Kolhapur: India's first Hind Kesari Shripati Khanchnale, who elevated the country's name nationally and internationally, is no longer in this world. He has died today i.e. Monday morning. In fact, he had been running ill since the month of November and was admitted to the Civil Hospital a few days ago. Recently, the Kolhapur Health Department has given information in which they have told that 86-year-old Khanchanale has died due to health problems related to old age.

भारताचे पहिले हिंदकेसरी पैलवान आदरणीय श्रीपती खंचनाळे (वस्ताद) यांची आज प्राणज्योत मावळली. कोल्हापूरचे नावं कुस्ती क्षेत्रात उज्ज्वल करणारे श्री. खंचनाळे यांच्या जाण्याने कुस्ती क्षेत्राची मोठी हानी झाली आहे. pic.twitter.com/SiMoGgwXlK

— Ruturaj S. Patil (@ruturajdyp) December 14, 2020

By the way, let us also tell you that Shripati Khanchnale defeated many wrestlers like Kartar Punjabi, Kharak Singh, Sadiq Punjabi, Mangla Rai, Tiger Bachchan Singh, Nazir Ahmed, Moti Punjabi, Gulab Kadar. Currently, Kolhapur MLA Rituraj S Patil has confirmed this by posting his pictures on social media. You can see that he has written in a post- 'Bharatache Pahli Hindakesari Palawan Respected Sripati Khanchanale (Vastad) Yanchi Aaj Pranjyot Mavali. Kolhapurche Naan Kusti Kshetra Ujjwal Karanare '. Shripati Khanchnale was very famous in Maharashtra and Karnataka. He started learning wrestling at the behest of his father.

He became 'Hind Kesari' by defeating wrestler Rustam-e-Punjab Bata Singh in Delhi on 3 May 1959 and, thereafter, he won the title of 'Maharashtra Kesari' by defeating Anant Shirgaonkar in wrestling in Karad. Not only this, the Maharashtra government honoured him with the 'Shiv Chhatrapati Award', while the Karnataka Government gave him the 'Karnataka Bhushan Award'.

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