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Babita Phogat

Babita Kumari Phogat is an Indian wrestler turned politician, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in August 2019. She was named BJP's candidate for the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election from Dadri on September 30, 2019.

Where wrestling is concerned, she started her career in 2009 at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship held in Jalandhar, Punjab, where she won a gold medal in the women's freestyle 51 kg category. Babita came into the limelight when she won a silver medal in the women's freestyle 51 kg category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

2011 TO 2018:

After 2010, Babita won a gold medal during the women's freestyle 48 kg category at the 2011 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship held in Melbourne, Australia. She followed it with a bronze medal at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships in the women's freestyle 51 kg category.

During the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi, Babita won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg category, and in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg category. She then won a gold medal in the women's 55kg freestyle wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

PERSONAL LIFE:

Babita Kumari Phogat was born on November 20, 1989 in Bhiwani, Haryana to Mahavir Singh Phogat and Daya Shobha Kaur, and she has three sisters, who are all wrestlers. Her father was awarded the Dronacharya Award in the year 2016, and he trained her and her sisters in the sport. She is engaged to fellow wrestler Vivek Suhag, who hails from Najafgarh in Delhi.

They are a Hindu-Jat family, and when Mahavir first started training his daughters in the sport, he met with a lot of opposition from the villagers, who felt that it was not an appropriate sport for females. Since there was no proper facility for training in his village, his daughters wrestled with boys, Mahavir enrolled Babita and her sister Geeta at the Sports Authority of India centre in Sonipat.

POLITICS:

Babita Phogat was earlier a supporter of the Indian National Lok Dal but decided to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 along with her father Mahavir Singh Phogat. She resigned from her post as sub-inspector in the Haryana Police and will be contesting in the 2019 Haryana Assembly Election.

SOCIAL:

