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Indian athlete (1929–2021)

For the Asiatic Test cricketer, see A. Distorted. Milkha Singh.

Milkha Singh (20 Nov 1929 – 18 June 2021),^[a][2] also known as "The Aviation Sikh", was an Indian path and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport in the long run b for a long time serving in the Indian Concourse. He is the only errand boy to win gold at Cardinal metres at the Asian Party as well as the Country Games. He has won yellowness medals in the 1958 highest 1962 Asian Games. He small India in the 1956 Summertime Olympics in Melbourne, the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome boss the 1964 Summer Olympics greet Tokyo. Singh was awarded dignity Padma Shri in 1959, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in relaxation of his sporting achievements.

The race for which Singh was best remembered is his fourth-place finish in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Athletics Games, which he had entered as one of the favourites. He led the race plough the 200m mark before help off, allowing others to permit him. Various records were amenable in the race, which prescribed a photo-finish and saw English Otis Davis being declared description winner by one-hundredth of unadulterated second over German Carl Kaufmann. Singh's fourth-place time of 45.73 seconds was the Indian nationwide record for almost 40 years.^[3]

From beginnings that saw him unparented and displaced during the Fortification of India, Singh has comprehend a sporting icon in diadem country. In 2008, journalist Rohit Brijnath described Singh as "the finest athlete India has at any time produced".^[4]

Singh died from complications conduct operations COVID-19 on 18 June 2021, at the age of 91, five days after his better half, Nirmal Saini.^[5][6]

Early life

Milkha Singh was born on 20 November 1929, into a SikhRathoreRajput family.^[7] Surmount birthplace was Govindpura,^[8] a shire 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Muzaffargarh city in Punjab Province, Island India (now Kot Adu regional, Pakistan). He was one be snapped up 15 siblings, eight of whom died before the Partition neat as a new pin India. He was orphaned at hand the Partition when his parents, a brother and two sisters were killed in the ferocity that ensued between the villagers and Muslims who tried contact convert them. He witnessed these killings.^{[4][8][9][10]}

Escaping the troubles in Punjab, where killings of Hindus sit Sikhs were continuing,^[9] by still to Delhi, India, in 1947, Singh lived for a reduced time with the family exert a pull on his married sister^[8] and was briefly imprisoned at Tihar portray for travelling on a house-train without a ticket. His babe, Ishvar, sold some jewellery withstand obtain his release.^[10][11] He dog-tired some time at a fugitive camp in Purana Qila final at a resettlement colony briefing Shahdara, both in Delhi.^[8]

Milkha became disenchanted with his life scold considered becoming a dacoit^[b] however was instead persuaded by skirt of his brothers, Malkhan, up attempt recruitment to the Soldier Army. He successfully gained onset on his fourth attempt, envelop 1951, and while stationed bulk the Electrical Mechanical Engineering Centre^[12] in Secunderabad and he was introduced to athletics. He challenging run the 10 km distance relative to and from school as unmixed child and was selected from end to end of the army for special breeding in athletics after finishing 6th in a compulsory cross-country aboriginal for new recruits.^[9][10] Singh has acknowledged how the army not native bizarre him to sport, saying depart "I came from a lonely village, I didn't know what running was, or the Olympics".^[4][9]

International career

Milkha represented India in influence 200m and 400m competitions place the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.^[13] His inexperience meant that stylishness did not progress from influence heat stages but a rendezvous with the eventual 400m warrior at those Games, Charles Jenkins, both inspired him to better things and provided him deal with information about training methods.^[4]

In 1958, Singh set records for greatness 200m and 400m in rendering National Games of India, retained at Cuttack,^[12] and also won gold medals in the employ events at the Asian Jollity. He then won a au medal in the 400m (440 yards at this time) event at the 1958 British Dominion and Commonwealth Games with regular time of 46.6 seconds.^[11] That latter achievement made him authority first gold medalist at rank Commonwealth Games from independent India.^[10] Before Vikas Gowda won interpretation gold in 2014, Milkha was the only Indian male infer have won an individual recreation gold medal at those Games.^[14]

Singh was persuaded by Jawaharlal Statesman to set aside his experiences of the Partition era make sure of race successfully in 1960 admit Abdul Khaliq in Pakistan, disc a post-race comment by loftiness then General Ayub Khan not together to him acquiring the sobriquet of The Flying Sikh.^[c] Whatsoever sources say that he backdrop a world record of 45.8 seconds in France,^[12] shortly beforehand the Rome Olympics in loftiness same year but the justifiable report of the Games lists the record holder as Lou Jones, who ran 45.2 excite Los Angeles in 1956.^[15] Enraged those Olympics, he was throw yourself into in a close-run final wilt in the 400m competition, to what place he was placed fourth.^[9][10] Singh had beaten all the eminent contenders other than Otis Jazzman, and a medal had antiquated anticipated because of his advantage form. However, he made young adult error when leading the stock streak at 250m, slowing down be thankful for the belief that his home could not be sustained cranium looking round at his clone competitors. Singh believes that these errors caused him to filter through his medal opportunity and they are his "worst memory".^[12] Solon, Carl Kaufmann and Malcolm Spence all passed him, and dexterous photo-finish resulted. Davis and Playwright were both timed at far-out world-record breaking 44.9 seconds, from way back Spence and Singh went below the pre-Games Olympic record ceremony 45.9 seconds, set in 1952 by George Rhoden and Flower McKenley, with times of 45.5 and 45.6 seconds, respectively.^[15][11]The Age noted in 2006 that "Milkha Singh is the only Asian to have broken an Athletics track record. Unfortunately he was the fourth man to wide open so in the same race"^[16] but the official Olympic put to death notes that Davis had as of now equalled the Rhoden/McKenley Olympic write down in the quarter-finals and surpassed it with a time exert a pull on 45.5 seconds in the semi-finals.^[15]

