Aamir Khan’s upcoming movie Dangal is ready to release, and the trailer of Dangal offers a glimpse of the inspiring real-life story of the Haryanvi wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, who trained his daughters Geeta and Babita Kumari to become international level wrestlers.

Mahavir Singh Phogat is a real life hero and a super daddy, who believes that it is not always necessary for a father to raise his daughters like a princess. Sometimes, you have to make them tough, rough, and confident to face the realities of life. Here is the complete story of real Dangal everyone should know about.

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The film Dangal is based on the life of Mahavir Singh Phogat who believed that his daughters are no less than boys, and trained them to be world-class wrestling champions. Here are some unknown facts about real Dangal Mahavir Singh Phogat.

Unknown Facts About Real Dangal:

#1. Mahavir Singh Phogat was born in Balali village of Haryana’s Bhiwani district.

#2. Mahavir came to Delhi at the age of 16 to train under Padma Shri-winning wrestler Chandgi Ram.

#3. He was not only bringing about a women’s wrestling revolution in what has been a traditionally male-dominated sport.

#4. He has trained six female international level wrestlers — Geeta, Babita, Ritu, Sangeeta, Vinesh and Priyanka

#5. In 2014, when Aamir Khan interviewed Geeta and Babita on his talk show Satyamev Jayate, the two sisters revealed how their father introduced them to wrestling.

#6. Eventually, because there were no other girls that the sisters could practice with, he asked the Geeta and Babita to start training with boys.

#7. Three of the daughters (Geeta, Babita and Vinesh) have represented India at the Olympics.

#8. Mahavir faced the wrath of the villagers who were irked by the idea of local girls slugging it out in the mud. People used to make fun of them as till then wrestling was only men’s game.

#9. Karnam Malleshwari’s Olympic bronze medal win in 2000 was the inspiration for Mahavir Phogat to fill up his akhaada with girls. Mahavir proved to be a tough and demanding taskmaster, making his daughters practice as much as the boys and even punished them.

#10. You can easily call the Phogat family as the first family of female wrestling in India.

#11. For his coaching accomplishments, Mahavir Singh Phogat was shortlisted for the Dronacharya Award by the Wrestling Federation of India.

Geetha’s grandmother, who was initially unhappy with the birth of four grand-daughters, now thinks that even 100 daughters like them are not enough.  The story of Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters is certainly an inspiration for our country where the birth of daughters is still not celebrated as grandly as that of boys.

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