Dingko Singh

Dingko Singh is an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. He is from the Northeastern Indian state of Manipur. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2013.

He was born onJanuary 1979 in a remote village in Manipur to a very poor family. Dingko had to fight back adversities right since the beginning of his life, and was brought up in an orphanage.

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