Kule ndima enikeziwe, khetha unyaka iKabaddi eyangezwa ngawo emidlalweni yase-Asia
Context:IKabaddi ngumdlalo owasungulwa ngokugxila kuJallikattu. Kuvamile kubantu besizwe sakwa-Ayar ababehlala esifundeni saseMullai saseTamil Nadu yasendulo. Umdlali oya eqenjini eliphikisayo uphathwa njengenkunzi. Kunjengokuthambisa inkunzi ngaphandle kokuyithinta, njengoba kushiwo kuyi - Sangam Literature ukuthi lo mdlalo obizwa ngokuthi iSadugudu wawusenziwa kusukela endulo. Kukhona nemibiko yokuthi uGautama Buddha wayedlala lo mdlalo ukuze azijabulise. Kunenye inguqulo yalo mdlalo nemvelaphi yawo ecebile, Inganekwane ithi i-kabaddi yaqala eTamil Nadu eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-4,000 edlule.  Kuthiwa lo mdlalo wawuthandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabantu abangamaYadava. I - Abhang ka - Tukaram yathi iNkosi uKrishna yayidlala lo mdlalo ebusheni bayo.  IKabaddi yanamuhla iyinhlanganisela yomdlalo odlalwa ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene ngaphansi kwamagama ahlukahlukene ezwenikazi laseNdiya. I-India yaqala ukuhlonishwa ngokusiza ukwenza i-kabaddi idume njengomdlalo wokuncintisana, nemincintiswano yokuqala ehleliwe eyenzeka ngawo-1920, ukwethulwa kwabo ohlelweni lwe-Indian Olympic Games ngo-1938, ukusungulwa kwe-All-India Kabaddi Federation ngo-1950, futhi idlalwa njengomdlalo wokubonisa emidlalweni yokuqala ye-1951 Asian Games eNew Delhi. Lezi zenzakalo zasiza ekwenzeni lo mdlalo, owawuvame ukudlalwa emadolobhaneni, ube umdlalo osemthethweni wokuncintisana kwamazwe ngamazwe.  Ngemva kokuba kuboniswe futhi emidlalweni yase-Asia ngo-1982 eDelhi, iKabaddi yengezwa ohlelweni lweMidlalo Yase-Asia eqala ngo-1990.
IKabaddi yengezwa ohlelweni lweMidlalo Yase-Asia kusukela ngo-1990.