Biography of Milkha Singh.

 

                             Milkha Singh

                      Indian track and field athlete

Surname: Flying sikh

The Nationality: Indian

 

Birth: 20 November 1929 Govindpura, Punjab 

Beath: 18 June 2021 (age 91) Chandigarh, India

Wife: Nirmal Saini (Viva. 1962–2021)

Children: Jeev Milkha Singh, Sonia Sawalka

Books: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Brother: Ishwar Singh, Malkhan Singh

                               Military career

 Loyalty: India

 Service/branch: India army

 Segree: Honorary captain

 RespectP:  Adma Shri

                                           Game

 Game: Track and field

 Competition: Sprinting

                                   Medal record

   

 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

 Golden     1958              Cardiff 440 yards

 Asian Games

 Gold        1958                Tokyo 200 m

 Gold        1958                Tokyo 400 m

 Gold        1962                Jakarta 400 m

 Gold        1962                Jakarta 4 x 400 m relay

 National Games of India

 Gold        1958                Cuttack 200m

 Gold        1958                Cuttack 400m

 Silver      1964                Calcutta 400 m

Milkha Singh was an Indian runner who addressed India at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was given the epithet "The Flying Sikh". He was perhaps the best competitor ever in India. He had a place with a Sikh Rajput family. His complete name was Milkha Singh Rathore.

The Government of India likewise regarded him with the title of Padma Shri in 1959.

(conceived: 20 November 1929 - passed on: 18 June 2021) was an Indian runner, who addressed India at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was given the moniker "The Flying Sikh". He was probably the best competitor ever in India. He had a place with a Sikh Rajput family. His complete name was Milkha Singh Rathore.

Youth 

Milkha Singh was brought into the world on 20 November 1929 in a Sikh Jat family in Govindpur (presently in the Punjab region of Pakistan).[2] Milkha Singh lost his folks in the disorder after the Partition of India. gave. Ultimately they came to India from Pakistan via train as a displaced person. After a particularly horrible youth, he chose to accomplish something in his life. 

Milkha Singh continued attempting to join the military lastly in the year 1952 he was fruitful in joining the Electrical Mechanical Engineering part of the military. When his mentor of the Armed Forces, Havildar Gurudev Singh propelled him to run, from that point on he began his training with difficult work. He came into spotlight from the hour of National Games held in Patiala in the year 1956. 

Having acquired a standing as a promising runner, he effectively ran the 200m and 400m, hence turning into India's best runner ever. For quite a while he was likewise the world record holder of 400 meters. 

The entire donning world became acquainted with him when he acknowledged an award with long hair for being a Sikh subsequent to winning gold at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Simultaneously, he was welcome to run in Pakistan, however he was hesitant to go there on account of youth occasions. Be that as it may, he was approached to leave because of a paranoid fear of political disturbance on the off chance that he didn't go. He acknowledged the encouragement to run. In the race, Milkha Singh handily destroyed his opponents and won without any problem. For the most part Muslim onlookers were dazzled to the point that even totally Burkhanshin ladies removed their veils to watch this incredible runner cruise by, from that point forward he got the title of Flying Sikh. 

After retirement, Milkha Singh was in the post of Sports Director, Punjab. Milkha Singh later resigned from the game and began working with the Government of India for the advancement of sports. He lived in Chandigarh. Notable movie producer, chief and essayist Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra made a film called Bhaag Milkha Bhaag in the year 2013. This film was mainstream. Milkha Singh, prevalently known as 'Udan Sikh', used to take an interest in different games in the country. He hailed off the 10-km Jio Marathon-2014 held in Hyderabad on November 30, 2014.

Rome Olympic Games, 1960 

A couple of years before the beginning of the Rome Olympic Games, Milkha was in the best type of his wearing life and it was accepted that Milkha would get an award in these Games. In the blink of an eye before the Rome Games, Milkha had additionally established a standard of 45.8 seconds in France. In the 400 race, Milkha Singh certainly broke the past Olympic record yet was denied of a decoration with fourth spot. Milkha, who was the leader in the race for a distance of 250 meters, committed an error that he actually laments. He felt that he probably won't have the option to keep himself at a similar speed till the end and thought back and saw his opponents, for which he needed to endure the worst part and the sprinter who had expected gold couldn't win bronze. Milkha is upset for that till today. Singh was so baffled with this disappointment that he decided to resign from the race, yet after much influence, he got back to the field. 

After this, in the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Milkha won gold awards in 400 m and 4 x 400 m multi stage sprint. He partook in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and was chosen to take part in three occasions (400 m, 4 X 100 m transfer and 4 X 400 m hand-off) however he contended in the 4 X 400 m hand-off yet this group last. Didn't fit the bill for the race. 

The public record set by Milkha in Rome Olympics was broken by sprinter Paramjit Singh in 1998.

Passing 

Milkha Singh inhaled his keep going on June 18, 2021 at PGIMER Hospital, Chandigarh. He was experiencing COVID-19. Four-five days prior, his significant other likewise kicked the bucket of Kovid. His child Jeev Milkha Singh is a golf player.

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