giant Singh, along with another big

man, Giant Silva. They were the tallest tag team in professional wrestling history

at an average height of 7 foot 2½ inches, and a combined weight of 805 pounds.

The two teamed up for the first time at the Tokyo Dome in October, labeled Club

7 by Chono, and defeated Yutaka Yoshie, Kenzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and

Wataru Inoue in a Handicap Match when Silva pinned Tanahashi and Inoue at the

same time. Singh suffered his first loss in a tag match in January 2002 after

Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned him with a cradle. He suffered another big tag defeat

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during March, being pinned by Manabu Nakanishi after a German suplex pin. His

most critical loss came in August at Tokyo Nippon Budokan when, after a falling

out, he was pinned by Silva in a singles match. World Wrestling Entertainment

(2006–present)

On 2 January 2006, Singh became the first Indian professional wrestler to

be signed to a contract by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE); he was

assigned to their developmental federation, Deep South Wrestling,[1]

where he

wrestled under his real name.

Feud with The Undertaker (2006)

With Daivari as his manager, the unnamed Singh debuted on WWE

television on the 7 April 2006 episode of SmackDown!, attacking The Undertaker

and leaving defenseless during his match with Mark Henry, and thus causing a no-

contest. The next week he was introduced as The Great Khali. Daivari explained

that he now finally had a client that would destroy The Undertaker (after

Muhammed Hassan and Mark Henry had previously failed). Khali made his in-

ring debut on the April 21 edition of SmackDown!, defeating Funaki.

On the May 12 edition of SmackDown!, Khali was John "Bradshaw"

Layfield hand-picked opponent against World Heavyweight Champion Rey

Mysterio. Khali had a height advantage of two feet and a weight advantage of 250

pounds, and defeated Mysterio in a squash match. In his match against The

Undertaker at Judgment Day, Khali defeated The Undertaker with a kick to the

head after receiving some illegal help from Daivari. Khali continued on a rampage

for several weeks, winning handicap matches,[19]

beating superstars up in a display

of power, and mocking The Undertaker's signature pin and victory pose.

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Khali then challenged The Undertaker to a Punjabi Prison match at The Great

American Bash. However, Khali was not medically cleared to compete in the

match, and was instead replaced by Big Show, who would end up losing to The

Undertaker despite interference from Khali. After he was medically cleared, Khali

would be challenged by The Undertaker to a Last Man Standing match at

SummerSlam.[24]

The match was moved to the SmackDown! just prior to

SummerSlam and was won by The Undertaker, giving Khali his first definite loss

in WWE.

ECW (2006)

Daivari and The Great Khali were moved to the ECW brand officially when

they made their ECW debuts on the 31 October 2006 edition of ECW on Sci Fi.

Daivari beat "The Reject" Shannon Moore in a very quick match. Daivari's

original theme music was used as well as his Persian rants on the microphone.

Afterwards, Moore was manhandled by The Great Khali. Daivari continued his

ECW winning streak over the next several weeks with The Great Khali usually

following up the contest with a chokebomb on Daivari's opponent. At December

to Dismember, Daivari got a victory over Tommy Dreamer following a roll-up.

Dreamer then chased Daivari backstage; The Great Khali appeared and caught

Dreamer, planting him on the steel ramp with a chokebomb.

Raw (2007)

On the January 8 episode of Raw, Jonathan Coachman announced that

Khali had signed with Raw (without his manager Daivari), and would wrestle John

Cena in the main event. Khali won by disqualification after Cena took a steel chair

held by Armando Estrada and hit Khali with it. After the match, Khali

chokeslammed Cena to the mat and left the ringside area, leaving Cena prone to an

attack by Umaga.

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On the February 19 edition of Raw, Khali demanded better competition

after easily defeating The Highlanders. Four days later on SmackDown!, Khali

interfered in a Falls Count Anywhere Money In The Bank qualifying match

between Kane and King Booker. Khali cost Kane the match, leading to a feud

which would culminate with a match at WrestleMania 23. In his first appearance

at WrestleMania, Khali defeated Kane at WrestleMania 23 after slamming him

with the Khali Bomb. Right after the match, Khali choked Kane with a hook and

chain.

