Milkha was once sent to Tihar jail for travelling without a ticket by train.
Pakistan’s General Ayub Khan bestowed the title ‘Flying Sikh of India’ to Milkha Singh after his brilliant performance at the Asian Games.
Milkha Singh donated all his medals and sporting treasures to the country, and are now part of the Sports Museum in Patiala.
Milkha, declined government’s Arjuna Award in 2001 saying “it came 40 years too late”.
Milkha Singh failed three times in the Indian Army entrance exam. He passed in the fourth attempt in 1951.
In 1999, Milkha adopted the 7-year-old son of Martyr Bikram Singh who fought in the Kargil War.
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