https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bishwanath_SinghBishwanath Singh - Revision history2026-07-31T12:50:55ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Bishwanath_Singh&diff=55089&oldid=prev>Fadesga at 17:55, 1 April 20212021-04-01T17:55:55Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian wrestler}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
|name=<br />
|nickname=<br />
|image =Bishwanath Singh 1966.jpg<br />
| image_size = 230px<br />
|caption=Singh at the 1966 Asian Games<br />
|birth_date= <br />
|birth_place= Dumrahar (Near Darauli) in [[Siwan, Bihar]] <br />
| death_date = {{Death year|1999}}<br />
| death_place = [[Varanasi]]<br />
| height = <br />
| weight = 100 Kg<br />
|sport=[[Freestyle wrestling]]<br />
|event= Commonwealth Games, Asian Games<br />
|club= <br />
|coach=<br />
|alma_mater= <br />
| show-medals = yes<br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1966 Kingston]]|-97 kg}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1970 British Commonwealth Games|1970 Edinburgh]]|-100 kg}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1974 British Commonwealth Games|1974 Christchurch]]|+100 kg}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1966 Asian Games|1966 Bangkok]]|[[Wrestling at the 1966 Asian Games|-97 kg]]}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Bishwanath Singh''' (died 1999) was an Indian heavyweight freestyle wrestler and Indian Army servicemember. In 1966 he won a silver medal at the Asian Games and a bronze at the Commonwealth Games. He also won silver medals at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Games. He should not be confused with fellow wrestlers [[Bishambar Singh]] and [[Bhim Singh (wrestler)|Bhim Singh]] who competed in the same period, but in different weight categories. He was born in a village called Dumrahar (Near Darauli) in [[Siwan, Bihar]].<ref name=iat/><ref name=com/><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Commons category|Bishwanath Singh}}<br />
{{Reflist|refs=<br />
<ref name=iat>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=4932118961AB434EB8D74CCE5DC7E7FE |title=Singh, Bishwanath (IND) |publisher=International Wrestling Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418063707/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=4932118961AB434EB8D74CCE5DC7E7FE |archive-date=2012-04-18 |url-status=dead |access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref><br />
<ref name=com>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/wrestle.htm COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS – WRESTLING]. gbrathletics.com</ref><br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Bishwanath}}<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male sport wrestlers]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1966 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1974 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling]]<br />
[[Category:People from Siwan, Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:1999 deaths]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{India-martialart-bio-stub}}</div>>Fadesga