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‘Want to Thank People Who Supported me,’ Says Babita Phogat After Winning From Dadri
India.com News Desk | October 24, 2019 4:02 PM IST
New Delhi: Wrestler and BJP candidate Babita Phogat, who is leading from Dadri assembly constituency...
‘Want to Thank People Who Supported me,’ Says Babita Phogat After Winning From Dadri
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2019-10-24T05:02:22+00:00
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Haryana Assembly Election 2019: A Look at Big Names That May Fail to Shine
IANS | October 22, 2019 6:11 PM IST
With votes polled and results awaited for the Haryana Assembly election, here is a look at the proje...
Haryana Assembly Election 2019: A Look at Big Names That May Fail to Shine
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2019-10-22T07:11:43+00:00
2019-10-22T07:11:43+00:00
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Haryana Assembly Election 2019: Babita Phogat Casts Vote, Vows to Make Sports Top Priority if Elected
IANS | October 21, 2019 3:35 PM IST
Wrestler-turned-politician and BJP candidate Babita Phogat on Monday cast her vote in her native vil...
Haryana Assembly Election 2019: Babita Phogat Casts Vote, Vows to Make Sports Top Priority if Elected
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2019-10-21T04:35:25+00:00
2019-10-21T04:35:25+00:00
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Babita Phogat Casts Vote, Vows to Promote Sports if Elected
IANS | October 21, 2019 2:08 PM IST
Wrestler-turned-politician and BJP candidate Babita Phogat on Monday cast her vote in her native vil...
Babita Phogat Casts Vote, Vows to Promote Sports if Elected
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2019-10-21T03:08:37+00:00
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Haryana Assembly Election 2019: As Haryana Goes to Polls Today, All Eyes on Jat Votes
India.com News Desk | October 21, 2019 12:00 AM IST
New Delhi: As the 90 seats of Haryana go to the polls today, the BJP is looking for a sweeping comeb...
Haryana Assembly Election 2019: As Haryana Goes to Polls Today, All Eyes on Jat Votes
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2019-10-20T13:00:04+00:00
2019-10-20T20:51:47+00:00
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Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Babita Phogat to Contest from Dadri; Check BJP's First List Here
India.com News Desk | September 30, 2019 5:24 PM IST
New Delhi: The BJP has released its first candidate list of 78 candidates for Haryana Assembly elect...
Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Babita Phogat to Contest from Dadri; Check BJP's First List Here
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2019-09-30T06:24:22+00:00
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Babita Phogat Joins BJP, Days After Backing Haryana CM Khattar Over His Comment on Kashmiri Women
India.com News Desk | August 12, 2019 11:35 AM IST
New Delhi: Renowned wrestler Babita Phogat and her father Mahavir Singh Phogat today joined the BJP ...
Babita Phogat Joins BJP, Days After Backing Haryana CM Khattar Over His Comment on Kashmiri Women
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2019-08-12T00:35:01+00:00
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Happy Birthday Suresh Raina: VVS Laxman to Virender Sehwag, How Sporting Fraternity Wished Cricketer as he Turns 32
India.com Sports Desk | November 27, 2018 11:12 AM IST
Happy Birthday, Suresh Raina: He was the first Indian cricketer to score a century in all the three ...
Happy Birthday Suresh Raina: VVS Laxman to Virender Sehwag, How Sporting Fraternity Wished Cricketer as he Tu
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2018-11-27T00:12:57+00:00
2018-11-27T00:12:57+00:00
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Haryana Athletes Pay Dispute: Manohar Lal Khattar Govt Puts Notification On Hold
IANS Feeds | June 8, 2018 6:31 PM IST
Within hours of a controversy generated by the issuing of a notification asking sportspersons to dep...
Haryana Athletes Pay Dispute: Manohar Lal Khattar Govt Puts Notification On Hold
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2018-06-08T07:31:38+00:00
2018-06-08T08:23:13+00:00
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Haryana Government Asks Athletes to Hand Over Earnings, Draws Flak
IANS Feeds | June 8, 2018 2:42 PM IST
The Haryana government has shocked the national sports fraternity by issuing a notification asking s...
Haryana Government Asks Athletes to Hand Over Earnings, Draws Flak
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2018-06-08T03:42:02+00:00
2018-06-08T03:42:39+00:00
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Forbes 2018 Highest Paid Athletes: Gender Disparity in Sports, Inequality of Pay, Norway's Historic Equal Pay Deal
Abhishek Kumar | June 6, 2018 3:23 PM IST
The Forbes 2018 compilation of the world's highest-paid athletes is testimony to the fact that there...
Forbes 2018 Highest Paid Athletes: Gender Disparity in Sports, Inequality of Pay, Norway's Historic Equal Pay
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2018-06-06T04:23:34+00:00
2018-06-06T23:41:29+00:00
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Anushka Sharma Extends Thank You Tweet to Amitabh Bachchan, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt And Many More a Day After Her 30th Birthday
Aamir Salati | May 2, 2018 9:28 PM IST
Actor and producer Anushka Sharma turned 30 on May 1. She spent her birthday by cheering for her hus...
Anushka Sharma Extends Thank You Tweet to Amitabh Bachchan, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt And Many More a Day Afte
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2018-05-02T10:28:20+00:00
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Dubai Bakery Celebrates India's Independence Day With A Dangal Cake (Video)
India.com Buzz Desk | August 11, 2017 6:55 PM IST
A Dubai bakery has made a cake claiming to be the 'world's most expensive edible cake'. The cake wei...
Dubai Bakery Celebrates India's Independence Day With A Dangal Cake (Video)
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2017-08-11T07:55:21+00:00
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Akshay Kumar donates Rs 1.08 crore to Sukma CRPF martyrs' families, Rajnath Singh, Babita Phogat and other Twitterati praise the superstar
Aishwarya Krishnan | March 17, 2017 11:12 AM IST
Akshay Kumar has been one of the Bollywood stars who keeps doing his bit to help the Indian Army. Th...
Akshay Kumar donates Rs 1.08 crore to Sukma CRPF martyrs' families, Rajnath Singh, Babita Phogat and other Tw
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2017-03-17T00:12:26+00:00
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Aamir Khan birthday: Mr Perfectionist talks about the new members in his family!
Maggie Davis | March 14, 2017 12:53 PM IST
Aamir Khan has turned 52 today (March 14) and B-townies and fans of the actor have been pouring in w...
Aamir Khan birthday: Mr Perfectionist talks about the new members in his family!
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2017-03-14T01:53:48+00:00
2017-03-14T01:53:48+00:00
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Shahid Kapoor and Babita Kumari Phogat's Twitter chat about Dangal 2 is the best thing you will read today!
Zainab Mulla | March 1, 2017 6:38 PM IST
Rangoon actor Shahid Kapoor has found a new inspiration in Indian wrestler Babita Phogat . The 36-ye...
Shahid Kapoor and Babita Kumari Phogat's Twitter chat about Dangal 2 is the best thing you will read today!
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2017-03-01T07:38:31+00:00
2017-03-01T07:38:31+00:00
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Babita Phogat loses Pro Wrestling League match in 46 seconds! Unlike Dangal, this video is about brutal defeat
Rashmi Mishra | January 6, 2017 8:05 PM IST
Babita Kumari Phogat fans were in for a major disappointment when the ace wrestler lost out her open...
Babita Phogat loses Pro Wrestling League match in 46 seconds! Unlike Dangal, this video is about brutal defea
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2017-01-06T09:05:31+00:00
2017-01-06T09:05:31+00:00
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Geeta Phogat got hurt and emotional watching this Dangal scene! It is not the Commonwealth Games 2010 final fight
Aishwarya Krishnan | December 28, 2016 7:17 PM IST
Aamir Khan s Dangal has been gaining a lot of praise and appreciation from critics and fans alike. T...
Geeta Phogat got hurt and emotional watching this Dangal scene! It is not the Commonwealth Games 2010 final f
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2016-12-28T08:17:29+00:00
2016-12-28T08:17:29+00:00
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Dangal movie slammed by Geeta and Babita Phogat real coach Piara Ram Sondhi for portraying him in bad light
Aishwarya Krishnan | December 28, 2016 5:50 PM IST
Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal has won millions of hearts in less than one week of its release on Decembe...
Dangal movie slammed by Geeta and Babita Phogat real coach Piara Ram Sondhi for portraying him in bad light
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2016-12-28T06:50:08+00:00
2016-12-28T06:50:08+00:00
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Dangal girls Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra are giving us dressy style lessons!
Nirupama Chaudhary | December 28, 2016 1:27 PM IST
New kids on the block, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra made their dream debut with what is tou...
Dangal girls Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra are giving us dressy style lessons!
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2016-12-28T02:27:51+00:00
2016-12-28T02:27:51+00:00
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