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PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SHEMSHER SINGH BHAKAR AND FAMILY

Catalogue reference: 1658

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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SHEMSHER SINGH BHAKAR AND FAMILY dating from 1916 - 1963.

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Reference
1658
Title
PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SHEMSHER SINGH BHAKAR AND FAMILY
Date
1916 - 1963
Held by
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Bhakar, Shemsher, b 1929, of Fallowfield, Manchester</persname>
Physical description
10 PHOTOGRAPHS
Administrative / biographical background

Mr. Shemsher Singh Bhakar, an early migrant, who came to Britain in 1949. Resident of Manchester since 1949. Mr. Bhakar has participated in various occupations, such as pedlar, factory worker, and dock worker, but is more preminently renowned for his wrestling ability. A tri-generational occupation in which he has won the family admiration both in India and Britain.

Mr. Bhakar was born in Calcutta, India in 1929. His father's name was Mr. Khazan Singh Bhakar. He had five sons. Mr. Shemsher Singh Bhakar was the fourth in the family. Learned wrestling 'free style' from his elder brother Ajit Singh (Daljit Rao).

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PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SHEMSHER SINGH BHAKAR AND FAMILY