Image of Recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry wrestling at the by Unknown photographer, (20th century)

Recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry wrestling at the Training Battalion, Belgaum, 1937 (b/w...

IMAGE number: NAM5920493
Image title: Recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry wrestling at the Training Battalion, Belgaum, 1937 (b/w photo)
Artist: Unknown photographer, (20th century)
Location: National Army Museum, London
Medium: black and white photograph
Date: 1937 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: Recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry wrestling at the Training Battalion, Belgaum, 1937. Photograph, India, 1937. Wrestling was a favourite pastime of the Mahrathas. In many villages houses were set apart in which men and boys engaged in the sport, and matches, drawing large crowds, took place at annual fairs and during holidays. A man was only deemed to be defeated when he was forced onto his back and his shoulders touched the ground. From an album of 108 photographs relating to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 1937.
Photo credit: © National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: recruitment / wrestling / sport / recruit / soldier / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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