The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India ( AKFI ) was founded in 1973.

The Asian Kabaddi Federation was founded under the chairmanship of Mr. Janardan Singh Gehlot.

The Asian Kabaddi Championship was arranged in 1980 and India emerged as champion and Bangladesh runner-up.

Kabaddi was axed in 1992, but not before its presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy suffered a collapsed lung while participating in the sport.

The second Kabaddi World Cup tournament was held in 2007 with India winning over Iran in the final round.

The Kabaddi Federation of India ( KFI ) was founded in 1950, and it compiled a standard set of rules.

The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India ( AKFI ) was founded in 1973. The AKFI has given new shape to the rules and it has also the rights of modification in the rules.

The Asian Kabaddi Federation was founded under the chairmanship of Sharad Pawar.

The Asian Kabaddi Championship was successfully arranged in 1980 and India emerged as the champion and Bangladesh as the runners-up.

Kabaddi was played as a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

In some areas Kabaddi is still known as, but Ha-Du-Du had no definite rules and was played with different rules in different areas.

was renamed Kabaddi and given the status of the National Game in 1972.

The Bangladesh Amateur Kabaddi Federation was formed in 1973.

In 1978, the Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation was formed at a conference of delegates from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan in the Indian town of Villai.

In Iran, the Community of Kabaddi was formed in 1996, in same year they joined the Asian Kabaddi Federation and in 2001 they joined the International Kabaddi Federation.

The Iran Amateur Kabaddi Federation was formed in 2004.

Women's Kabaddi was first introduced in 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.

The Kabaddi World Cup was first played in 2004 and then in 2007 and 2010.

However, because it had been pitched as a competitive event programme, the show was always under the jurisdiction of the " sports " department amongst shows such as Football Italia, horse racing and Kabaddi.

The Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation sent Prof. Sundar Ram of India to tour Japan for two months to introduce the game.

Kabaddi is popular throughout South Asia, and has also spread to Southeast Asia, Japan and Iran.

Kabaddi ( sometimes transliterated Kabbadi or Kabadi ; Punjabi: ਕਬ ੱ ਡ ੀ, Marathi: कबड ् ड ी, Hindi: कबड ् ड ी, ,,,,,, Malayalam: കബഡ ി) is a South Asian team sport.

Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small swimming pool / field and take turns sending a " raider " into the other half, in order to win points by tackling members of the opposing team ; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word " Kabaddi " during the whole raid.

In the ' Amar ' form of Kabaddi, whenever any player is touched ( out ), he does not go out of the court, but stays inside, and one point is awarded to the team that touched him.

In the Amar form of Kabaddi, each team consists of 5 – 6 stoppers and 4 – 5 raiders.

In Sanjeevni Kabaddi, one player is revived against one player of the opposite team who is out, one out, one in.

have been fixed by the Kabaddi Federation of India.

This form of Kabaddi is the closest to the present game.

In this form of Kabaddi, players are put out and revived and the game lasts 40 minutes with a 5-minute break in between.

The field is bigger in this form of Kabaddi and the ' chant ' different in various regions.

This form of Kabaddi has no fixed game time.

Modern Kabaddi is a synthesis of the game played in various forms under different names.

Kabaddi received international exposure during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, demonstrated by Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amaravati, Maharashtra.

In 1950 the All India Kabaddi Federation came into existence and compiled standard rules.

After formation of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, the first men's nationals were held in Madras ( renamed Chennai ), while the women's were in Calcutta ( renamed Kolkata ) in 1955. The AKFI has given new shape to the rules and has the right to modify them.

Bangladesh became runner-up again in 1985 in the Asian Kabaddi Championship held in Jaipur, India.

The show, Kabaddi in the early 1990s, however, failed to capture viewer attention despite fixtures such as West Bengal Police versus the Punjab.

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