West Bengal Amateur Body Builders Association Established in 1933 and is affiliated to Bengal Olympic Association and National Amateur Body Builders Federation, which in turn is affiliated to World Amateur Body Builders Association and Asia Amateur Body Builders federation. Our Association is also recognized by the West Bengal State Council of Sports.
In 1930 Sri Bishnu Charan Ghosh, a pioneer promoter of physical fitness and culture in Bengal formed Indian Weight Lifting Association to popularize weight lifting in the country.
National Federation felt that body building should be with the Weight Lifting Association and at the end of 1930’s they created Bengal Weight Lifters Association and in 1933 a separate body West Bengal Amateur Body Builders’ Association (this Association) was formed. The objects for which our Association was formed amongst others are:
To establish, maintain, introduce, encourage, cultural and educational institutions for diffusion of useful knowledge, for the promotion of health, physical culture, etc. and to organize and run tournaments and competitions in connection therewith and construct and maintain such buildings, rooms, lands, fixtures, fittings, furniture, gymnasiums, etc., for such purposes.
To promote, encourage and popularize Body Building and Physical Culture as sports, as items of Physical Education and as a means of Physical Culture throughout the State of West Bengal and to organize, and assist in competitions and demonstrations for that purpose.
To select Competitors, Judges Coaches and Officials, to represent the “STATE” at Inter-Provincial, National and International contests and to arrange for and assist in the training of Body Building and to raise and provide funds for any of its objects.
The regular best physique competition commenced from the year 1943 under the title ‘MR.BENGAL’. Later known as ‘BANGASREE’. The first president of this association was Sree Manmotho Nath Roy Chowdhury of Santosh ( Santosh Trophy Football tournament was
Named after him) and the general secretary was Sri Keshab Chandra Gupta, a leading lawyer of Calcutta High Court.
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