11th July 2012
Rustam-E-Hind, Dara Singh, who won India numerous accolades globally in wrestling, passed away on 11 July 2012 in Mumbai following a protracted illness. He was 84.He had suffered a cardiac arrest on 7 July 2012.
Born on 19 November 1928 in Dharmoochak village of Amritsar in Punjab, Dara Singh travelled to different parts of the globe as a Professional Wrestler. He announced his retirement from active wrestling in 1983. In 1996 he was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
Dara Singh, who earned a name for him worldwide in professional wrestling, also has had a long stint in Indian film Industry. After he made his debut in Bollywood in 1967 with the film Saat Samundar Paar, he played numerous characters in more than fifty Indian movies. He also directed and produced a number of movies. Singh, however, got the real recognition as an actor when he fabulously portrayed the character of Lord Hanuman in the Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan television series. Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met marked the last movie of his career.
Dara Singh was also nominated to Rajya Sabha by Bhartiya Janata Party in August 2003. He was conferred the title Rustam-E-Punjab in 1966 and Rustam-E-Hind in 1978.
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