On the April 30 edition of Raw, Khali attacked Shawn Michaels, Edge, and

Randy Orton (all three top contenders to the WWE Championship at the time)

backstage. He then attacked WWE Champion John Cena as well, sending a

message that he wanted Cena's title. The next week on Raw, Khali defeated

Michaels in a No. 1 contender's match for the WWE Championship at Judgment

Day.[33][34]

At the event, Khali lost via submission for the first time ever, tapping

out to John Cena's STFU. However, at Judgment Day, Khali's foot was under the

rope when he tapped out, which went unnoticed by the referee. The next night on

Raw, Khali expressed his outrage over the outcome via his newly established

translator and manager, Ranjin Singh. At One Night Stand, Khali lost to John

Cena after he was FU'd off a crane bed. This would be the first time that The Great

Khali had ever been pinned in a singles match.

Return to Smackdown!, and World Heavyweight Title Reign (2007–2008)

On the June 11 edition of Raw, as part of the 2007 WWE Draft, Khali was drafted

from Raw to SmackDown! as SmackDown!'s first draft pick. He would soon enter

a feud with Dave Batista in July. The two were scheduled for a match at The Great

American Bash, however, because Edge vacated the World Heavyweight

Championship due to an injury, a twenty man Battle Royal was held for the title

on the July 20 edition of SmackDown!. Khali won after eliminating both Kane and

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Batista in one move, winning his first World Heavyweight Championship. Khali

dominated and defeated both Batista and Kane in a Triple Threat match that same

week at The Great American Bash. Khali then debuted a new finisher called the

"Khali Vise Grip" which he used to wear down Ric Flair, Batista, and Kane. At

SummerSlam, Khali lost by disqualification when he used steel chair but retained

the title.

Khali then began a feud with Rey Mysterio after Mysterio won a

"Championship Competition" making Mysterio the No. 1 contender. On the

September 7 edition of SmackDown!, after Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero in

an "I Quit" match, Khali applied his Vice Grip on Mysterio until Batista came to

the rescue. After the assault, General Manager Theodore Long informed Khali that

he would be defending his World Heavyweight Championship against both Rey

Mysterio and Batista in a Triple Threat Match at Unforgiven, which Khali lost to

Batista after receiving a spinebuster. Khali challenged Batista to a rematch in a

Punjabi Prison Match at No Mercy in which Khali lost by failing to escape the

Punjabi Prison before Batista.

In late 2007 and early 2008, Khali was put in a program with Finlay usually

trying to assault Hornswoggle but with Finlay stopping him. Khali participated in

a Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out, which was won by The Undertaker.

At WrestleMania XXIV, Khali participated in a twenty-four man battle royal in

which the winner would receive a title match against the ECW Champion Chavo

Guerrero later that evening. Kane won the battle royal and went on to win the title.

Khali then began a short feud with Big Show. The feud culminated with a match at

Backlash where Big Show emerged victorious.

In July, Khali feuded with Triple H over his WWE Championship. On the

July 25 edition of SmackDown!, Khali won a battle royal also involving Big Show,

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Jeff Hardy, Mr. Kennedy, Umaga and Montel Vontavious Porter, to earn the right

to face Triple H at SummerSlam. At the event, Khali lost to Triple H after

receiving a Pedigree. Khali was given another opportunity to win the WWE

Championship, when he faced Jeff Hardy to gain entry into the Championship

Scramble at Unforgiven. Triple H interfered in the Scramble qualification match,

and aided Jeff Hardy with a chair shot to Khali, helping Hardy win and

eliminating Khali from title contention.

Face turn (2008–present)

On October 3, daredevil Johnny Knoxville aired a segment on

www.jackassworld.com interviewing Khali with his translator. When Knoxville

asked about Khali's "taliwacker" Khali was upset and threatened to tip the

interview table onto Knoxville. Khali later invited Knoxville to attend the October

13 episode of Raw, where Knoxville was attacked by both Khali and WWE Diva

Beth Phoenix.

