Welcome to the Great Khali's Fan site, here you will find all the information related to The Great Khali (Dalip Singh) who is a famous wrestler currently on a contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), United States of America. The Great Khali is currently appearing on the RAW! Roster of WWE and has previously appeared in the DSW, Smackdown and ECW brands of WWE as well.
The Great Khali is often referred to as "The Strongest Man of India" and has made his country proud on the International Wrestling Scene. He is one of the very few Indians to make it to the International Professional Wrestling scene. The only other Indian currently wrestling professionally is Ritesh Bhalla who wrestles under the name of Sonjay Dutt in the TNA (The Wrestler Sabu is billed as being from India but he is neither an Indian nor has any Indian ancestry)
The Great Khali hails from the Dhirana village of Himachal Pradesh (India) and currently resides at Jalandhar in the Punjab State of India. He is one of the tallest and most powerful wrestlers ever to set foot in the World Wrestling Federation, with only Giant Gonzales (also referred to as El Gigante) being taller. The Great Khali has wrestled throughout the world, including Japan, where he is regarded as a popular wrestling icon.
The Great Khali has also worked in a film in Hollywood called The Longest Yard. The film enjoyed considerable success and Khali played his part well.
Lesser known Facts about The Great Khali
Here at Khali.info we have managed to gather a few facts about the Great Khali about which not many people know about, since The Great Khali is relatively new to wrestling and it will take some time for everyone to know everything about him
- The Great Khali's full name is Dalip Singh Rana
- The Great Khali has a chest measuring 63 Inches
- The Great Khali is billed as being from The Punjab Jungles of India, in reality, there are no real Jungles in Punjab and Khali is from a state called Himachal Pradesh.
- The Great Khali's name is taken from the Indian Goddess of power "Kaali"
- When he was small, Dalip Singh used to work as a stone breaker, his job involved breaking big stones into pieces and then passing the broken pieces to another laborer who would then take them further. This job was given to Dalip Singh because at that moment of time, there were proper roads being constructed in the Dhirana Town, therefore Dalip worked as one of the laborers, he was given meagre daily wages.
- Dalip actually was intimidated by people much smaller than him back when he worked as the roadside labourer.
- Dalip Singh wants to open four professional wrestling schools in India since there are none yet, he wants to see more and more Indian blood going into pro wrestling too.
- Dalip Singh knows conversational English and is still learning more of it.
- When he is at his home in Jalandhar, Dalip actively visits various Gyms in his city and gives the youth tips on bodybuilding.
- Dalip Singh is a Rajput Hindu and a devout one for that.
- Dalip Singh likes to eat all sorts of Punjabi food and hasn't yet developed a liking for any type of Fast Food.
- Dalip Singh's bodybuilding Coach's name is Dr. Randhir Kumar
- Besides his employment with the WWE, Dalip Singh is also a sub inspector in Punjab Police.
- Dalip donates a large chunk of his income towards the development of his village Dhirana.
- Dalip Singh's wife, Mrs. Harminder is a typical Indian Housewife and isn't involved into any kind of a job.
- Dalip Singh loves kids and spends a lot of time with the children of his siblings whenever he gets home.
- He is very Agile in real life and had quite an interest in Athletics before he took on to bodybuilding.
- The Great Khali is drugs-free, alchohol-free and smoking-free (unproclaimed Straight Edge) just like CM Punk but is yet to achieve some recognition for that.
We will be adding more facts about The Great Khali as we keep getting them! Thanks for reading.
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