6-761: Honorary Captain Hawa Singh (16 December 1937 in Umarwas , Punjab now Haryana – 14 August 2000, in Bhiwani , Haryana ) was an Indian Heavyweight boxer , who dominated Indian and Asian amateur boxing for a decade in his weight class. He won the Asian Games gold medal in the Heavyweight category in consecutive editions of the games, in the 1966 Asiad and the 1970 Asiad both held in Bangkok , Thailand -
12-603: 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 — from 1961 to 1972. Hawa Singh Sheoran was born in a Jat Family now Haryana in 1937. 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. He won
18-504: A port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level of an officer commanding a company or battalion of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or another distinct unit. It can also be a rank of command in an air force. The term also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. The term "captain" derives from katepánō ( Ancient Greek : κατεπάνω , lit. ' [the one] placed at
24-572: 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 . He was awarded the Arjuna Award , India's highest sporting award, in 1966.. After retiring, he took up coaching and was the co-founder of the Bhiwani Boxing Club which produced a slew of Indian boxers in the 1990s and 2000s (decade), including Olympic medallist Vijender Singh . He
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36-588: Was awarded the Dronacharya Award in 1999. He died suddenly in Bhiwani on 14 August 2000 – 15 days before he was to have received the Dronacharya Award. Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of
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