India’s 1st Hind Kesari Shripati Khanchnale has passed away in Kolhapur on Monday.
Khanchnale was 86 years old.
As per the report by Maharashtra Times, he had been ill for the previous couple of days and died due to age-associated overall health challenges at a civil hospital in Kolhapur.
Born on December 10, 1934, in Eksamba, a village on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, Shripati Khanchanale came from an impoverished loved ones.
From an early age, he loved wrestling and bodybuilding. Kolhapur is the Vatican of Kushti in Maharashtra. Young boys and guys come right here from all more than Maharashtra to discover Kushti as nicely as to grow to be stronger. Khanchanale was also educated at the well-known Shahupuri Training Centre in Kolhapur.
His match with Punjab Kesari Banta Singh in 1959 was a large hit. In the very same match, he defeated Banta Singh and won India’s 1st Hindkesari.
Several leaders like NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, minister Satej Patil paid tribute to the legend.
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