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Biography Report

1. Biography Report By – Ansh Karwa Roll NO - 110020

2. His Early Life: Milkha Singh was born on 20th November 1929 at a village called Govindpura. During the partition of India when killings of Hindus and Sikhs were continuing Singhs Family was killed. After the killings Singhs was only left with one of his sister and her family. After escaping the trauma of all the killings after some years he decided to join army. Then in the athletics conducted by the army Milkha Singh ran 10km and was selected by the army in the special training in athletics this is where his career in running started .

3. International Career After some training, in 1956 Singh represented India in 200m and 400m competitions in Melbourne. But due to his inexperience he did not progress from the heat stages. Then after some time and hardcore training and dedication Milkha Singh records for 200m and 400m in National Games of India in 1958 and also own gold medals in the same event in Asian games . He then won a gold medal in 400m at the commonwealth games setting a record of 46.6 seconds. This made him the first Indian winning gold medal at the commonwealth Games from Independent India.Then in 1960 he successfully won a race in Pakistan against Abdul Khaliq where a title by the general Ayub Khan was given to him saying THE FLYING SIKH .

4. Gold Medal - 1958 Commonwealth Games – 400m. Gold Medal - 1958 Asian Games - 200 m and 400m. Gold Medal - 1962 Asian Games > Padma Shri. 4th place in the 1960 Summer Olympics. As he made whole India proud from his records and successful career he was awarded with many honours which included The Padma Shri(1959) and The Bharat Gaurav Award9(2016). Achievements and Honours

5. His Qualities : Milkha Singh the Legend of Indian Athletics inspired everyone in the whole country. His Perseverance towards the sport. His courage and determination appear to be his most prominent characteristics. And also the discipline one should have in his life.

6. Later Life Milkha Singh was promoted from the rank of sepoy to junior commissioned officer in recognition of his successes in the 1958 Asian Games He subsequently became Director of Sports in the Punjab Ministry of Education, from which post he had retired by 1998 Singh had been awarded the Padma Shri following his success in 1958. In 2001, he turned down an offer of the Arjuna Award from the Indian government All of Singh's medals have been donated to the nation. They were displayed at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi but later moved to a sports museum in Patiala Singh and his daughter, Sonia Sanwalka , co-wrote his autobiography, titled The Race of My Life that inspired for film Baagh Milkha Bhaag

7. Learnings: The most important learning is let going your past and make your future better. The second learning is One should always believe in themselves. The third learning is Success comes from Hardwork . And the last one is Everyone needs a good mentor in their life to be successful. Also one should learn despite so many difficulties you should not back out and should continue on your path of success. And also some lessons. Lesson 1: Nothing is impossible to the mind thatbelieves ! Lesson 2: Accept mistakes & overcome from failures /defeats Lesson 3: Train yourself like a champion when the worldSleeps . Lesson 4: Share lessons and experiences to inspire the world

8. My Opinion: From my opinion this the one of the best autobiographies ever written as it tells the story of Milkha Singhs life so preciously how he rised from the lowest point to highest point in his life and gave a lesson to everyone. And I think everyone should read this book once. And I also think It is hard to produce sports legends if a country lacks infrastructure and an amiable environment fortraining More than his achievements on the track, it is the remarkable journey of the man that is truly inspiring Milkha Singh remains an iconic and revered figure in India. People may have their opinions.

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