‘Come one come all, Rustam-e-Hind and the great great King Kong, a never before wrestling spectacle…. come one come all, the pride of India, the great Dara singh, Randhawa versus the giant King kong…. State Library auditorium, come one come all……’
Early nineteen sixties. Shillong, the hill station capital of then undivided Assam. We were agog with excitement,wrestling bout will be organised at the State Library auditorium, renowned wrestlers of India and abroad will be taking part, among whom were the names of stalwarts like Dara Singh, Randhawa, king kong, The Mighty Mongol,Tiger Joginder Singh, the masked Firpo Zyzbsko ( Goerge Gordienko,Flash Gordon), Danny Lynch, Ski Hi Lee,Lou Thesz etc. Loudspeakers would blare through the narrow streets, ‘come one come all, Rustam-e-Hind Dara Singh and great King Kong………..’