Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

 February 21, Singtam : The Great Khali, WWE Superstar and Sahil Khan, Bollywood actor and fitness icon is all set to visit Gangtok this April 17 to be part of the biggest International MMA fight night. The event is hosted by Indian Fight Night and organised by Team FITB 27 Event Head Bishal Chettri, Mr. Sikkim 2019 and owner FITB 27.  The official MMA T-shirt was released by The Great Khali at Film City, Mumbai on February 19, 2021. Team FITB 27 has thanked Hon'ble Chief Minister of Sikkim for supporting and promoting the sport. International fighters, Indian fighters and fighters from Sikkim shall participate in this mega event, reads the press release.

I still remember it was in the early 90s when The Great Khali then he was only Dilip Singh visited Gangtok, and I believe I have that newspaper from Sikkim Express that carried an article on this giant man on their front page but in the racks of over thousand newspaper in my collection, it is somewhere hidden. There were talks then about how he was put inside the van with the second seat of the van being removed and replaced with smaller muurah (local sitting item). We were still in the final years of the schooling session and we too rushed to watch him at the Developmental Area, where he was at one of the hotels. Source: Satya Prakash Last week when I was crossing over one of the eateries at Tadong, I came across a frame being hung on the wall where it was written "The Great Khali at Gangtok", I just clicked the pic for myself. More than a decade later we never knew that giant personality would rock the WWE arena and make a name for himself in the world ...