Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav History

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Indian athlete Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav lived from 15 January 1926 to 14 August 1984. His most notable accomplishment was winning a bronze medal in wrestling at the Helsinki Summer Olympics in 1952. He was the first athlete from an independent India to take home an Olympic medal. [verify syntax of quotation] Khashaba was the first single athlete from indian Independence to take home an Olympic medal after Norman Pritchard, who won two silver medals in the sport in 1900 while competing for colonial India. 

Prior to Khashaba, India would only take home gold in the team sport of field hockey. He is the only medalist from India who never won a Padma Award. Khashaba stood out from other characters because he was incredibly quick on his feet.wrestlers from that era. Rees Gardner, an English coach, noticed this quality in him and worked with him before the 1948 Olympics. He was a native of Karad's nearby Goleshwar village. In 2000, he received the Arjuna Award posthumously in recognition of his contributions to wrestling.

On his 97th birthday, Google created a unique Doodle in honour of one of the all-time great wrestlers, Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav. At the Helsinki Summer Olympics in 1952, Mr. Jadhav became the first individual athlete from independent India to win an Olympic medal. The doodle includes a drawing of the well-known wrestler getting ready to assault his opponent as a tribute to him

Khashaba Dadasheb Jadhav, a wrestler, was birthed on this day in 1926 in the Maharashtrian village of Goleshwar, according to a Google doodle website. Mr. Jadhav's athletic ability comes from his father, who was one of the best wrestlers in the community. After succeeding as a swimmer and runner, Mr. Jadhav, then 10 years old, started training with his father to become a wrestler. Despite being barely 5'5", he was one of the top wrestlers at his high school thanks to his deft strategy and quick feet. He excelled at headlock throws in dhak-a wrestling, where the opponent is held down by the wrestler.

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, India's first Olympian, is honoured by a Google Doodle

As the first medalist from independent India, Mr. Jadhav won a bronze medal..

Khashaba Dadasheb Jadhav, a wrestler, was born on this day in 1926 in the Maharashtrian village of Goleshwar, according to the Google doodle website. Mr. Jadhav's athleticism was inherited.

.with his father, one of the top wrestlers in the community. After succeeding as a swimmer and runner, Mr. Jadhav, then 10 years old, started training with his father to become a wrestler. Despite being barely 5'5", he was one of the top wrestler at his high school thanks to his deft strategy and quick feet. He excelled at headlock throws in dhak-a wrestling, where the opponent is held down by the wrestler.

At that time, Mr. Jadhav secured sixth place, which was the greatest finish for India at the time, despite being fresh to the international format.

Mr. Jadhav, dissatisfied with his performance, worked even harder during the subsequent four years of training. He went up to the bantamweight division, where there were even more wrestlers from other countries. He won matches against wrestlers from German, Mexico, and Canada at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 before falling to the eventual victor.

• Childhood: 

 KD Jadhav was the younger of five sons of famed wrestler Dadasaheb Jadhav and was born in the village of Goleshwar in the Karad taluka of the District Satara in Maharashtra. Between 1940 and 1947, he attended Tilak High School in Karad Taluka, Satara District. He was raised in a home where wrestling was a way of life. [8] He took part in the Quit India Movement, giving the rebels refuge and a place to hide while also disseminating letters critical of the British.

On August 15, 1947—Independence Day—he made a decision to raise the tricolour flag at the Olympics.

• Wrestling career: 

Khashaba was introduced to wrestling by his father Dadasaheb when he was five years old. In college, Maru Balawde and Belapuri Guruji served as his wrestling coaches. It didn't stop him from achieving good marks because of his wrestling accomplishments. He took part in the push to leave India. He decided to raise the tricolour flag at the Olympics on August 15, 1947, which was Independence Day.

He began his wrestling career in 1948, and his first big break came at the 1948 London Olympics, where he placed sixth in the flyweight division. Up till 1948, he was the first Indian to place so highly in the individual category. Jadhav's sixth-place performance was no mean feat considering that he was new to mat wrestling as well as the world wrestling regulations.

Jadhav put in even more work during the following four years to prepare for the Helsinki Olympics, where he competed in the bantamweight division (57 kg), which featured wrestlers from 24 different nations. Before losing his semi-final match, he proceeded to defeat wrestlers from Mexico, Germany, and Canada. However, he bounced back to win the bronze medal, becoming the first individual Olympic winner of independent India.

• 1948 Summer Olympics:  

Jadhav's first experience on a large stage came in the 1948 Olympic Games in london; the Maharaja of Kolhapur paid for his travel.  Rees Gardner, a former featherweight National champion from the United States, trained him when he was in London. Jadhav, who had never wrestled on the mat before, finished sixth in the flyweight division under Gardner's direction. In the opening minutes of the match, he astonished the crowd by defeating Australian wrestler Bert Harris.  After defeating Billy Jernigan of the US, he fell to Mansour Raeisi of Iran and was so disqualified from the competition.

• Aftermath:

Jadhav increased the intensity of his training for such Helsinki Olympics over the course of the following four years, moving up in weight and competing in the 125 lb bantam division among wrestlers from 24 different nations.

• 1952 Summer Olympics:

He was asked to fight Rashid Mammadbeyov of the Soviet Union after the exhausting match. According to the rules, there should have been at least a 30-minute break between fights, but as there was no Indian official on hand to argue the matter, a worn-out Jadhav failed to motivate, and Mammadbeyov took advantage of the opportunity to go to the final. He won the bronze medal on July 23, 1952, eliminating the wrestlers of Canada, Mexico, and Germany to become Independence India's first olympic medal winner. Krishnarao Mangave, a wrestler and teammate of Khashaba, competed in the same Olympics in a different event but narrowly missed winning the bronze medal by one point.

• Later life and death:

He became a sub-inspector in the law enforcement in 1955, where he excelled in internal competitions and also carried out nationwide duties as a sport instructor. Jadhav had to struggle for a pension later in life even though he spent twenty-seven years working for the police department before retiring as an assistant police commissioner. He endured years of neglect from the federation and had to spend his final years in abject poverty. He was killed in a car accident in 1984, and his wife had trouble finding any support from anyone.

• Awards and honours:
• He was honoured by being included in the torch relay during the Asian Games in Delhi in 1982.
• In 1992–1993, the Maharashtra government presented a posthumous Chhatrapati Puraskar.
• In 2000, he received the Arjuna Award posthumously.
• In recognition of his accomplishment, the newly constructed wrestling facility for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi bears his name.
• On his 97th birthday anniversary, January 15, 2023, Google recognized Jadhav with a Google Doodle.

Book:

Sanjay Dudhane's Olympic veer K D Jadhav, National Book Trust

• Movie: 

After acquiring the right from his son Ranjit Jadhav, former professional wrestler and current director Sangram Singh is prepared to begin work on a movie about Jadhav. The movie will be based on the life of the wrestler Khashaba Jadhav, who in 1952 became the first independent Indian nation to win an Olympic medal. Since he was a young child, Sangram has looked up to Jadhav, and by making a movie on him, he wants to give his Shradhanjali to his hero. 

"He has quite a significant path and achieved our country its first international medal, but over time, his name and tale was something that was lost," Sangram, who confirmed the news through with an official statement about the athlete, said. He is a hero who should be honoured and honoured. We shall put up a lot of effort to accurately depict his accomplishments. The movie's script is still being written.

Author Name: Neeraj Mahal