Khali grew to take on a more "fun" persona; he and Ranjin Singh began

hosting the weekly "Khali Kiss Cam", where Singh would summon ostensibly

random women from the audience to kiss Khali.

The Great Khali feuded with Dolph Ziggler, winning by disqualification

after Ziggler attacked him with a steel chair. In the next few weeks, Khali lost to

Ziggler by countout and disqualification after Ziggler made it look like Khali hit

him with a steel chair. At The Bash, Khali lost to Ziggler by pinfall, after Kane

returned and attacked Khali. Shortly there after, it was revealed that, in the context

of a storyline, Ranjin Singh is Khali's (kayfabe) brother. The feud with Kane

resulted in a match at SummerSlam, where Kane defeated Khali after Kane used

Singh as a distraction, and performed a running DDT to Khali. Then Khali lost to

Kane again at the first ever WWE Breaking Point event.[48]

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Khali required knee surgery, so Kane "assaulted" Khali with the ring steps during

a match so Khali could have time off.[49]

Whilst injured, Khali made a surprise

appearance alongside Ranjin Singh, Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon on the

November 2 edition of Raw, as a judge for the "Raw's Got Talent" segment. He

made his official return on the December 14th edition of Raw teaming with Kane

and Christian to defeat William Regal, Ezekiel Jackson and Vladimir Kozlov.

On the April 2 edition on SmackDown he announced that he would be out

of wrestling for an undefined amount of time as he needed to spend time with his

family and regroup his thoughts back in India. On the April 19 edition on Raw, he

made an appearance by teaming up with special guest host MacGruber in a 2-on-1

handicap match against Vladimir Kozlov as "Khaluber" (Khali dressed as

MacGruber) which they won by intentional count-out.

As part of the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft, Khali and Ranjin Singh

were both drafted back to the Raw brand. After returning from his hiatus the

previous month, Khali was announced by John Cena to be a part of his team along

with John Morrison, Chris Jericho, Edge, R-Truth and Bret Hart to face The Nexus

at Summer Slam. On the August 9th edition of Raw however, Khali was assaulted

and injured by The Nexus, thus removing him from the match.[50]

Championships and accomplishments

New Japan Pro Wrestling

o Teisen Hall Six-Man Tournament (2002)–with Masahiro Chono and

Giant Silva

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

o PWI ranked him 83 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500

in 2008

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World Wrestling Entertainment

o World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

o Slammy Award for "Damn!" Moment of the Year (2008)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

o Most Overrated (2007)

o Worst Gimmick (2008)

Kiran Patil, who beat the incredible Prasad Kumar

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Asim Banerjee, bronze medallist from Orissa.

Romi Singh (left), Heeralal (second from right) and Abdullah (right) hit front

biceps pose

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Romi Singh hits a triceps pose

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Bhakta Kumar's incredible most muscular pose

Amit Choudhry (right) shows his chest development

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Byju who dominating 80-kg class

Daljit Singh wins 60-kg class

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Kiran Patil and Prasad Kumar compare biceps

India reclaims Mr. Universe after 21 years.

Mr. Universe 2009 is Mahadev Deka From India.

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A Reason to be Proud Again and the reason is none other than the man with

Big Heart Mahadev Deka from Guwahati Assam who made the event count after

21 long years.

Mahadev Deka has won the Mr Universe 2009 title in the bantam weight

category at the 2009 Musclemania Superbody world championship held at Florida

from June 18-21. Mahadev really deserves a great respect and honor since he is

the reason for millions to get inspired. 40 years old Mahadev went through a major

heart surgery in 2002, but everything got faded out before his will. The man who

never allowed his odds to dominate him and kept alive his passion for

Bodybuilding. He has added himself to the history of limited Indians who made

their Nation Proud by holding the Mr.Universe earlier. He is now into the club of

Legends such as Sri. Manotosh Ray (Mr.Universe 1951), Sri. Manohar Aich

(Mr.Universe 1952), Sri. Premchand Degra (Mr.Universe 1988) and now its none

other than Mahadev himself (Mr.Universe 2009).

