British Mirpuris early 1960s, the Government of Pakistan planned the Mangla Dam, which was to be built in the Mirpur area. Several thousand people had to move. The British then needed workers, mainly for textile factories. Up to 5,000 people from Mirpur (5% of the displaced) left for Britain, and the displaced Mirpuris were given legal and financial assistance by the British contractor that built the dam. Many started working in factories, mostly in the so-called "Black Country" and in Bradford. In some villages of Mirpur, more than half of the people moved to the United Kingdom to settle in the industrial
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