The country has lost many artists amid the corona crisis, while Milkha Singh, who brought glory to India in athletics, bid farewell to the world. India's great runner Milkha Singh passed away on Friday after battling corona virus for a month. Padma Shri Milkha Singh, who was 91 years old, is survived by her son golfer Jeev Milkha Singh and three daughters. Earlier, his wife and former Captain of the Indian Volleyball Team Nirmal Kaur had also tested covid positive.

Milkha Singh was popularly known as 'Flying Sikh'. The story behind his name is very interesting. He disclosed it in 2016. In fact, in 1960, Milkha was invited to participate in Pakistan's International Athletes' Championships. Milkha could not forget the grief of partition, so he did not want to go to Pakistan. At the behest of the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru, he agreed to go to Pakistan. Abdul Khaliq's was the fastest runner in Pakistan at that time.

About 60,000 Pakistani fans were boosting Abdul Khaliq's enthusiasm for the competition, but Khaliq could not stand in front of Milkha's pace. After Milkha's victory, the then President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan, named him 'Flying Sikh'. And from then on, he became known as the Flying Sikh. Milkha Singh was born on November 20, 1929 in Govindpura (now Pakistan) to a farmer's family. But he was one of the total 15 children of his parents. His family fell victim to the tragedy of partition, killing his parents as well as eight siblings. Milkha Singh, who witnessed the dangerous partition, reached Delhi from Pakistan in a train's bogie.

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