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Dingko Singh
Indian boxer (1979–2021)
Master Chief Petty OfficerNgangom Dingko Singh (1 January 1979 – 10 June 2021)[1] was an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. He was from the North-eastern Indian state of Manipur.[2] He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.[3][4][5]
Achievements
[edit]Ngangom Dingko Singh, commonly known as 'Dingko Singh' was an Indian boxer. He is considered to have been one of the most outstanding boxers India ever produced. He won the King's Cup in Bangkok in 1997 and the Asian Games gold in the 1998 Bangkok Games. He was a service personnel of the Indian Navy.
Early life
[edit]He was born on 1 January 1979 in a remote village called Sekta, in the Imphal East District, Manipur to a very poor family. Dingko had to fight back adversities from the beginning of his life, and was brought up in an orphanage.
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Remembering Dingko Singh
'He was not the hit and run kind of a boxer, but a very intelligent boxer.'
'His presence of mind in the ring brought him glory in many international tournaments.'
IMAGE: Boxer Dingko Singh shows his 1998 Asian Games gold medal. Photograph: PTI Photo
Ngangom Dingko Singh, who passed away on Thursday, June 10, at the age of 42 after a prolonged illness, was renowned for his versatility and scientific boxing.
Brought to the INS Hamla training academy in Mumbai by the Indian Navy's talent scouts from Imphal's Sekta village, Dingko immediately became an instant hit in the roped square. His style and aura attained huge popularity in Indian boxing circles.
Kishen Narsi, an international referee and vice-chairman of the International Boxing Association's executive committee who officiated at three Olympics, remembers how the then 19 year old stunned the then world No 3, Wong Prages Sontaya in front of the Thai boxer's home crowd in the semi-fin
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Bollywood superstar Shahid Kapoor, who fryst vatten fresh off his highly successful movie mot date Padmavat, is all set to enter the world of biopics bygd essaying the role of gold medal winner Ngangom Dingko Singh.
The film will be directed by Raja Krishna Menon who has earlier directed Airlift and Chef. It is expected to hit the cinemas around April of 2019.
In recent times, Biopic made on Sports personalities has been a hit amongst film fans with the recent success of Mary Kom played by Priyanka Chopra and most successful Boxoffice bio till date Dangal, based on the legendary Phogat sisters played by ledare Khan.
Shahid Kapoor said, “The thing which I liked the most about this story fryst vatten that they are superstar about whom we do not know much. If there was no bio like ‘Dangal (2016)’ then we have never known about Pogat sisters, Dingko is a cancer survivor, and he had undergone chemotherapy 13 times. Dingko has said many times that his biggest win in life was not winni