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Kartar Singh (other)
Kartar Singh (born 1953) is an Indian wrestler. Kartar Singh may also refer to: People * Kartar Singh Jhabbar (1874–1962), India Sikh religious leader * Kartar Singh Sarabha (1896–1915), Indian revolutionary * Gyani Kartar Singh Komal, Kartar Singh Komal (1913-1992), Indian gyani * Kartar Singh Duggal (1917–2012), Indian writer in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu and English * Kartar Singh Thind (1917-1991), Indian botanist * Kartar Singh Bhadana (born 1955), Indian politician * Kartar Singh Tanwar (born 1962), Indian politician Films *Kartar Singh (film), ''Kartar Singh'' (film), a 1959 Pakistani film {{Hndis, Singh, Kartar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kartar Singh
Kartar Singh (born 7 October 1953) is an Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978 and 1986. He stood 7th at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg Wrestling. Life Kartar Singh was born in Sur Singh village of the present-day Tarn Taran district in Punjab. He won gold medals in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok and the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul. He won a silver medal in the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. He won a bronze medal in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and a silver medal in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. Later he moved his residence to Jalandhar, where he worked as Superintendent of Police and as Director Sports of Punjab. Presently he is a master world champion in wrestling and retired as an Inspector General of Police in Punjab in the year 2013. Awards and honors In 1982 he received the Arjuna award and in 1987 he received the Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |