Honorary Captain Milkha Singh, also known as The Flying Sikh, was born on 20 November 1929. He is an Indian former track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army and is the only athlete to win Gold in the 400m at the Asian as well the Commonwealth Games. He also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. And represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, in recognition of his sporting achievements. Today we will discuss about Milkha Singh: Net Worth| Speed| Sibling| Movie| Covid.
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The race for which Singh is best remembered is his fourth-place finish in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Olympic Games, which he had entered as one of the favourites. He led the race till the 200m mark before easing off, allowing others to pass him. Various records were broken in the race, which required a photo-finish and saw American Otis Davis being declared the winner by one-hundredth of a second over German Carl Kaufmann. Singh’s fourth-place time of 45.73 seconds was the Indian national record for almost 40 years.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Flying Sikh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Born | 20 November 1929 Govindpura, Punjab, British India |
| Employer | Retired; formerly of the Indian Army and Government of Punjab, India |
| Spouse(s) | Nirmal Kaur |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  India |
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| Rank |  Honorary Captain |
| Awards |  Padma Shri |
Net worth
According to Wikipedia, Forbes, IMDb & Various Online resources, famous Runner Milkha Singh’s net worth is $61 Million at the age of 83 years old. He earned the money being a professional Runner. He is from India.
Speed
Singh’s time in the 1960 Olympics 400m final, which was run on a cinder track, set a national record that stood until 1998 when Paramjit Singh exceeded it on a synthetic track and with fully automatic timing that recorded 45.70 seconds.
Sibling
Chaudhary Ishwar Singh (1926-1998) was the brother of Milkha Singh, he was a leader of the Congress Party and served as the speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha from 1991–1996. He was elected an MLA from the Pundri constituency of Haryana four times.
Movie
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a 2013 Indian biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete who was a Commonwealth Champion and ×2 400m Asian champion and an Olympian. It stars Farhan Akhtar in the titular role with Sonam K Ahuja, Divya Dutta, Meesha Shafi, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Art Malik and Prakash Raj in supporting roles. Sports was coordinated by the American action director Rob Miller of ReelSports.
Covid
Legendary athlete Milkha Singh who is Covid-19 positive was admitted to the ICU in Covid Hospital of the PGIMER here on Thursday due to dipping levels of oxygen. He has been kept under observation and is stable now. He was discharged from a private hospital earlier this week.
Milkha Singh was on Sunday discharged from a private hospital where he was getting treatment for Covid-19 infection even as he continues to be on oxygen support. The 91-year-old was discharged in stable condition on the request of his family.