Throughout the various ages of India's history there has been a growth of

interest in Physical Culture. As far back as the 1100s there were detailed

descriptions of diet, training & lifestyle for the more famous proponents.

Weightlifting was achieved using stone and sacks of sand. Press-ups and squats

were common exercises. By the 1500s Bodybuilding had become a national

passion. It is often considered that the British Rule in India started a period of

decline in Physical Culture and general health amongst the Indian population.

In 1905 there was a revival of interest, mainly in strand pulling. This was

due to a great extent to Sandow's highly successful visit to India in 1904. Muscle

Control was introduced to India in the 1920s by Chit Tun, a Burmese man who

settled in Calcutta. Despite the influence of Sandow and others 'Western' style

bodybuilding did not take off in a big way until the 1930s. The most important

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instructor at that time being Prof. K.V. Iyer who founded the Hercules

Gymnasium in Bangalore. He also started India's first postal course in

Bodybuilding. B.C. Ghosh credits Chit Tun with inspiring him to take up Muscle

Control and he and his partner K.C. Sen Gupta opened a Gymnasium in Calcutta

in the 1930s. Ghosh & Sengupta were credited with the early training of both

Monotosh Roy and Monohar Aich, both World Class bodybuilders in the 50s.

May be the world today does not know much about Indian Bodybuilders,

but the fact is that India has been the base of bodybuilding since thousands of

years. India has its history of bodybuilding touching thousand of years. The

saddest part is that today, India is not that ahead in the department, yet many of

Indian Bodybuilders have proved their presence in the Race. India has so far

produced three Mr.Universes, Sri. Monotosh Roy (1951- Winner Class 3), Sri.

Monohar Aich (1952 - Winner Short Men Catagory) also known by the name of

Pocket Hercules and the unforgettable Sri. Premchand Degra (1985). These names

are just the examples of what India has within its resources and what India can

produce if right path is shown.

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Never the less India has produced several big names who may not be

known by everyone in the world but are legends of their abilities. Some of the

names include Sri Sunil Kumar Patro (Mr. Asia - Runner up) and 12 times Mr.

India and winner of the greatest sports honor of Arjun Award. Currently he is

settled in Rourkela (Orissa) and is running a gym (Modern Health Club) which has

produced several national level bodybuilders. He is called by the name of DADA

and is one of the most respected person of the place.

Monotosh Roy

Born 1917 in Gajaria in Dacca district of India.

Roy started exercising at 12 and entered his first competition in 1939.

In1942 he won the East Indian Bodybuilding Championship and in 1947 won the

All India competition. He was an early pupil of B.C. Ghosh. In 1951 he won the

Mr. Universe (Class 3-short men division) competition. He later taught at Calcutta

University, Law College and played an important role in the development of the

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IFBB in India and was credited as being the Founder Member. In his later years he

gave up Physical Culture and became bed-ridden. He died at the age of 88 of

Cardiac Arrest in a Nursing Home in Kolkata, leaving behind three sons and a

daughter.

Living Legend Sri Monohor Aich :-

Manohar Aich, (born 1912) is an Indian bodybuilder. He won the 1952 Mr

Universe championship. He is also three-time Asian Games gold medalist in body

building. Being only 5' tall, he was given the name "Pocket Hercules". He

currently lives near Kolkata and has retained an excellent physique even at the age

of 97 years.His chest measured 54 inches with a waist of 23 inches giving him the

best v-cut. Aich continues to train for 90 minutes at his own gym Studio de

Physique in Kolkata which has produced Indian champs like Satyen Das, Satya

Pal and Hitesh Chatterjee. Aich's diet: dal, bhaat, curry and maach (fish).

