Photo Gallery

Pictures of early Indian wrestlers : Golam Palowan, Karim Bakhsh, Gama Palowan, Jobisco
GoborGoho
GoborGoho
GoborGoho
SushilaSundari: (1879 - 1924?) One of the first female circus artists of India. She was associated with the Great Bengal Circus company of Calcutta and was noted for her acts with tigers.indian-hercules-652x400-1-1442831821
Pulin Bihari Das
Raibenshe performers of Charkol-gram, Birbhum, putting on their best show for the Physical Cultures of Bengal team who stayed with them while working on a documentary.
Raibenshe performance
Raibenshe performance
Kodi Ramamurthy Naidu (1882-1942), also known as Prof. Ramamurthy, was an Indian bodybuilder and an impresario. He was awarded a medal of honor by King George V for his wrestling abilities.
Colonel Suresh Biswas (1861-1905). He was a trained gymnast and an animal trainer who performed in different European Circus companies. He eventually became the Royal Zookeeper of Brazil.
Astracharcha. A compilation of Lathikhela o asisiksha and other unpublished manuscripts on training with the long-stick, knife and dagger, archery, and free-hand self-defence (jujutsu) by PulinBehari Das. Edited by Deeptanil Ray and Nikhilesh Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University Press, Kolkata, 2015