Dara Singh Randhawa (born 19 November 1928) is a wrestler and Indian film actor. He was born in a Jat Sikh family of Punjabi background.
He was a wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962.
He was nominated member of Rajya Sabha by Bhartiya Janata Party during August 2003 – August 2009.
Singh is from the area near the village Dharmuchuk in District Amritsar, Punjab, India. Due to his physique he was encouraged to study Pehlwani, an Indian style of wrestling, in the milked sand wrestling pits called akhara. Dara Singh was a favourite in wrestling tournaments in India. In addition to this, he wrestled on invitation of kings of Indian princely states and wrestled frequently in haats and melas (fairs and carnivals). He successfully competed against some of the greatest names in wrestling history and professional wrestlers in the United States.