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Aich At age of 75 (Left) and Aich At age of 85 (Right)

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PREMCHAND DOGRA:

Premchand Degra is an Indian bodybuilder. He won the Mr. Universe title

in the short-height 80 kg category in 1988. He is also mentioned as Premchand

Degra/Dhingra. He won the Mr. Universe title in the short-height 80 kg category

in 1988. He was also awarded the "Achievement Medal" by the International

Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) in 2003, for winning its World

Middleweight Champion title in 1988. He lives in Hoshiarpur (Punjab) and trains

budding body builders in his own gym. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the

Government of India.

Mr.Premchand dogra, Mr.Universe

Mr. Premchand Degra born on December 1, 1955 at Babri Nangal village

in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, Premchand Degra has striven hard to mould his

body into a muscular delight. He began his sports career as a wrestler after

completing his matriculation from Government High School of the neighbouring

Tibber village in 1973. It was only in 1980 that he developed an interest in body

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building and rose to be crowned Mr. Punjab, Mr. North India, Mr. India (9 times

in a row), Mr, Asia (8 times) and finally Mr. World (Middle-weight class and Mr.

Universe.

The world title earned him the Padma Shri in 1990. Earlier he had received

the Arjuna Award in 1986. He is also the recipient of the Punjab Government's

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award (1994), Tata best Sportsman Award (1986)

Charminar Challenge Trophy. Prem made his national debut by claiming a Bronze

Medal in Middle-Weight Class at Darjeeling in 1980. He followed it up by

winning three Gold Medals next year that made him Mr. Punjab, Junior Mr. India

and Senior Mr. India 1981. He retained the title of Mr. India in middleweight

category 1984. Thereafter he moved over to Light Heavy Weight Class and for

next five years (1985–1989) won the title of Mr India in this class too.

He began his international career by bagging the title of Mr. Asia in

Middle-weight Class at Karachi in 1983, a feat he was to repeat at Seoul in 1984.

Subsequently he switched over to Light Heavy-weight Class in Mr. Asia contest

too, winning the title at Colombo in 1985, Taipei in 1986 and Malaysia in 1987.

Dogra stuck to Middle-weight Class in all the five appearances he made at

the World Championships. He first competed for the world title in 1984 at Las

Vegas where he finished 14th, He moved up to 4th position in 1985 in Sweden and

was named the Most Improved Bodybuilder of the year. He won Silver Medal at

Tokyo in 1986 and was again placed at 4th place at Madrid (Spain) in 1987. The

climax came in 1988 when at Queensland in Australia he won the Gold in Middle-

Weight class and was crowned Mr. World. Prem Dogra turned professional in

1989 and the same year participated in Mr. Olympia contest. He then went on to

win the 1st Pro-Am Classic of Mr. Asia in 1990 and the 2nd Pro-Am Classic of

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Mr. Asia in 1991. Five years later, he returned to win the Gold in Light Heavy-

weight category of Mr. Asia championship held at Delhi in 1996.

MR.INDIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 IN KOLKATA:

Manjit Singh of Punjab was declared Mr India in the 37th Senior National

bodybuilding championship, which concluded recently at Moodbidri (Manglore).

According to a press release, other titles bagged by Manjit Singh, an employee of

Punjab Police, who started body building in 1992, are Mr North India and Mr

Senior Punjab State. He also got first prize for best posing in the Asian Junior

Championship.

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INDIAN TEAM FOR ASIA BODYBUILDING & WORLD GAMES

Following team represented India in Asian Bodybuiding Championships held at

Aurangabad Maharashtra India from 24th

. To 27th

. July 2009:

1, Ravi Kumar, N.K.Kishan Singhm, Peter Joesph, Boruyumnum, Parvesh

Kumar, Shaolin Singh, Amit Chaudhry, Manjit Singh, M. Rajinderan, Jagdish

Kumar, Gokul Das, M. Kamraj, Jagjit Singh and Varinder Ghuman were the

members selected to represent India at 43rd

.

