Who is babita Phogat? - Detailed Biography Of Phogat Family

Babita Kumari Phogat was born on November 20, 1989, in the Bhiwani district of Haryana. His father, Mahavir Singh Phogat, is an Indian wrestler, Olympic coach, and politician.

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Babita Phogat's personal biography:

You all must have seen Aamir Khan's film Dangal, so let us tell you that this film of Aamir Khan was based on the life struggles of Babita Phogat, her sister Geeta Phogat, and their father, Mahavir Singh Phogat.

Mahaveer Singh Phogat with Phogat Family

So the way it is told in the film, only boys are given more importance in wrestling, and girls are not considered capable of wrestling. So in real life, Babita Phogat used to get very sad seeing this discrimination between boys and girls in her village. You might not know, but Babita Phogat has been practicing wrestling with her siblings in her village since the age of 6. But she often became sad about the discrimination between boys and girls. And she wanted that one day she would change this thinking of society. And his father, Mahavir Singh Phogat, supported him in this desire.

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Mahavir Singh Phogat was greatly influenced by the life of Karnam Malleswari (a retired Indian weightlifter, the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics in 200). Mahavir Phogat's coach, Chandgi Ram, had told him to get his daughters into wrestling.

And since then, the Phogat sisters were started practicing wrestling by their father, Mahavir Singh Phogat, who was the coach of his daughters. And today, because of this desire of her father and his daughters, she has made her own identity in the whole world.

Family life introduction of Babita Phogat:

Babita Phogat's family consists of her parents, her three sisters (Geeta Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat, and Ritu Phogat), and her younger brother Dushyant Phogat. Let us tell you that Mahavir's father, Mansingh, has also done wrestling, and inspired by his father's life, Mahavir Singh Phogat took up the field of wrestling. Babita Phogat's mother's name is Saubha Kaur. She is a housewife.

But Mahavir Singh Phogat responded to this and said that if a woman can become the Prime Minister of the country, then why can't she become a wrestler? And perhaps due to the nature of Mahavir Singh Phogat, in one of the songs of the film Dangal, he has been called Hanikarak Bapu.

Wrestling career of Babita Phogat:

Babita Phogat, born in 2009 in Jalandhar, Punjab, is survived by her parents, her three sisters (Geeta Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat, and Ritu Phogat), and her younger brother Dushyant Phogat. Let us tell you that Mahavir's father, Mansingh, has also done wrestling, and inspired by his father's life, Mahavir Singh Phogat took up the field of wrestling. Babita Phogat's mother's name is Saubha Kaur.

She is a housewife; she takes good care of her daughters, but earlier she was not ready to send her daughters to wrestling. The kind of riot depicted in the film. And in order not to send his daughters to wrestling, he also told Mahavir Phogat many times: Do not send your daughters to wrestling; a wrestler will marry a girl with cut hair. But Mahavir Singh Phogat responded to this and said that if a woman can become the Prime Minister of the country, then why can't she become a wrestler?

Babita also won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship. After this, he received the silver medal in the Commonwealth Games organized in 2010. And this victory gave a different turn to his life. Then, in 2012, he also received the bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championship.

In the Asian Wrestling Championship tournament held in Delhi in 2013, he defeated Han Kum-ok of North Korea in 55 kg freestyle wrestling.

The year 2014 was a new dimension for her achievement; she defeated her rival Kathryn Marsh of Scotland 4:1 in the 55 kg freestyle wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She defeated Louisa Porogowska of England to enter the semi-finals, then defeated Brittany Laverdure of Canada, winning 3:1, and won the gold medal. Babita could not repeat her victory in the 2014 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship. She could only win the bronze medal in this competition.

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