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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Captain|Honorary Captain]]<br />
| name = Hawa Singh Sheoran<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|12|16}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2000|8|14|1937|12|16}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Umarwas]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]<br />
| death_place = [[Bhiwani]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| citizenship = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = [[Amateur boxing|Boxer]] [[Heavyweight]] <br> [[Army Officer]]<br />
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| allegiance = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| branch = {{Army|India}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1966 Asian Games|1966 Bangkok]] | Heavyweight}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]] | Heavyweight}}<br />
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}}[[Captain|Honorary Captain]] '''Hawa Singh''' (16 December 1937 in [[Umarwas]], [[Haryana]] – 14 August 2000, in [[Bhiwani]], [[Haryana]]) was an [[India]]n [[Heavyweight]] [[Amateur boxing|boxer]], who dominated Indian and Asian amateur boxing for a decade in his weight class. He won the [[Asian Games]] gold medal in Heavyweight category in consecutive editions of the games in the [[1966 Asian Games|1966 Asiad]] and the [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Asiad]] both held in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] - a feat unmatched by any Indian boxer to date (August 2008). He won the National Championships in the Heavyweight category a record 11 consecutive times&nbsp;— from 1961 to 1972.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Hawa Singh Sheoran was born in a [[Jat]] Family now Haryana in 1937.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} He enrolled in the [[Indian Army]] in 1956, and became the champion of the ''Western Command'' in 1960 by defeating the defending champion, Mohabbat Singh.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} He won the National Championships for 11 straight years from 1961 to 1972, winning gold medals at the [[1966 Asian Games]] and the [[1970 Asian Games]] in [[Bangkok]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} He was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]], India's highest sporting award, in 1966.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}. Biopic on Hawa Singh will be produced by [[Sam Fernandes]].<ref>[https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/john-abraham-might-play-hawa-singh-on-screen-the-boxing-legend-who-mentored-vijender-singh-257411.html, India Times]</ref> The film is written by [[Junaid Wasi]] and shall be directed by [[Prakash Nambiar]].<ref>https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/entertainment/salman-khan-unveils-first-look-of-upcoming-biopic-on-the-father-of-indian-boxing-hawa-singh, National Herald</ref><br />
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After retiring, he took up coaching and was the co-founder of the [[Bhiwani Boxing Club]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7482661.stm Against the Odds: Vijender Singh , BBC]</ref> which produced a slew of Indian boxers in the 1990s and 2000s (decade), including Olympic medallist [[Vijender Singh]]. He was awarded the [[Dronacharya Award]] in 1999.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}<br />
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He died suddenly in [[Bhiwani]] on 14 August 2000&nbsp;– 15 days before he was to have received the Dronacharya Award. On 04 February 2020, [[Salman Khan]] announced a biopic featuring [[Sooraj Pancholi]] as Hawa Singh.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/hawa-singh-salman-khan-shares-sooraj-pancholis-first-poster-from-upcoming-biopic-on-boxing-legend/articleshow/73927131.cms |date=4 February 2020}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/boxing/indian-boxers/hawa-singh.html Biography of Hawa Singh]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090410011848/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=591&moduleid=&maincatid=8&subid=0&comid=55 India's highest sporting awards and those who won them, SS Gandhi, The Defence Review]<br />
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