Silambam Asia where silambam greatly influenced many fighting systems. The Indian community of the Malay Peninsula is known to have practiced silambam as far back as the period of Melaka's founding in the 15th century, and likely much earlier. The soldiers of Kings Puli Thevar, Dheeran Chinnamalai had Silambam army named "thadii pattalam", Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Maruthu Pandiyar (1760–1799) relied mainly on their Silambam prowess in their warfare against the British Army. Indian martial arts suffered a decline after the British colonists banned Silambam along with various other systems. They also introduced modern western military training which favoured fire-arms over traditional
Khel Khel Mein Foundation sports intervention has a presence across the Teach For India network of schools in Delhi, rural schools and underserved communities. In 2014, the Foundation's efforts culminated in a unique sports league, which saw the participation of over 2055 students over 64 days in Kho Kho, Football and Track & Field events,at multiple events in Delhi. The Foundation is currently training over 6000 students in schools in Delhi, and prepping them for the league of 2015. This year's sports league will also feature Surr a popular sport played in Ayodhya. Khel Khel Mein Foundation Khel Khel Mein Foundation (KKMF or KKM