Bharat Kesri Dangal

Last updated March 14, 2019

Bharat Kesri Dangal is freestyle wrestling competition organised by the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs department to commemorate the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.^[1]^[2]^[3]

2017 Competition

In this year Bharat Kesri Dangal is going to organize at War Heros Memorial Stadium, Ambala Cantt, Haryana At 6 pm (Evening).It will be free style kushti competition which will be played by both male & female wrestlers. This kushti competition will played under Badalta Haryana Badhta Haryana..

Inauguration Ceremony

Inauguration function will be start on 21 March 2017 at 6:00 PM in the evening. This contest will be played at War Heros Memorial Stadium, Ambala Cantt, Haryana. Guests present at the ceremony included CM. Manohar Lal Khattar, Pro Kaptaan Singh Solanki, Shri Anil Vij, Ram Bilash Sharma, Captain Abhiimanu, Shree Om Prakash Dhnakadh, Raav Narveer Singh, Kavita Jain, Krishna Lal Panwar, Vipul Goyal, Manish Kumar Grover, Krishna Kumar Bedi, Dr. Banwari Lal, Nayaab Singh, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Ratan Lal Kataria, Shyam Singh, Subhash Barala, Kamal Gupta, Shree Rajiv Mehta, Ashim Goyal, Kamal Gupta, etc.

Manohar Lal Khattar is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician, is the 10th Chief Minister of Haryana. He is a former RSS pracharak. He represents Karnal constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly, and was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Haryana after BJP's win in the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014.

Kaptan Singh Solanki is the Governor of Tripura and an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Since August 2009 he was the member of the Parliament of India representing Madhya Pradesh State in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house until May 2014.

Anil Vij is an Indian politician belonging to the Bhartiya Janata Party and Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.

Schedule of Bharat Kesari Dangal

Inauguration: 21 March 2017
Timing: At 6 pm (Evening)
Venue: War Heros Memorial Stadium, Ambala Cantt., Haryana
End of Dangal: 23 March 2017

Ambala, is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically; Ambala has two sub-areas: Ambala Cantonment also known as and Ambala City, less than one kilometer apart, therefore it is also known as "Twin City". It has a large Indian Army and Indian Air Force presence within its cantonment area. Ambala separates the Ganges river network from the Indus river network and is surrounded by two rivers – Ghaggar and Tangri – to the north and to the south. Due to its geographical location, the Ambala district plays an important role in local tourism, being located 47 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital, 148 km southwest of Shimla, 198 km north of New Delhi and 260 km southeast of Amritsar.Gurudwara Manji Sahib is situated in Ambala.

Haryana, carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 November 1966 on linguistic as well as on cultural basis, is one of the 29 states in India. Situated in North India with less than 1.4% of India's land area, it is ranked 22nd in terms of area. Chandigarh is the state capital, Faridabad in National Capital Region is the most populous city of the state and Gurugram is a leading financial hub of NCR with major Fortune 500 companies located in it. Haryana has 6 administrative divisions, 22 districts, 72 sub-divisions, 93 revenue tehsils, 50 sub-tehsils, 140 community development blocks, 154 cities and towns, 6,848 villages and 6222 villages panchayats.

Prize Money under Bharat Kesari Dangal 2017

Competition will be held between 5 male & female wrestlers of 10 weight category. Here we have explained prize money to be given to the winners of Bharat Kesari Dangal:

Rs. 1 Crore to winner.

Rs. 50 Lakh will be given to first runner up.

Rs. 25 lakh will be given to second runner up.

Cultural Program

Here, Haryana Govt. will also organize some cultural program to entertain viewers as you can see below with time and date.

Program	Date
Haryana Saanskritik Sandhya	21-03-2017
Singing by Famous Singers	22-03-2017
Beautiful & Attractive Laser Show	23-03-2017

Sources:-

http://www.sarkaridunia.in/bharat-kesari-dangal-2017-check-teams-prize-money-schedule/

http://www.sarkaridunia.in/bharat-kesari-dangal-2017-indias-biggest-malefemale-free-style-kushti-contest/

2016 Competition

2016 edition of Bharat Kesri Dangal would be organised by Haryana Government at Tau Devi Lal Stadium from 21–23 March 2016 in association with Indian Olympic Association and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).^[4]^[5]^[6]

Tau Devi Lal Stadium is a multi-purpose sports complex located in Gurgaon within the state of Haryana, India.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at these events. It also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association, responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Commonwealth Games.

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