Biography
Bholu came from a Kashmiri family of renowned wrestlers from pre-Partition Amritsar but moved to Pakistan. He lived in Amritsar until he was nine. Then during one of his school holidays Bholu moved to Patiala to visit his father, who was a serious wrestler.
He died on 6 March 1985 in Pakistan. His son Nasir Bholu is also a wrestler.
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