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Early Life Born on 27^th August 1972 in a poor family of Dhirana village in Himachal Pradesh Dalip Singh Rana popularly known as ‘The great Khali’ was the third oldest among the family of seven brothers and sisters. He 7 feet 2 inch tall though all his family members are of normal height except his grand father who was very tall. At a young age he earned daily wage as a road side stone breaker to help provide for his family. By the year of circumstances began to change when he had tried his hand at many sports and finally had showed exceptional talent in bodybuilding.

Training The Director General of Punjab Police Mr. M S Bhullar saw Dilip and helped him join the Punjab Police. The change in employment his income increased and he began to spend more to further his bodybuilding training. After years of hard work and practice, he won the title of Mr. India in 1997 and 1998 out of hundreds of other participants. He got training of the professional wrestling in United States of America in 1999 that enabled him to won numerous wrestling titles in Japan. After his contract expired with All Pro Wrestling he went to Japan with Japanese Wrestler Masahiro Crono and signed up with Japan Pro Wrestling and won numerous wrestling titles there.

WWE Debut It was on June that he was signed to a contract by WWE and assigned to the Deep South Wrestling development territory for training. This un-named Indian Singh, debuted on the WWE television on the April07, episode of Smack Down, with Daivari by his side he attacked The Undertaker leaving him out of cold during his match WITH Mark Henry. With the name of The Great Khali he made his in-ring debut on the April21, 2006 edition of Smack Down. On the Judgment Day on May 21, 2006 he defeated The Undertaker that was a sensational win for the Indian.

Humble Man Except it he has worked in many TV ads and movies. He has worked in some Hollywood pictures also. Despite all his success he is a very humble person. His aim is to support his family and aid the entire village that is his home. He has helped the people of his village by funding the village development projects such as link road to his village, building school and hospital. He is the real wrestler who has fought against all odd that he faced during all of his life and has become the darling of masses.