   thumb|250px|center|kabaddi kabaddi (sometimes kabbadi or kabadi) is a contact sport that originated in the indian subcontinent. the title kabaddi is a generic term used to describe the following: * the forms of mainstream kabaddi: ** international kabaddi. ** national kabaddi recognised by the amateur kabadi federation of india:http://indiankabaddi.org/rules.php national style (which resembles the sanjeevani style), circle style (incorporating the punjab style), indoor and national games, beach kabaddi and national professional league kabaddi. ** the three national styles recognised by the international kabaddi federation:http://www.kabaddiikf.com/ sanjeevani, gaminee and amar;kissa kabaddi da by sarwan singh sangam publications isbn 93-83654-65-1 * punjab circle style governed by the amateur circle kabaddi federation of india http://kabaddicircle.com/rules_of_kabaddi.htmland * a number of similar contact sports which are peculiar to various regions such as hadudu in bangladesh, baibalaa in maldives, chedugudu in andhra pradesh and sadugudu in tamil nadu. it is the national game of bangladesh, and nepal and also the state game of the indian states of tamil nadu, maharashtra, bihar, andhra pradesh, telangana and punjab. india is the most successful team in the world stage having won every world cup and asian games titles so far. kabaddi initially became famous in punjab region as it was part of their per martial tradition, and is popular throughout south asia, and has spread to southeast asia, japan and iran. ==history and development== right|thumb|300px|women playing kabaddi/sadugudu in tamil nadu modern kabaddi is a synthesis of the game played in various forms under different names. kabaddi received international exposure during the 1936 berlin olympics, demonstrated by india. the game was introduced in the indian national games at calcutta in 1938. in 1950 the all india kabaddi federation (aikf) came into existence and framed the rules. the amateur kabaddi federation of india (akfi) was founded in 1973 and the first nationals for men were held in chennai. kabaddi was introduced and popularized in japan in 1979 by sundar ram of india who toured japan on behalf of asian amateur kabaddi federation for two months to introduce the game. in 1979, matches between [[banglade
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