04/07/2025
Din Muhammad emerged as a popular wrestling figure during British India, likely active between the 1930s and 1950s.
• He was known for his traditional style of kushti, trained in akhara-style wrestling – using mud pits, intense diet (including milk and almonds), and strict discipline.
• After Partition in 1947, he became one of the pioneers of wrestling in Pakistan, inspiring a new generation of pehlwans (wrestlers).
• He competed in local and regional dangals (wrestling matches) and was widely respected for his strength, sportsmanship, and humble nature.
• Din Muhammad is often remembered as a cultural symbol of strength from a time when wrestling was a respected form of national pride and rural heroism in Punjab and beyond.
