Milkha Singh Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Milkha Singh
NICK NAMES
The Flying Sikh
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
Govindpura, Pakistan
DIED AT AGE
91 Years 6 Months 28 Days
DEATHDATE
June 18, 2021
DEATHPLACE
Chandigarh, India
CAUSE OF DEATH
Pneumonia by COVID-19
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
SCORPIO
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
5'7''(feet & inches)
1.7018 meters
170.18 cm
WEIGHT
66 kg
145.2 lbs
Milkha Singh Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Nirmal Saini (1962-Present)
Child(ren) of Milkha Singh and Nirmal Saini
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Melbourne Olympic Games (1956)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
400 meters final (1960 Olympic Games)
ADDRESS
Chandigarh, India
Official Website
www.milkha.in
Education, Net Worth & More
More Information
Career of Milkha Singh
He was selected in Indian Army for special training in athletics. He represented the native country in the 200 meter and 400 meters race in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Singh also won gold at the National Games of India in 1958 in 200 meters and 400 meters race. He also won gold in the 400 meters and 4 x 400m relay in the Asian Games held in Jakarta in 1962. He is best known for the 1960 Olympic Games where he ended at the fourth place but completed the 400 meters race in just 45.73 seconds.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Milkha Singh
- Did Milkha Singh takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Milkha Singh in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- Milkha Singh was nicknamed as Flying Sikh due to his running speed for holding Indian national record of 45.73 seconds.
- The athlete had several bad memories of partition of India where he saw violence and killing of his parents and three siblings were killed. He lived with his married sister and her family for a short time in Delhi.
- He also spent some time in Tihar jail for travelling without ticket for which his sister sold her earrings to get him out on bail.
- He turned down the Indian government offer for the Arjuna Award stating that it intend to recognise young sports people
- He donated all of his medals to the Indian government to be displayed and inspire young people to join sports as a career. All of these medals are currently displayed alongside running shoes which he wore in Rome at the sports museum in Patiala.
- His bonding with his wife Nirmal could be estimated with the fact that he died five days after her death(both due to COVID-19) in June 2021. Her photograph was in his hands during his funeral.
- Singh’s wax statue was placed Madame Tussauds museum in New Delhi in 2017.
- He wrote his autobiography titled “The Race of My Life” alongside his daughter Sonia Sanwalka which was published in 2013.
- The biographical film “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” was made in 2013 in which Farhan Akhtar portrayed Milkha Singh.
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