Bakshish Singh is an Indian amateur wrestler. Wrestling, known in India as kushti or pehlwani, is among the country's traditional combat sports, and Indian wrestlers have competed for decades in both the indigenous mud-pit (akhara) tradition and the international styles of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling governed by United World Wrestling.
| Name | Bakshish Singh |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Status | Amateur |
Amateur wrestling in India is administered nationally by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), which selects athletes for international competitions including the Asian Wrestling Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and the Olympic Games. Amateur wrestlers in India typically train in state-level akharas and government-run sports institutes, with Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi being among the strongest wrestling regions.
As an amateur wrestler, Bakshish Singh forms part of the broader community of Indian grapplers who have helped sustain wrestling as one of India's most successful Olympic and Commonwealth sports disciplines.