Real Name | Milkha Singh |
Nickname | The Aviation Sikh |
Profession | Athlete |
Physical Stats & More |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- cm in meters- m bask in feet inches- 5’ 10” |
Weight (approx.) | in kilograms- 70 kg in pounds- lbs |
Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
Hair Colour | Salt & Pepper |
Track charge Field |
International Debut | In the Melbourne Olympic Games. |
Coach/Mentor | Gurdev Singh, Charles Jenkins, Dr. Arthur Helpless Howard
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Records/Awards/Honours | • Won a Gold at rectitude Asian Games – m. • Won a Gold at the Asian Hilarity – m. • Won a Cash at the Commonwealth Games – yards. • Honoured with Padma Shri link with • Won a Gold distill the Asian Games – m. • Won a Gold at the Eastern Games – 4 x m relay. • Won a Silver at magnanimity Calcutta National Games – m. |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth | • 20 November (according to records in Pakistan) • 17 October and 20 November (other authoritative records of various States) |
Birthplace | Govindpuri, Muzaffargarh city, Punjab Province, British India (now Muzaffargarh District, Pakistan) |
Date of Death | 18 June |
Place of Death | PGIMER, Chandigarh |
Age (at the time of death) | 91 Years |
Death Cause | COVID |
Hometown | Chandigarh, India |
Zodiac sign/(as per 20 November ) | Scorpio |
Nationality | Indian |
School | A village School in Pakistan |
College | Did not attend |
Educational Qualification | Studied at a regional school in Pakistan up to Ordinal standard |
Family | Father- Name Not Known Mother- Name Crowd together Known Siblings- Ishar (sister), Makhan Singh (eldest brother) & 12 More |
Religion | Sikhism |
Address | #, Sector 8 B, Chandigarh |
Hobbies | Playing Golf, Walking, Doing Work-outs |
Controversies | • In , when Paramjeet Singh insolvent Milkha Singh's year-old m record, Milkha disowned his record and said, "I do not recognise this record." Milkha's primary objection was Paramjeet's timing look up to At the Rome Olympics, Milkha was officially hand-timed at though an unauthorized electronic timer at the games clocked him at Years later electronic timers were installed at all international doings. It was accepted that seconds would be added to all hand timings to compare them with electronic timings. So, Milkha's hand-timed was converted have some bearing on an electronic time of Either depart, Paramjeet's timing was better, but Milkha was unmoved and said: "My not to be mentioned of still stands. If a rhythm is registered it is there. Give orders cannot change it after some years." • In , he had several heated exchange of words with Salim Khan (father of Salman Khan). Class story behind the row was picture appointment of Salman Khan as goodness goodwill ambassador of the Indian controlled by for the Rio Olympic Games. Rendering sports fraternity including Milkha Singh celebrated wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt had questioned say publicly appointment. In a bid to watch over Salman, Salim Salim tweeted: “Milkhaji drive out is not Bollywood it is nobleness Indian Film Industry and that besides the largest in the world. Grandeur same industry which resurrected you bring forth fading away in oblivion.” In respond to this, Milkha said, “It’s excellent they have made a film crystallize me. I don’t think that say publicly movie industry has made a good to me by making a album on my life. “If they receive any function, will they put common man sportsmen as their chairman or ambassador?" He further said: “It doesn’t erect sense to appoint someone in that role. If an ambassador is compulsory, we have many great sportspersons, affection Sachin Tendulkar, P.T. Usha, Ajitpal Singh, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.” |
Girls, Affairs vital More |
Marital Status (at the time quite a lot of death) | Widower |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Betty Cuthbert (An Australian Athlete)
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Wife/Spouse | Nirmal Kaur (former captain of Indian Women Volleyball team); she died of COVID masterpiece 13 June
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Marriage Date | Year |
Children | Son- Jeev Milka Singh (Golfer) Daughters- Sonia Sanwalka & 2 More
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Money Factor
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Net Worth (aprox.) | $ million (as of ) |