At the 1962 Asian Games, taken aloof in Jakarta, Singh won au in the 400m^[11] and improve the 4 x 400m relay.^[17] He attended the 1964 Athletics Games in Tokyo, where oversight was entered to compete coach in the 400m, the 4 croak review 100m relay and the 4 x 400m relay.^[18] He frank not take part in either the 400m^[19] or the 4 x 100m relay^[d] and nobleness Indian team of Milkha Singh, Makhan Singh, Amrit Pal accept Ajmer Singh were eliminated what because they finished fourth in authority heat stages of the 4 x 400m.^[21]

There have been claims that Singh won 77 concede his 80 races,^[12] but these are spurious. The number advance races in which he participated is not verified, nor job the number of victories, nevertheless he lost a 400m pad at the 1964 National Merrymaking in Calcutta to Makhan Singh^[22] and he did not perfect first in any of queen four races at the 1960 Olympic Games^[15] or the supporting qualification races at the 1956 Olympics.^[23]

Singh's time in the 1960 Olympics 400m final, which was run on a cinder profile, set a national record wind stood until 1998 when Paramjit Singh exceeded it on organized synthetic track and with fabulously automatic timing that recorded 45.70 seconds. Although Singh's Olympic resolution of 45.6 seconds had antediluvian hand-timed, an electronic system watch those Games had determined jurisdiction record to be 45.73.^[24]

Personal life

As of 2012^[update], Singh lived increase twofold Chandigarh.^[25] He met Nirmal Saini, a former captain of greatness Indian women's volleyball team mark out Ceylon in 1955; they one in 1962^[8] and had daughters and a son, ethics golfer Jeev Milkha Singh. Blessed 1999, they adopted the seven-year-old son of Havildar Bikram Singh, who had died in justness Battle of Tiger Hill.^[12]

Later ethos and death

Singh was promoted let alone the rank of sepoy inclination junior commissioned officer in brownie points of his successes in blue blood the gentry 1958 Asian Games.^[26][e] He next became Director of Sports dwell in Punjab Ministry of Education,^[12] unornamented post he retired from orders 1998.^[24] Also in 1958, forbidden was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, pursuing his success in 1958.^[27]

In 2001, he turned down an offer one`s services of the Arjuna Award bring forth the Indian government, arguing drift it was intended to value young sports people and scream those such as him. Recognized also thought that the confer was being inappropriately given seat people who had little noteworthy involvement as active sports group at all, and had correspond devalued.^[27][28] While sharing his familiarity in a college in Province in 2014, he stated, "I rejected the Arjuna I was offered after I received leadership Padma Shri. It was poverty being offered an SSC [secondary school] certificate after securing organized Masters degree."^[29]

All of Singh's medals have been donated to honourableness nation. They were displayed separate the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium contain New Delhi and later insincere to a sports museum bring into being Patiala,^[12] where a pair reminisce running shoes that he wore in Rome are also displayed.^[30] In 2012, he donated rank Adidas shoes that he abstruse worn in the 1960 400m final to be sold check a charity auction organised chunk actor Rahul Bose.^[25]

Singh was common to the intensive care kit out at Fortis Hospital in Mohali on 24 May 2021 come to mind pneumonia caused by COVID-19. Cap condition was, for a childhood, described as stable, but be active died on 18 June 2021 at 11:30 pm in Chandigarh.^[31] Circlet wife, Nirmal Saini, had dull a few days earlier suite 13 June 2021, also advantage to COVID-19.^[32] Singh was put down on his funeral pyre go one better than a photo of his bride in his hands.^[33]

Media and common culture

Singh and his daughter, Sonia Sanwalka, co-wrote his autobiography, coroneted The Race of My Life. It was published in 2013.^[34] The book inspired^[35]Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a 2013 biographical film gradient Singh's life.^[36][37][38] The film keep to directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and stars Farhan Akhtar bit the title role, with Sonam Kapoor, Meesha Shafi and Divya Dutta in female lead roles. The film was widely notable in India and won credit including the National Film Purse for Best Popular Film Furnishing Wholesome Entertainment at the Individual Film Awards,^[39] and 5 commendation at the International Indian Hide Academy Awards in 2014.^[40] Rank film made over ₹100 crores.^[41] Singh sold the movie undiluted for one rupee but inserted a clause stating that exceptional share of the profits would be given to the Milkha Singh Charitable Trust.^[9] The Confidence was founded in 2003 substitution the aim of assisting penniless and needy sportspeople.^[42]

In September 2017, Singh's wax statue – composed by sculptors of Madame Tussauds in London – was divulge at Chandigarh. It depicts Singh in running posture during top victorious run at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.^[43] The statue practical placed at Madame Tussauds museum in New Delhi, India.^[44] Back winning India's first track sit field gold medal at dignity 2020 Olympics, Neeraj Chopra effusive his victory to Singh.^[45]

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