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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox person<br />
| birth_date = 1883<br />
| death_date = 1977<br />
| children = [[Bholu Pahalwan]], [[Aslam Pahalwan]], [[Akram Pahalwan]], [[Goga Pahalwan]], [[Azam Pahalwan]]<br />
| relatives = [[The Great Gama|Gama Pehlwan]]<br />
| occupation = [[Wrestler]]<br />
| height = 6 ft 3 in<br />
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'''Imam Baksh Butt''' was an [[India]]n wrestler and a practitioner of the Indian wrestling style of [[Pehlwani]]. Imam was also the brother of [[the Great Gama|Ghulam "The Great Gama" Muhammad Butt]]. Imam had arrived in [[England]] by April, 1910, along with fellow wrestlers from [[India]], including his brother Ghulam Muhammad, Ahmed Bux, and Gamu, to participate in European [[catch wrestling]] tournaments. <br />
[[File:AhmedBux.PNG|thumb|right|90px|Ahmed Bux, Indian Wrestler (1912)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Julius F.|title=The Broad Ax|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=TBA19120203&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#|website=Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>]]<br />
''Health and Strength'' magazine announced ''"The Invasion of the Indian Wrestlers"'' in its May 14, 1910, issue. The members of the Indian group were listed as Gama, Champion of India; Imam Baksh, Champion of Lahore; Ahmed Baksh, Champion of Amritsar; and Gamu, Champion of Jalandhar.<br />
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Imam Baksh wrestled Swiss champion John Lemm during his career. The match between Baksh and Lemm ended with Baksh defeating the Swiss champion.<br />
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In 1918, Gama Ghulam Muhammad, in a major tournament at [[Kolhapur]], passed his title of Indian Champion to Imam Bux, who had thrown Rahim Sultaniwala in 20 minutes.<br />
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Imam Baksh was reportedly a superior ground wrestler compared to Ghulam Muhammad. Henry Werner had written that letter saying that Imam Bux would have been a better opponent for [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]] than for Gama. The editor of Health and Strength wrote that, "in my opinion, he [Gama] is not quite so clever a wrestler as his brother, Imam Bux, who enjoys the advantage of a longer reach."<br />
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By the mid-1940s, Gama continued to put out challenges but added a stipulation. The stipulation was that anyone who wanted to wrestle the great Gama had to wrestle and defeat Imam first. No one did.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0812235568&id=RgnN-KG3_R4C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=gFs6lpolhg&dq=Gandhi%27s+Body:+Sex,+Diet,+and+the+Politics+of+Nationalism+By+Joseph+S.+Alter&sig=rUUThgtoNT4lYQUNz-ITN4y6Axw Gandhi's Body: Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism by Joseph S. Alter]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_noble_0502.htm The Lion of the Punjab – Gama in England, 1910 by Graham Noble]<br />
*[http://www.ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_noble_0702.htm The Lion of the Punjab – Part III: London, 1910 by Graham Noble]<br />
*[http://www.ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_noble_0802.htm The Lion of the Punjab – Part IV: Aftermath by Graham Noble]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''Lahore: A Memoir By Muḥammad Saʻīd''. Published 1989, Vanguard Books. {{ISBN|969-402-008-5}}.<br />
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