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The Great Gama

1878 - 1960

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Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt (22 May 1878 – 23 May 1960), commonly known by the title Rustam-e-Hind and by the ring name The Great Gama, 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. He was born in the Kashmiri Butt caste in Jabbowal village (Amritsar District) in the Punjab Province of British India in 1878, and was awarded a version of the World Heavyweight Championship on 15 October 1910. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of The Great Gama has received more than 3,328,026 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). The Great Gama is the 78th most popular wrestler (up from 152nd in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from India (up from 621st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, The Great Gama ranks 78 out of 1,027. Before him are Shawn Michaels, István Kozma, Darren Young, Claes Johanson, Stan Hansen, and Edge. After him are Chris Jericho, Erik Malmberg, Sting, Ted DiBiase, Mahmut Atalay, and Ivan Yarygin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, The Great Gama ranks 178. Before him are Louise Dresser, José Berraondo, Margaret Abbott, Konrad Mägi, Anton Heida, and John Cregan. After him are Ernst Alexanderson, František Janda-Suk, Nikolai Avksentiev, Edward Thomas, Henry B. Walthall, and Ion Dragoumis. Among people deceased in 1960, The Great Gama ranks 148. Before him are Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Aly Khan, Fred Buscaglione, Dmitry Gulia, Lottie Dod, and Eduard Čech. After him are Willem Elsschot, Frank Elmore Ross, Hasan Saka, Joseph Wendel, Pedro Arispe, and Harold Spencer Jones.

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In India

Among people born in India, The Great Gama ranks 576 out of 1,861. Before him are Arjun Appadurai (1949), Kamala Surayya (1934), Jayakanthan (1934), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Roshan Seth (1942), and Naseeruddin Shah (1949). After him are Verghese Kurien (1921), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), Launceston Elliot (1874), Fauja Singh (1911), and Charu Majumdar (1918).

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Among WRESTLERS In India

Among wrestlers born in India, The Great Gama ranks 2. Before him are The Great Khali (1972). After him are Sushil Kumar (1983), Geeta Phogat (1988), Yogeshwar Dutt (1982), Bajrang Punia (1994), Babita Kumari (1989), Vinesh Phogat (1994), Navjot Kaur (1990), Bekmurod Oltiboev (1996), and Shushila Devi Likmabam (1995).

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