Farmer’s son who became Pride of Jaat’s in Wrestling Arena – (Untold Story)

Dronacharya Awardee Om Prakash Dahina became MANOJ KHOKHER’S coach in Wrestling 

New Delhi – The story of Manoj Kumar alias Bittu Pahalwan is inspiring, who belongs to a middle class family. His grandfather and father are farmers. Manoj Kumar’s life highlights the importance of struggle, hard work, and hard work in the right direction. His story is no less than a film story where a student studying in class 6 runs after a kite to catch it and reaches the wrestling arena and an old man sitting there tells him that son, kite catching is not your future. After saying this, the old man took the kite from him and sent him to the arena, and there while wrestling with him, a child threw him in the arena. This thing hurt Manoj Kumar’s heart to a great extent. Then from that day itself Manoj Kumar decided that now he has to do wrestling only. This decision of Manoj Kumar was respected by his grandfather and father also because Manoj Kumar was not very good in studies. After practicing wrestling for about seven to eight months, Manoj Kumar got the first position in 52 kg in district Meerut and UP state.

Seeing this, his Guru Krishnapal was very happy. And from here the process of getting medals in wrestling started. Manoj Kumar kept climbing the heights of his goal day by day and got the first position in the national, and after that he got selected in (SAI) Sports Authority of India. He got a center in Sonipat Haryana, his coach was Om Prakash Dahina who was awarded the Dronacharya Award. Manoj Kumar started wrestling under his supervision. From here he went to state, national and international, and currently he is working in the Health and Family Welfare Department Delhi.

                                                         Manoj Kumar wrestled from 1987 to 1996 and the reason for quitting wrestling so soon was that trials were going on in the India camp and Manoj Kumar had two more points in the final round, but citing technical fault, someone else was declared the winner. Due to which Manoj Kumar was very disappointed and decided to quit wrestling. Despite the persuasion by his family and Guru ji, he decided that he will not wrestle anymore. The experience of Manoj Kumar’s life shows how a small incident can become the reason for a big change. Starting wrestling in search of a kite got him recognition at the national and international level. His hard work and dedication made him a successful wrestler, and in the end also he gave an important message from his experiences. And his advice is that children should focus on their goals, and should not take decisions in a hurry. Time is very valuable. There are struggles in life, but success is achieved only by finding the right direction to overcome them and taking the right decision. Sharing experiences like yours becomes a source of inspiration for other people and motivates them to move forward towards their dreams