Track and field athlete Milkha Singh

Milkha Singh

Living place: Punjab

Birthday: 17-10-1935 (89 years old)

Global rank: #22050

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Track and field athlete Milkha Singh profile

Who is Track and field athlete Milkha Singh?
Track and star field people who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Rome, and Tokyo, respectively.
He won four gold medals at the Asian Games, with two coming in 1958 in Tokyo, and two more in 1962 in Jakarta, and earned the nickname "The Flying Sikh."
 
 

Young / Before famous

He joined the Indian Army in 1951, and was introduced to track and field while stationed at the Electromechanical Engineering Center in Secunderabad.

Family life info

He married volleyball player Nirmal Kaur, and together they raised five children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Track and field athlete Milkha Singh?
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him to compete in a 1960 race.

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Summary of Milkha Singh profile

When was Track and field athlete Milkha Singh born?
Milkha Singh birthday 17-10-1935 (at the age of 89).
Where is Track and field athlete Milkha Singh's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Milkha Singh was born in Punjab, of India. is a Track and field athlete, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Milkha Singh's global rank is 22050 and whose rank is 25 in list of famous Track and field athlete.
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Events in 1935 and 17-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Milkha Singh

  • Nazis repudiate Versailles Treaty, introduce compulsory military service.
  • Mussolini invades Ethiopia; League of Nations invokes sanctions.
  • Persia becomes Iran under Reza Shah Pahlevi.
  • Nazis enact Nuremberg Laws against Jews to prevent "racial pollution." Heinrich Himmler starts breeding program to produce "Aryan super race."

Birthday Milkha Singh (17-10) in history

  • Day 17-10 year 1777: British General Burgoyne surrenders in Saratoga County, New York, during the American Revolution.
  • Day 17-10 year 1931: Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
  • Day 17-10 year 1933: Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
  • Day 17-10 year 1979: Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor in Calcutta, India.
  • Day 17-10 year 1989: An earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude killed 67 and injured over 3,000 in San Francisco.
  • Day 17-10 year 2011: Occupy Wall Street, an organized protest in New York's financial district, expands to other cities across the U.S., including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Occupy Wall Street defines itself as a group of activists who stand against corporate greed, social inequality, and the disproportion between the rich and poor.
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