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Dara Singh Randhawa (born: 19 November 1928) or popularly known as "Rustam-e-hind Dara Singh" was an Indian professional wrestler, actor & Politician. He did wrestling for 55 years, fought 500 matches and never got defeated, he even won his 500th or retirement match.
Dara Singh was born in village Dharmuchak in Amritsar, Punjab. Singh got married early to Bachno Kaur at the age of 14 and then he became father at the age of 17. Singh fought his first professional fight against Italian wrestler, which ended in a draw and he got paid $50 for this match. Then he went to Singapore in 1947 for wrestling competition and defeated the champion of host nation. In 1959, he accepted the challenge against Canada's world champion George Guardian and New Zealand's John D'silva, the match was fought in India and he defeated both of them.
Dara Singh's most popular match was against King Kong, after defeating King Kong he became World Champion in freestyle wrestling. At the time of the match Dara Singh was 130 KG and King Kong was 200 KGs.
He also acted in many Bollywood films and TV Serials. He debuted with 1952's Sangdil also starred by Dilip Kumar and Madhubala. He acted as Hanuman for the most watched TV Serial Ramayan and Hindi film Bajrangi(1976). Dara Singh's last film was "Jab we met" starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.
Rustam-e-Hind Dara Singh |
Dara Singh was born in village Dharmuchak in Amritsar, Punjab. Singh got married early to Bachno Kaur at the age of 14 and then he became father at the age of 17. Singh fought his first professional fight against Italian wrestler, which ended in a draw and he got paid $50 for this match. Then he went to Singapore in 1947 for wrestling competition and defeated the champion of host nation. In 1959, he accepted the challenge against Canada's world champion George Guardian and New Zealand's John D'silva, the match was fought in India and he defeated both of them.
Dara Singh's most popular match was against King Kong, after defeating King Kong he became World Champion in freestyle wrestling. At the time of the match Dara Singh was 130 KG and King Kong was 200 KGs.
He also acted in many Bollywood films and TV Serials. He debuted with 1952's Sangdil also starred by Dilip Kumar and Madhubala. He acted as Hanuman for the most watched TV Serial Ramayan and Hindi film Bajrangi(1976). Dara Singh's last film was "Jab we met" starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.
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