{"id":31322,"date":"2017-01-01T16:25:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31322"},"modified":"2017-01-01T16:25:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:25:57","slug":"dangal-effect-100-wrestling-mats-for-haryana-akhadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31322","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dangal&#8217; effect: 100 wrestling mats for Haryana &#8216;akhadas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-30973\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"336\" alt=\"Dangal\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Sunday said 100 wrestling mats will be provided to &#8216;akhadas&#8217; 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duo Geeta and Babita inspires &lsquo;AIFF Emerging Women&rsquo;s Player of 2016&rsquo; Sanju<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Khattar, on this occasion, also gave the first-ever &#8220;cashless Shagun&#8221; to Geeta Phogat who got married recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-30973\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"336\" alt=\"Dangal\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dangal-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Sunday said 100 wrestling mats will be provided to &#8216;akhadas&#8217; 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