Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh, who was battling for life since the last five days, passed away at his Mumbai home early on Thursday. He was 83

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Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh, who was battling for life since the last five days, passed away at his Mumbai home early on Thursday. He was 83. (BCCL/Jaswinder Singh)

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Dara Singh, who was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital last week after a cardiac arrest, was released from the hospital on Wednesday night after his condition failed to improve despite continuous medical effort. Doctors had said that chances of Dara Singh's recovery were poor. Doctors said that Dara Singh had suffered significant brain damage after the cardiac arrest. (PTI/PTI)

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Wrestler-actor Dara Singh was born in a Jat-Sikh family to Balwant Singh and Surat Singh Randhawa on November 19, 1928 in village Dharmoochak, Amritsar, Punjab.

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Since his childhood, Dara was encouraged to take up wrestling due to his brawny physique.

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Dara Singh wrestled with legends and defeated champions from the USA, Singapore and Commonwealth countries; Dara Singh was undefeated in more than five-hundred fights.

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Dara Singh was bestowed with the title of Rustam-E-Punjab in 1966 and Rustam-E-Hind in 1978.

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After taking the wrestling world by storm, Dara Singh also tried in luck in Indian film industry in 1960s.

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Dara Singh was known for a string of action films like 'King Kong,' 'Sher-E-Watan' and 'Faulad' and had Mumtaz as his leading ladies in sixteen Hindi films.

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