Milkha Singh was born on 17 October 1935. He also known as The Flying Sikh. He is a former Indian track and field sprinter. As of 2010, he is the only Indian male athlete to win an individual athletics Gold in Commonwealth Games. He Represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Milkha had clocked 45.60 sec in the 1960 Summer Olympics 400m race to finish fourth beaten by Malcolm Spence of South Africa for bronze. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour for his achievements in Sports.
He represented India in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where his inexperience showed. Thereafter, he won gold medals in both the 200m and 400m events at the 1958 Asian Games, clocking 21.6 seconds and 47 seconds respectively. He progressed to win a gold medal in the 400m competition at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games, with a time of 46.16 seconds.
He is married to former captain of Indian Women Volleyball team, Nirmal Kaur.
