Kabaddi is a contact team sport.The game is said to have had its inception in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. The word ‘Kabaddi’ owes its origin to the Tamil word, ‘kai-pidi’, which means holding hands. It is popular in South Asia and is the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, uttar pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab and Telangana^[1]and is the national sport of Bangladesh.^[2] (Source- Wikipedia)

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