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2, Amit Chaudhry and Mr. N.Kishan Singh represented India at the World

games held at Chinese Taipei from

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KAMRAJ & N. KISHAN SINGH

SHAOLIN SINGH & JAGDEESH KUMAR

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RAJINDRAN & GOKUL DASS

Boruyumnum , Peter Joesph, Parvesh Kumar

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MANJIT SINGH & AMIT CHAUDHRY

JAGJIT SINGH & VARINDER GHUMAN

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Jayaprakash of Services team, competing in the 100 + kg category, won

the overall title at the „Mr. India‟ senior National bodybuilding championship held

at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, on Sunday.

V. Jaya Kumar of Railways won the title in 100 kg category. He beat the

incredible Murali Kumar of Services (last year‟s winner).

Here is how the players finished in top 3 in each class:

55kg category:

1. Rahul Salukhe (Railways)

2. Sripal Reddy (Railways);

3. Jagatjyoti Chakraborty (Bengal).

60kg category:

1. Daljit Singh (Punjab);

2. Y. Kunj Kishore;

3. Anup Prem Kumar (Railways).

65kg category:

1. Romi Singh (Services);

2. K. Balamurugan (Railways);

3. Mohammad Abdullah (Services).

70kg category:

1. V. Jayaprakash (Railways);

2. R. Nayak (Services);

3. Aniruddh Chatterjee (U.P.).

75kg category :

1. Bhakta Kumar (Services);

2. P. Ranjit Kumar (Railways);

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3. Ashim Banerjee (Orissa).

80kg category:

1. E.G. Byju (Services);

2. P.P. Sameer (Railways);

3. M. Shalin

85kg category:

1. Amit Choudhury (U.P.);

2. S. Aneesh Raj (Kerala);

3. Anand Kumar (Services).

90kg category:

1. Kiran Patil (Railways);

2. Prasad Kumar (Services);

3. Prashant Salunkhe (Maharashtra).

100kg category:

1. V. Jaya Kumar (Railways);

2. Murali Kumar (Services);

3. Wasim (Delhi).

Over-100kg category:

1. Jayaprakash (Services);

2. Varinder Ghuman (Punjab);

3. Sagar Kate.

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MR.INDIA 2009

V.JAYPRAKASH

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

The empirical findings of the study show that there is a lack of favorable

government support to promote the performance of bodybuilders at international

level as well as also at national level. A large portion of respondents gave the

responses in opposite to the government policies and programs for bodybuilders.

The Indian bodybuilders are lacking proper diet according to most of the

respondents. They told that there are fewer benefits in government jobs for

bodybuilders. So the sportspersons are finding no bright future in bodybuilding

and so they are avoiding going in the area of bodybuilding. And those who have

already chosen bodybuilding are having low motivation for performance. There

are few incentive schemes for the bodybuilders in India. Mostly respondents did

not know much about the incentive schemes of government for bodybuilders. The

respondents gave suggestion for providing proper diet, increased daily allowances,

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weightage in government jobs, promotion benefits, opening new gyms, and many

others.

In conclusion it can be said that there is need to improve it policies and

programs by government. It should provide basic facilities and requirements to the

bodybuilders also like other games. It should provide employment to the

bodybuilders who achieve greater positions in the international and national level.

The Indian bodybuilding will be known at world level only if the government had

take care.

There were two subtests in the questionnaire i.e. General Opinion test and

Specific Opinion test. In the general opinion test, there were questions regarding

general views of the respondents regarding bodybuilding game. There were five

dimensions on which the views were taken i.e. knowledge, effectiveness,

suggestion, world participation, and hope. The second subtest was containing

views about reasons of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding at world level.

The results of the present research on the various dimensions are as

follows:

Knowledge

Table 1. Showing the results of respondents on Knowledge dimension.

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Number of

Respondents - 50 50 0

Percentage of

Respondents - 50% 50% 0%

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Effectiveness

Table 2. Showing the results of respondents on Effectiveness dimension.

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Number of

Respondents

30 60 10

22 76 2

15

80 5

69 27 4

46

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1

30 62 8

Total -

212 358 30

Percentage of

Respondents - 35.33% 59.67% 5%

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Suggestion

Table 3. Showing the results of respondents on Suggestion dimension.

