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
Gullen khel Gullen khel Gullen khel گلن خیل is a small village in the Mianwali District of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is located some 45 km on the north of Mianwali city. Relatively larger towns of Daud Khel and Kalabagh in the vicinity are well-known than Gullen khel. Especially Kalabagh is famous because of disputed Kalabagh Dam, which was to be built in this area. Indus River flows at almost 3–4 km north west of Gullen khel near the towns of Kalabagh and Paki Shah Mardan. Gullenkhel is a relatively new town, which started getting populated around 1940 by the migration