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Milkha Singh |PARAGRAPH| CLASS 5 | ICSE

 

Milkha Singh was born in 1929 in Gobindpura village in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan.
 During the 1947 partition, he became an orphan and moved to India. He is known as the Flying Sikh. Padma Shree Milkha Singh was an Indian field sprinter and track runner. He is the only athlete to win a gold medal in the 400 meters race at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. Milkha Singh set a national record in the 1960 Olympics by finishing fourth in the 400m race in 45.73 seconds. This record remained unbroken for almost 40 years. He was conferred India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, for his sporting achievements. The Hindi cinema 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, portrays Milkha Singh's biography. 'The Race of My Life' (co-written with his daughter Sonia Sanwalka) is the autobiography of Milkha Singh, which was published in 2013. This veteran athlete succumbed to death on 18th June 2021 from COVID-related complications at the age of 91.


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