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Number of

Respondents

82 12 6

88 9 3

Total - 170 21 9

Percentage of

Respondents - 85% 10.50% 4.50%

World Participation

Table 4. Showing the results of respondents on World Participation

dimension.

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Number of

Respondents

45 50 5

26 68 6

Total -

71 118 11

Percentage of

Respondents -

35.50% 59% 5.50%

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Hope

Table 5. Showing the results of respondents on Hope dimension.

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Number of

Respondents

88 10 2

38 50 12

46 48 6

38 55 7

77 15 8

Total -

287 178 35

Percentage of

Respondents -

57.40% 35.60% 7%

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Table 6. Showing the summary of results of respondents on all dimensions of

the subtest-I (General Opinion).

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Knowledge 50% 50% 0%

Effectiveness 35.33% 59.67% 5%

Suggestion

85% 10.50% 4.50%

World

Participation

35.50% 59% 5.50%

Hope

57.40% 35.60% 7%

Reasons:

Corruption

Table 7. Showing the results of respondents on Corruption as a reason of

miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

.

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

71 25 4

Percentage of

Respondents -

71% 25% 4%

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Lack of Social Support

Table 8. Showing the results of respondents on Lack of Social Support as a

reason of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

72 23 5

Percentage of

Respondents -

72% 23% 5%

Ineffective Policies

Table 9. Showing the results of respondents on Ineffective Policies as a reason

of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Responses-

Yes No Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

82 12 6

Percentage of

Respondents -

82% 12% 6%

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Personnel Reasons

Table 10. Showing the results of respondents on Personnel Reasons as a

reason of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Responses-

Yes No Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

35 60 5

Percentage of

Respondents -

35% 60% 5%

Partiality

Table 11. Showing the results of respondents on Partiality as a reason of

miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Responses-

Yes No Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

68 18 14

Percentage of

Respondents -

68% 18% 14%

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Financial Reason

Table 12. Showing the results of respondents on Financial Reason as a reason

of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Responses-

Yes

No

Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

52 42 6

Percentage of

Respondents -

52% 42% 6%

Ignoring the Talent

Table 13. Showing the results of respondents on Ignoring the Talent as a

reason of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Responses-

Yes No Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

50 30 20

Percentage of

Respondents -

50% 30% 20%

Lack of Government Support

Table 14. Showing the results of respondents on Lack of Government Support

as a reason of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Responses-

Yes No Don’t Know

Total Number of

Respondents -

82 10 8

Percentage of

Respondents -

82% 10% 8%

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Table 15. Showing the summary of results of respondents on all dimensions of

the subtest-II (Specific Opinion).

Responses- Yes No Don’t Know

Corruption

71% 25% 4%

Lack of Social

Support

72% 23% 5%

Ineffective

Policies

82% 12% 6%

Personnel

Reasons

35% 60% 5%

Partiality

68% 18% 14%

Financial Reason

52% 42% 6%

Ignoring the

Talent

50% 30% 20%

Lack of Govt.

Support

82% 10% 8%

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The detailed findings of the study are as follows:

The first hypothesis of the present research was “The nation has failed to

create a proper social environment conducive to the desired level for excellence in

the international competitions”. After seeing the results, this hypothesis found to

be proved as 72% of the respondents noted lack of social support as a reason of the

miserable condition of the sports. While only 23% respondents given views in

opposite to this notion. Where as 5% of the respondents did not know this thing. In

this way it can be said that the lack of social support is one major reason for

miserable condition of the Indian bodybuilding at world level.

As the second hypothesis of the study was “There is no respectable place

for India at the international Body-Building contests” and this is also been proved

because 59% of the respondents given their views that there is no respectable

position of Indian bodybuilding at world level. Total 35.5% respondents were not

having such views while 5.50% respondents were not known about this. This can

be said that there is no such respectable place of Indian bodybuilding at world

level.

