Harishchandra Madhavrao Birajdar {मराठी: हरिश्चंद्र माधवराव बिराजदार} (June 5, 1950 – September 14, 2011) was a wrestler and wrestling coach from India. He was a Gold Medallist in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. He was also known as the coach of National Games winners.[1]
Birajdar was born in Ramling Mudgad Tal in Nilanga in the Latur, district n the state of Maharashtra in India. He was from Lingayat community. He was coached by his father initially and then Ganpatrao Khedkar at Gangaves Talim, Kolhapur. He had defeated well-known wrestler Satpal in a 1977 bout, which brought him into limelight.[2] Birajdar worked as coach in Gokul Vastad Talim in Pune. He was awarded the Dhyanchand Award in 2006 by the Indian Government.[3] Earlier in 1971 he has been awarded the Shivchhatrapati award and then the Dadoji Konddev award for coaching in 1998. Even after having been honoured with so many awards and recognitions, he was a humble human being," said Ganpatrao Khedkar, under whose tutelage Birajdar wrestled from 1965 to 198
harishchandra, birajdar, harishchandra, madhavrao, birajdar, मर, हर, धवर, जद, june, 1950, september, 2011, wrestler, wrestling, coach, from, india, gold, medallist, 1970, british, commonwealth, games, also, known, coach, national, games, winners, bornjune, 195. Harishchandra Madhavrao Birajdar मर ठ हर श च द र म धवर व ब र जद र June 5 1950 September 14 2011 was a wrestler and wrestling coach from India He was a Gold Medallist in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games He was also known as the coach of National Games winners 1 Harishchandra BirajdarBornJune 5 1950Latur Maharashtra IndiaDiedSeptember 14 2011 aged 61 NationalityIndianCitizenshipIndianOccupationSportsman Wrestler Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards and achievements 3 See also 4 ReferencesBiography EditBirajdar was born in Ramling Mudgad Tal in Nilanga in the Latur district n the state of Maharashtra in India He was from Lingayat community He was coached by his father initially and then Ganpatrao Khedkar at Gangaves Talim Kolhapur He had defeated well known wrestler Satpal in a 1977 bout which brought him into limelight 2 Birajdar worked as coach in Gokul Vastad Talim in Pune He was awarded the Dhyanchand Award in 2006 by the Indian Government 3 Earlier in 1971 he has been awarded the Shivchhatrapati award and then the Dadoji Konddev award for coaching in 1998 Even after having been honoured with so many awards and recognitions he was a humble human being said Ganpatrao Khedkar under whose tutelage Birajdar wrestled from 1965 to 198Awards and achievements Edit1969 Hind Kesari 1971 Shivchhatrapati Award 1972 Rustum E Hind 1998 Dadoji Konddev Award 2006 Dhyanchand AwardSee also EditIndia at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Dhyan Chand AwardReferences Edit 1 मह र ष ट र ट इम स April 19 2011 2 Indian Express September 15 2011 Dhyan Chand Award This biographical article relating to an Indian sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harishchandra Birajdar amp oldid 1140449682, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
