DARA SINGH ,WRESTLER,ACTOR,POLITICIAN BORN 1928 NOVEMBER 19
DARA SINGH ,WRESTLER,ACTOR,POLITICIAN BORN 1928 NOVEMBER 19 Dara Singh (19 November 1928 – 12 July 2012) was an Indian professional wrestler, actor and politician. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha (upper house) of India. He worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer, and he acted in films and television.He is known for his role of Hanuman in film Bajrangi(1976) and in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan. Early life[edit source] Dara Singh was born on 19 November 1928[3] in the village of Dharmuchak, which was then a part of British Punjab and is now in the Amritsar district of the Majha region of Panjab.[4] He went to Singapore in 1947, where he worked in a drum manufacturing mill and started his wrestling training under Harnam Singh in the Great World Stadium.[5] Career[edit source] Wrestling[edit source] World Cup Wrestling poster portraying Dara Singh as the World Cup Holder As an adult h...