Maharashtra Kesari
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Indian-style wrestling |
Location | India |
Established | 1961[1] |
Current champion | |
Abhijeet katke |
Maharashtra Kesari (Kesari is Sanskrit for "Lion") is an Indian-style wrestling championship, established in 1961 in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Prize
Cash prize was awarded to the winner since the start. But since 1982, initiated by wrestler Mamasaheb Mohol, the winner was permanently awarded with a silver mace weighing 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb).[2] As of 2008 the winner received a silver mace and a cash prize of ₹51,000 (US$710).[3] In addition, Government of Maharashtra also provided honorary sum amount to the title holders above age 50. Until 2012, to be eligible for this amount, the title holder's annual income had to be less than₹40,000 (US$560).[4] In 2015, the cash prize was raised to ₹1 lakh (US$1,400).[5]
The winners are also eligible to apply for government jobs under sports quota.[6]
Records
Abhijeet katke is current (2017)Maharashtra kesri. Narsing Yadav holds the record of winning the title three times onsecutively from 2011 to 2013 and in 2016 Vijay chaudhary tie the record of narsing yadav Vijay also won three times consecutively from 2014 to 2016 whereas Ganpat Khedkar, Chamba Mutnaal, Laxman Wadar, Dadu Chougule and Chandrahar Patil have won the title twice.[1] After winning his second title in 2008, Chandrahar Patil also competed in the 2009 championship whereas previous double title holders had not competed the third time.[7] Yuvaraj Patil hold the record of being the youngest winner at the age of 17.[8]
Winners
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Symbol | Meaning |
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Indicates that the wrestler has won the title multiple times |
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Venue | Ref. | |||
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1961 | Dinkar Patil (Dhayarikar) | Hanmant Mane | Dhayari, Maharashtra | ||||
1962 | Bhagwan more | RethareHarnax | |||||
1963 | cancelled | ||||||
1964 | Ganpat Khedkar |
Amravati | [9] | ||||
1965 | Ganpat Khedkar |
Nashik | [9] | ||||
1966 | Dinanath Singh | ||||||
1967 | ChamBa mutnal | ||||||
1968
Chamba Mutnal| |
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1969 | Dadu Chougule |
[10] | |||||
1970 | Dadu Chougule |
[10] | |||||
1971 | |||||||
1972 | लक्ष्मण वडर |
Mohan Bhise | Kolhapur | [10] | |||
1973 | लक्ष्मण वडर |
Raghunath Pawar | Akola | [10] | |||
1974 | |||||||
1975 | |||||||
1976 | Hiraman Bankar [Note 1] | [11] | |||||
1977 | |||||||
1978 | |||||||
1979 | |||||||
1980 | Ismail Shaikh | रमेश ताकवले ,हरगुडे | Solapur | ||||
1981 | बापूराव लोखंडे (ढवळ) | सरदार खूशहाल | |||||
1982 | |||||||
1983 | |||||||
1984 | |||||||
1985 | Vishnuji Joshilkar | ||||||
1986 | Gulab Barde | ||||||
1987 | Tanaji Bankar | ||||||
1988 | Raosaheb Magar | ||||||
1989 | |||||||
1990 | |||||||
1991 | |||||||
1992 | Apaalal Sheikh | Solapur | |||||
1993 | Udayraj Yadav | Mumbai | |||||
1994 | Sanjay Patil | Satara | |||||
1995 | Shivaji Kekan | Beed | |||||
1996 | |||||||
1997 | Ashok Shirke | Ahmednagar | |||||
1998 | Gorakh Sirak | Satara | |||||
1999 | Dhanaji Phadtare | Satara | |||||
2000 | Vinod Chaughule | Kolhapur | |||||
2001 | Rahul Kalbhor | Pune | |||||
2002 | Munalal Shaikh | Solapur | |||||
2003 | DATTA GAIKWAD | ||||||
2004 | Chandrahas Nimgire | Jeurwadi | |||||
2005 | Sayeed bin Ali Kardoos (Sayeed Chaus) | Indapur Pune | |||||
2006 | Amol Buchade | Aba Sul | [12] | ||||
2007 | Chandrahar Patil |
Atul Patil | Aurangabad | [3][7] | |||
2008 | Chandrahar Patil |
Sandeep Barguje | Kadegaon, Sangli | [3] | |||
2009 | Vijay Bankar [Note 1] | Sayeed bin Ali Kardoos (Sayeed Chaus) | Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune | [11] | |||
2010 | Samadhan Ghodke | Nandkumar Abdaar | Rohe, Solapur | [13] | |||
2011 | Narsing Yadav |
Mumbai | [1] | ||||
2012 | Narsing Yadav |
Mumbai | Gondia | [1][14] | |||
2013 | Narsing Yadav |
Mumbai | Sunil Salunke | Mumbai | Bhosari, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune | [1] | |
2014 | Vijay Chaudhary |
Jalgaon | Sachin Yelbar | Ahmednagar | [15] | ||
2015 | Vijay Chaudhary |
Jalgaon | Vikrant Jadhav | Mumbai | Nagpur | [5] | |
2016 | Vijay Chaudhary |
Jalgaon | Abhijit Katake | Pune | Pune | [16] | |
2017 | Abhijit Katake(winner) | }
Notes^[Note 1] Hiraman Bankar is father of Vijay Bankar. Dadu Chaugule is father of vinod Chaughule. विजय चौधरी ठरला 'महाराष्ट्र केसरी' References
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