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Indian Weightlifting Federation otherwise known as IWLF, is the national
governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ...
overseeing the sport of
weightlifting Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...
in
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. The headquarters of the federation is in
New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...
. The Federation is affiliated to the
Indian Olympic Association The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bhāratīya Olaṃpika Saṃgha'') is responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international spor ...
and is a member of
Asian Weightlifting Federation The Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) is the official governing body for the sport of weightlifting in Asia. The federation was established in 1958, Japan. It is responsible for organizing competitions such as the Asian Weightlifting Championsh ...
and
International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation, aka IWF, is the international governing body for the sport of Weightlifting. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, it has 193 affiliated national federations. Mohammed Hasan Jalood has been its presid ...
. The current president of IWLF is Sahdev Yadav and the General Secretary of Indian Weightlifting Federation is Anande Gowda. The Indian Weightlifting Federation was formed in 1935 with
Bijay Chand Mahtab Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab, (19 October 1881 – 29 August 1941) was the ruler of Burdwan Estate, Bengal Presidency in British India (present-day West Bengal, India) from 1887 till his death in 1941. Early life Mahtab's pred ...
of
Burdwan Bardhaman (, ), officially Bardhaman Sadar, is a city and municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, having become a district capital during the period of British rule. Burdwan, an a ...
as its first President and NN Bose, as Secretary. It was also affiliated with the Indian Olympic Association and International Weightlifting Federation in the same year. The federation sent a team to the Berlin Olympics for the first time in 1936. It was formally registered as a society on 21 November 1960.


National events

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Weightlifting in India


References

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