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Ninety-two-year-old veteran Peshotan Mehta inaugurated the first All Zoroastrian Men and Women Arm Wrestling Competition organized by the Parsee Gymkhana in Bombay when 58 competitors, including 12 women, from Bombay, Ahmedabad, Navsari, Surat and Nagpur participated. "It was the first such official event held in Bombay,” notes a report on the competition sent by Gymkhana managing committee member Rustom Jasoomoney who mentioned that Parsee Gymkhana is the only association from Bombay to be affiliated with the Maharashtra State Arm Wrestling Association based in Nagpur. The competition on November 19, 2016 was judged in accordance with international rules by officials who......



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