Remembering Muhammad Ali: When "The Greatest" visited India

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali breathed his last on this day in 2016. Sportstar remembers "The Greatest" in these pictures from the time he visited India.

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Indian boxer Kaur Singh flinches during a boxing match with Olympic gold medallist Muhammad Ali in New Delhi in 1979.

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Ali (right) in action against Brij Mohan during an exhibition bout in New Delhi in January 1980.

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The littlest big bout! A five-year-old boy challenges the former heavyweight champion at an exhibition event in New Delhi.

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A humongous crowd greets Ali as he walks out of the Jama Masjid in New Delhi on January 25, 1980.

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Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran with boxers Ali and Jimmy Ellis during a match in Madras (now Chennai) on January 31, 1980.

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Ali, who passed away in a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona on June 3, 2016, pictured with late music legend Mohammed Rafi.

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Indian boxer Kaur Singh flinches during a boxing match with Olympic gold medallist Muhammad Ali in New Delhi in 1979.