A pedagogue of bodybuilders
Ajay Joshi
Tribune News Service
Hoshiarpur, September 25
Call it mere coincidence or destiny, Padma Shri awardee Prem Chand Degra (64), was born to become a bodybuilder.
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Degra is considered as a pedagogue, who has touched lives of many athletes and bodybuilders.
Even at this age, he never forgets to hit the gym and lift weights. Owing to his achievements, he was awarded Padma Shri in 1990, Arjun Award in 1988 and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award in 1994.
Degra said after the Partition, his family settled in Gurdaspur, without his father. He said to get out of shock, he started wrestling. His muscular built,
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