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Pahalwan retired from wrestling during the early 1970s. He died on 7 January 1989 at the age of 61 in Pakistan. His son
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Pahalwan started his wrestling career as the pupil of
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Pahalwan on worldsportsinsider.com website
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65:(1989-01-07)
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1609:Samina Baig
1507:Younis Khan
1440:Nida Waseem
1384:Saeed Anwar
1294:Rahim Khan
1233:Tahir Zaman
1226:Ahmed Alam
1176:Rajab Shah
1135:Wasim Akram
1066:Abdul Qadir
1050:Zia Mahmood
1043:Shah Jehan
996:Qamar Zaman
932:Ashraf Aman
868:Riaz Ahmed
666:Saeed Ahmed
600:Roshan Khan
527:Hashim Khan
449:25 February
399:24 February
278:New Zealand
142:اسŮŮ
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1641:Categories
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1392:Haider Ali
1267:Asif Bajwa
1106:Arif Khan
988:Hanif Khan
861:Tanvir Dar
772:Tariq Aziz
750:Asif Iqbal
608:Brojen Das
344:References
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183:Great Gama
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43:1927-01-14
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1515:Aleem Dar
1491:Lal Saeed
1399:Rozi Ali
1074:Nasir Ali
636:Azam Khan
266:King Kong
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513:Sports
327:Awards
223:Lahore
159:Europe
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315:Death
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401:2023
370:2019
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