kabaddin.

1935 W. M. Ryburn School Organization 278–80 Kabaddi... 3. Each team consists of nine players... 5. The members of each team remain in their respective semi-circles... 10. A player scores a point for his team if he succeeds in getting back to his semicircle after touching some opponent (with the hand only) or after pushing some opponent out of his semicircle provided that he holds his breath all the time. He will say that word ‘kabaddi’ over and over to show that he is holding his breath... An attempt by a player to touch an opponent is known as a kabaddi.

1943 F. R. Moraes & H. R. Stimson Introd. India (ed. 3) 171 Among Indian games kabadi (hu-tu-tu) and kho-kho are prominent (they are too complicated to describe here).

1965 E. Linton World in Grain of Sand x. 172 There was volley ball, tug of war and ‘kabadi’. Kabadi, the Indian wrestling game, is fascinating to watch.

1969 Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 45/1 The versatile collegians of Bombay lifted the Inter-Varsity table tennis, kabaddi and swimming titles.

1969 Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 45/4 (caption) Rajkumari Jain..during the inter-varsity kabaddi tourney.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 51/1 (caption) A variety of Indian games (like khokho and kabaddi) find play here.

1974 Dawn 17 Apr. 4/3 Special attention was being paid to the popularization of indigenous games like Kabaddi and even a National Kabaddi Federation had been formed.