The third hypothesis was also proved which one was “There are low

development of infrastructure, technique, training and administrative apparatus to

bring about excellence in the area of Body-Builders in India”. A large portion of

the respondents given views that there is lack of support by government in terms

of infrastructure, technique, training and apparatus because 82% of the

respondents noticed this thing while 10% were not in favor of this notion and 8%

did not disclosed their views. In this way it can be concluded that lack of

governmental support is one of the major reasons for miserable condition of Indian

bodybuilding at world level.

The fourth hypothesis has also been supported by the findings of the

present study. The hypothesis was “Paucity of funds, incentives, scheme and

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policies of government and other institution towards promotion of Body-Building

in India”. After seeing results it is found that only 35.33% of the respondents

justified the effectiveness of the funds, incentives, schemes, and policies are

sufficient. Whereas 59.67% respondents were not in favor of these and 5%

respondents did not disclosed views about this. On the other side, 82% of the

respondents noticed ineffective policies as a reason of miserable condition of

Indian bodybuilding while 12% respondents were in opposite to this and 6% did

not disclosed their views.

As discussing the other findings of the study, it was found that 50% of the

respondents were having knowledge about all governmental and other institutional

schemes and policies for development of bodybuilding in India. Where as 50% of

respondents showed ignorance about schemes and policies for bodybuilders. 85

percent of respondents suggested making changes in these schemes and policies

while 10.50% respondents given no suggestions and 4.50% did not disclosed their

views.

The respondents were having hope about improved schemes and polices by

government to develop Indian bodybuilding game. A total 57.40% of respondents

were found hopeful but 35.60% were not hopeful that government would improve

the schemes and policies and 7% respondents did not disclose their opinion about

this.

While discussing reasons of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding,

corruption, personal reasons, partiality, financial reasons, and ignoring the talent

are major reasons responsible for miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding.

Corruption is a major factor noticed by 71% of respondents whereas ignored by

25% respondents. A number of 4% respondents did not say anything in this

regard. Personal reasons found not noticed by the respondents as obstacles in the

way of performance of bodybuilders. Because only 35% respondents noticed so

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and 60% of respondents not accepted this thing and 5% did not disclosed views

about this.

Partiality in game was another reason of declined performance in game

noticed by 68% of respondents while it was opposed by 18% of respondents and

14% did not open their views. This is not good to found such a thing in games

where the performance is to be favored. But due to partiality, the performers are

being ignored and less talented persons are being included in the games. That‟s

why the standard of the game is declining.

Financial reasons are other most common factors which are creating

obstacles in good performance of the game. As a result 52% of respondents

accepted financial reasons as obstacles in the way of Indian bodybuilders whereas

42% respondents did not notice this thing and 6% did not open their views. One

another factor of miserable condition of Indian bodybuilding is ignoring the talent

in the game. A total of 50% respondents noticed this thing as a reason for

miserable condition of bodybuilding at world level while 30% respondents did not

accept this thing as a cause and 20% did not disclose their views.

As concluding, it can be said that there is lack of favorable governmental as

well as social support for development of bodybuilding. The schemes and policies

made by government and other institutions are not proving good to improve the

condition of bodybuilding. That‟s why Indian participation in world level

championships is not good. The respondents gave their suggestions for better

results of bodybuilding participation in world level. These include increase the

funds, other facilities, provide the benefits of reservation in jobs for bodybuilders,

promotion benefits, provide more infrastructure, include modern technologies,

conduct new researches to improve the techniques etc. Government should make

more effective policies to improve bodybuilding game. Government should also

provide financial support to the bodybuilders of low Socio Economic Status

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background because there is requirement of spending money on expensive

supplements, diets, modern technology apparatuses, and other expenses. Society

should also take interest in bodybuilding game like cricket, volleyball, football,

kabaddi, tennis, badminton etc. games. Except including the above mentioned

changes, there is need to remove corruption in the game management as well as

there should be no place for partiality in the game. The talented sportspersons

should be given weight age in the game. There should be fair decisions.