Hamida Banu ka jeevan ek adbhut kahani hai, jo Bharat ki pehli mahila pahalwan ke roop mein mashhoor hai. Unki kahani mein hausle, himmat, aur lagan bhari hai, jo unhe desh aur duniya mein shohrat aur samman pradan kiya.

Hamida Banu, jo Bharat ki pehli vyavsayik mahila pahalwan ke roop mein vyapak roop se maani jaati hai, unka janm Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh ke kareeb 1900 ke dashak mein hua tha. Unhone 1940s aur 50s mein uchaaiyon ko chhoo liya, jab mahilaon ki bhagidaari ko samanya samajik niyamon dvara sakht mana jaata tha. Unki ashcharyajanak upalabdhiyan aur bade hi vyaktitva ne unhe vishwa vikhyat bana diya. Unhone apne samay ki raahnumaai ki, aur unki himmat ko poora Bharat aur vishwa bhar mein yaad kiya jaata hai. Aaj, Google Doodle bhi Ms. Banu ke ashcharyajanak jeevan ko samarpit kar raha hai, jiska virasat dridhta, nirnay aur seemaon ko todne ki bhavana ko darshaata hai.

Hamida Banu kaun thi?

Hamida Banu ne 1900 ke shuruaati dashak mein Uttar Pradesh ke Aligarh ke paas ek pehelwani parivaar mein janm liya tha. Usne pehelwani mein pravesh kiya jab mahilaon ki bhagidari ko samanya samajik niyamon dwara mazbooti se nishedh kiya ja raha tha. Halaanki, Ms Banu “joshile thi aur woh hamesha purush pehelwanon ke saath pratisthiti banaati thi, un sabhi pehelwanon ko khula challenge deti thi aur apni shaadi ki mang ko prastaav deti thi pehle vyakti ko jo usko parajit karta,” jaise Google ke mutabiq.

Ms Banu ki career antar-raashtriya manch tak phaili, jahan unhone kam se kam do minute mein ek Russian mahila pahalwan Vera Chistilin ke khilaaf jeet haasil ki. “Unka naam salon tak akhbaar ke pramukh khabaron mein aaya, aur unhein ‘Aligarh ki Amazon’ ke roop mein jaana gaya.” Unhone jeete hue muqablon ko, unki diet, aur unki trening vidhi ko vyapak roop se cover kiya gaya,” Google ne likha.

Hamida Banu apne samay ki ek paheli thi, aur unki nirbhikta ko poora Bharat aur duniya bhar mein yaad kiya jaata hai. Unke khel ki safaltaon ke alaava, unhein hamesha apne aap se sachai ke saath rahne ke liye yaad kiya jaayega,” ismein jod diya gaya.

Hamida Banu ko prasiddh kya banaya?

“Agar tum mujhe ek muqabale mein hara do to main tumse shaadi karungi.” Yeh Ms Banu ka challenge tha male wrestlers ko February 1954 mein, BBC ke mutabiq. Announcement ke turant baad, unhone do male wrestling champions ko haraya – ek Punjab ke Patiala se aur doosra Kolkata, West Bengal se.

May mein, Ms Banu phir Gujarat ke Vadodara pahunch gayi apne saal ki teesri ladai ke liye. Halaanki, wrestler jisse usko ladna tha, ant mein match se hat gaya, jiski wajah se agla challenger, Baba Pahalwan, ban gaya. Muqabla sirf 1 minute aur 34 seconds tak chala jab Ms Banu jeet gayi. Uske baad woh professional wrestling se sanyas le liya.

Iske baad, Ms Banu ka vajan, lambai, aur diet, sab khabron mein aaya. Unhein “Aligarh ki Amazon” ke roop mein jaana gaya. Unke bach gaye parivaar ke sadasyon ke bayan ke anusaar, unki shakti, samay ki conservative soch ke saath mil kar unhein unke janmsthal Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh se Aligarh chhodna pada.

Ek 1987 ki kitaab mein, lekhak Maheshwar Dayal ne likha ki Ms Banu ki shaan se logon ki nigahen unpar ho gayi aur unhone Uttar Pradesh aur Punjab mein kai muqable lade. Halaanki, unhone aise bhi logon se samna kiya jo unke pradarshan se naaraaz the. Ek baar, jab unhone ek purush virodhi ko haraya, unpar unke fans ne taaliyan bajaai aur patthar maara.

Halaanki, yeh kabhi Ms Banu ko uske shauk ko poora karne se rok nahi paya. 1954 mein, unhone Vera Chistilin ko haraaya, jise Russia ki “mahila bhediya” kaha gaya. Ussi saal, unhone ghoshna ki ki woh Europe jaayengi wahan ke wrestlers se ladne.

Vyaktigat Jeevan

Lekin Mumbai mein Ms. Chistilin ko harane ke baad, Ms. Banu pehelwani duniya se gayab ho gayi. BBC ke mutabiq, yeh wahi samay tha jab unka jeevan badal gaya. Unke pota Feroz Shaikh ke anusaar, report mein kaha gaya ki Ms. Banu ke coach, Salam Pahalwan, unhein Europe jaane se rokna pasand nahi kiya. Unhone usse rokne ki koshish ki.

Unke padosi Rahil Khan ke anusaar, Ms. Banu ke coach ne unhein peetne ke baad pairon mein fracture kar diya. “Woh khade nahi ho sakti thi. Baad mein yeh theek ho gaya, lekin saalon tak woh bina lathi ke sahi se chal nahi sakti thi…” report ne Rahil Khan ko quote kiya.

Salam Pahalwan ki beti Sahara ne kaha ki unhone Ms. Banu se shaadi ki thi, jise unhone apni stepmother ke roop mein dekha. Halaanki, Ms. Banu ke pota, jo unke saath 1986 mein unki maut tak raha, isse alag tha. “Woh sach mein unke saath rehti thi, lekin kabhi unse shaadi nahi hui,” report ne Mr. Shaikh ko quote kiya.

BBC ke mutabiq, Ms. Banu doodh bech kar aur kuch imarton ko kiraye par dekar apna guzara karti thi. Jab unke paas paisa khatam ho jaata, toh woh sadak ke kinare ghar mein banaye gaye snacks ko bechti thi.