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Berwal Recounts Pakistani Boxer's 'Hate Narendra' Remark to Modi

Berwal Recounts Pakistani Boxer's 'Hate Narendra' Remark to Modi
PM Modi left in splits as Narender Berwal recalls Pakistani boxer’s complaint · indianexpress.com

An Indian boxer named Narender Berwal won a silver medal at a big sports event called the Commonwealth Games.

After the Games, he met the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Berwal told the Prime Minister a funny story from his boxing career.

A few years earlier, at the 2015 World Military Games, Berwal beat a boxer from Pakistan.

After the fight, the two boxers were together getting treatment, and the Pakistani boxer said something funny.

He pointed out that Berwal's name is Narender, his coach's name is Narender, and India's Prime Minister is also named Narendra.

He joked that he had started to hate the name 'Narendra' because he heard it so often.

The Prime Minister laughed a lot at the story.

India's boxers won ten medals at the Commonwealth Games, their best result ever.

India will also host the next Commonwealth Games in 2030.

Key facts

Athlete
Narender Berwal, Indian heavyweight boxer
Medal won
Silver, men's 90+ kg, Commonwealth Games 2026 (one report said gold)
Anecdote source
Bout vs Pakistani boxer, 2015 World Military Games, Mungyeong, South Korea
India's boxing haul
10 medals, best-ever at Commonwealth Games
India's overall tally
39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze), 4th place
Meeting attendees
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, MoS for Sports Raksha Khadse, IOA President P T Usha
Games duration
Glasgow Games concluded after 11 days of competition
Next CWG host
India, Ahmedabad, 2030 centenary edition

Quotes

Narender Berwal

Indian heavyweight boxer who defeated a Pakistani opponent at the 2015 World Military Games

“During the 2015 World Military Games, I had a bout with a Pakistani boxer. I won it but when we were together in the medical room for treatment to our niggles, he said to me ‘Bhaijan aapka naam Narender hai, aapke coach ka naam Narender hai, aapke Pradhan Mantri ka naam Narender hai, mujhe Narender naam se nafrat ho gayi hai.’ (Brother, you, your coach and your PM are all named Narender. I hate this name now)”
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