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The Extraordinary Diet and Demonic Exercise Routine of Pehlwan Gobar Guha

The Extraordinary Diet and Demonic Exercise Routine of Pehlwan Gobar Guha

A rare anecdote describing the diet and workout routine of the fabled pehlwan, Gobar Goho or Gobar Guha or Jatindra Charan Guha as witnessed by the editor of a British magazine.

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The Superhuman Diet and Demonic Workout Regime of Pehlwan Gobar Goho

APART FROM THE CITIZENS OF KOLKATA, perhaps only a handful of people might resonate with this address: 19/D/H/7, Gobar Goho Sarani, Kolkata-700006. It is the site of a once-sprawling wrestling Akhara renamed since as Gobar Goho's Gymnasium. 

Jatindra Charan Guha who attained international renown as an unputdownable pehlwan was popularly known by his ring…

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