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Dara Singh
Dara Singh
Singh in 2010
Born
Deedar Singh Randhawa

(1928-11-19)19 November 1928
Dharmuchak, Amritsar District, Punjab, British India
(now Punjab, India)[1]
Died12 July 2012(2012-07-12) (aged 83)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Professional wrestler
  • actor
  • politician
Years active1947–1983 (wrestler)
1950–2012 (actor)
2003–2009 (politician)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
TitleRustam-e-Hind
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouses
Bachno Kaur
(m. 1942⁠–⁠1952)
Surjit Kaur
(m. 1961)
Children6, including:
Vindu Dara Singh
FamilySee Randhawa family
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dara Singh
Billed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Billed weight127 kg (280 lb)
Billed fromPunjab, India
Trained byHarnam Singh
Debut1948
Retired1983
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
27 August 2003 – 26 August 2009
Websitedara-singh.com

Dara Singh Randhawa (born Deedar Singh Randhawa; 19 November 1928 – 12 July 2012) was an Indian professional wrestler, actor, director and politician. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha (upper house) of India.[3] He worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer, and he acted in films and television. His role of Hanuman in the film Bajrangbali (1976) and in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan made him popular.[4] Singh was inducted into the Legacy Category of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018.[5]

  1. ^ "Dara Singh Passes Away". The Times of India. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Wrestler Finds Acting Easy, Is Idol Of India's Morie Fans, p.2". Bombay: The Milwaukee Journal. 9 May 1966.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Remembering Dara Singh: 13 facts about India's most-loved wrestler". India Today. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Dara Singh: The original muscle man of Bollywoo d". The Economic Times. PTI. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference HoF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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