Kalabagh Dam for financing assistance, but due to strained relations with Afghanistan (a Soviet ally), this request was denied. The government then approached the World Bank, which agreed to finance the project. At this point in Pakistan's history, previous dam projects such as Mangla (under Ayub Khan) and Tarbela (under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto) never faced any opposition. Even Kalabagh was approved by the Central Development Working Party, without dissent. The issue of Kalabagh started to become politicized after the execution of the former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a highly popular leader from the downstream province of Sindh. Adding to the controversy,
Mangla Rai 24 June 1976 in the city of Varanasi. Mangla Rai took care of all his disciples like Dukh Haran Jha of Darbhanga, Sukhdev Pehlwan of Azamgarh, Mohan Chaube of Mathura, his younger brother Kamala Rai, Brahmachari Rai, Mathura Rai, and Baleshwar Pehlwan etc. All of them were great wrestlers of their time. However Mangla Rai didn’t allow anyone to use even a single penny of their prize money. He bore all their expenses out of his own pocket. Mangla Rai was a true Guru in old Indian tradition. Mangla Rai Mahamalla Mangla Rai (October 1916 – June 1976) also known