Flying Sikh Milkha Singh passes away due to Covid19

In July, one of independent India's biggest sporting icons, ace sprinter Milkha Singh, died after a month-long battle with COVID-19.


The legendary athlete is a four-time Asian Games gold medallist and the 1958 Commonwealth Games champion but his greatest performance remains the fourth-place finish in the 400m final of the 1960 Rome Olympics. His timing of 45.6 sec at the Italian capital remained the national record for 38 years before Paramjeet Singh broke it in 1998.


He also represented India in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and was bestowed the Padma Shri in 1959.