You all must have seen many bodybuilders to date and heard about them, although today we are going to tell you about them who were elderly bodybuilders and their name was Manohar Aich. It is said that Manohar Aich won three more gold medals in the Asian Games and he was the second Indian to win the title of Mr Universe. Not only this, but he used to eat very simple food but he had made his body in such a way that good wrestlers failed in front of him.
Manohar Aich was born on March 17, 1913, in Putia village of Comilla district, which was then part of British India and is now in Bangladesh. Manohar Aich, on the other hand, started his career as a stuntman with legendary magician PC Sorcar. He is said to have folded steel bars with his teeth and torn the 1000-page book with his hands. Not only this, but he was famous as 'Pocket Hercules'. Yes, talking about bodybuilding, Manohar Aich started bodybuilding at the age of 39 and won the Mr Universe competition after that.
After that, in the year 1951, he finished second in the Mr Universe competition, but in 1952, he won the title of Mr Universe by performing brilliantly. Manohar Aich played his last bodybuilding competition in 2003 and was 90 years old at that time. Manohar Aich is said to have joined the Air Force in 1942, although he was jailed for slapping a British officer. At the same time, while in jail, Manohar Aich used to do weight training for 12 hours, for this the British authorities had arranged a special diet for him. Yes and due to his good behaviour, he was released after a year or two. He won the Mr Hercules Competition in 1950 with the physique he had made in jail.
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