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| birth_date = 30 November 1930<ref>{{cite web|title=Lila Ram|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/lila-ram-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/lila-ram-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=www.sports-reference.com/olympics/|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>
| birth_place = Mandola village, [[Charkhi Dadri district]], [[Haryana]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrestlers pay tribute to Padma Shri Lila Ram|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031013/ncr3.htm#9|access-date=11 September 2015|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>
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'''Lila Ram Sangwan''' (30 November 1930 – 11 October 2003) was an Indian [[wrestling|wrestler]] from [[Charkhi Dadri district]] of [[Haryana]], who was the first Indian to win a gold medal in the [[Commonwealth Games]]. He won a gold medal in the heavyweight (100 kg) category in the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]. Lila Ram competed in the freestyle wrestling in heavyweight and superheavyweight categories at the national as well as international level.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031013/ncr3.htm|title=Wrestlers pay tribute to Padma Shri Lila Ram|date=12 October 2003|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=16 October 2010}}</ref>

==Early life==
Lila Ram was on 30 November 1930, in Mandola village of Charkhi Dadri district in a farmer’s family.<ref name="tribune"/>

==Career==
In 1948, he joined the Grenadiers Regimental Centre, which was located at Nasirabad at that time, where his career in wrestling began. He reigned as the national heavyweight champion in the late 50s and early 60s.<ref name="tribune"/>

Lila Ram was the captain of the wrestling team, which participated in the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]]. In 1958, he won a gold medal in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in [[Cardiff]], defeating Jacobus Hanekom of South Africa in the finals. In this event, he defeated wrestlers from Canada, Pakistan and England in the earlier rounds of the event. In 1956, during the Indo-Iran Tests, he defeated Rustam-e-Iran Mohammed Ali.<ref name="tribune"/>

==Later days==
After retiring from active wrestling, he maintained his links with sports. He was the chief coach of the Indian wrestling team which participated in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Mexico City]] and the World Wrestling Championships held in [[Delhi]]. His remained as a coach of the Services team till 1973. He served the Sports Department of the [[Government of Haryana]] as Assistant Director of Sports from 1980 to 1988. He died on 11 October 2003 in [[Charkhi Dadri]] in [[Bhiwani district]].<ref name="tribune"/>

==Awards and honours==
In 1998, Lila Ram was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in recognition of his contributions to sports.<ref name="tribune"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Shri Awardees|url=http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=930|website=archive.india.gov.in|publisher=Government of India|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}

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[[Category:Olympic wrestlers of India]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Indian male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports]]
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:Sport wrestlers from Haryana]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India]]
[[Category:People from Bhiwani]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling]]

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