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Dara Singh of India, who was awarded the title of ‘Rustom-e-Punjab’ and ‘Rustom-e-Hind’. He was a precious gem of the Indian wrestling and entertainment world. His physical structure, strength and mastery in wrestling made him an invincible wrestler of his time. Dara Singh got his wrestling iron not only in India, but also internationally.
Dara Singh illuminated the name of India worldwide by Chit to big wrestlers at the world level. In India, Dara Singh became a person who acted in addition to Pahlavani. He is known for the role of Hanuman in Ramanad Sagar’s ‘Ramayana’. This character of Dara Singh is still alive in the hearts of the audience.
Dara Singh was compared to Gama wrestler
Dara Singh said goodbye to this world on 12 July 2012. He became such a wrestler of India who was compared to Gama wrestler. He fought around 500 wrestling matches and never gave up. In 1968, he won the World Freestyle Championship by defeating American wrestler Lau Thez, which made him the first Indian World Champion. Gama wrestler never lost any match in his career. The involvement of both of them and the achievement of defeating foreign wrestlers at the world level makes them equal. Both proved the strength of Indian wrestling.
Retired from wrestling at the age of 55 years
Dara Singh made wrestling popular in independent India in the 20th century. His films and presence on TV gave him a big platform. An interesting thing related to Dara Singh is that he picked up Australian wrestler King Kong weighing 200 kg from the ring, after which he became a superstar overnight. At the age of 55, Dara Singh retired in the last match played in wrestling.
Worked in 16 films with Mumtaz
After retirement, he knocked towards Bollywood. He made her Bollywood debut in Hindi cinema in the year 1952 with the film ‘Sangdil’, which had stars like Dilip Kumar and Madhubala. Dara Singh acted in 16 films with actress Mumtaz, out of which 10 were superhit. His pair was well liked by the audience. There were also rumors of affair between them. His last film was Jab We Met (2007), in which he played the role of Kareena Kapoor’s grandfather.
Leave non-veg for Hanuman’s role
Dara Singh played the role of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar’s serial ‘Ramayana’ and got popularity from house to house. He had given up non-veg food for this role. Dara Singh, who has worked from the big screen to the small screen, also reached Parliament. He was the first sportsperson to nominate for a Rajya Sabha member from 2003-2009. He was also the President of Jat Mahasabha.