Background and career
Ghulam Mohammed Baksh Butt (22 May 1878 – 23 May 1960), commonly known by the title Rustam-e-Hind, Rustam-e-Zamana, and by the ring names - The Great Gama and Gama Pehelwan, was a Pehlwani wrestler and strongman in British India and later, Pakistan. In the early 20th century, he was an undefeated wrestling champion of British India.
Born in 1878 into a Kashmiri Muslim family of wrestlers in Amritsar, Punjab, Gama was awarded a version of the World Heavyweight Championship on 15 October 1910. Undefeated in a career spanning more than 52 years, he is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. After the Partition of India in 1947, Gama migrated to Pakistan, where he died in Lahore on 23 May 1960.
The prominent members of Great Gama Family include Zubair Jhara Pehalwan, Nasir Bholu, Sohail Pehlwan, Abid Pehlwan, Kalsoom Nawaz, Bilal Yasin (Ex-Federal Minister), Ibraz Butt (Youth Parliamentarian, Secretary of Information) and Moazzam Zubair (son of Jahara).
