GOOD BYE FLYING SIKH
MILKHA SINGH 
ABDUL KHALIQ 
VIKAS GOWDA 
NIRMAL KAUR
IN 1960 PAKISTAN HOSTED THE INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC COMPETITION AT LAHORE. FROM INDIA MILKHA SINGH WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT. IN THE 200 METER EVENT HE DEFEATED HIS ARCH RIVAL “PARINDA-E-ASIA” THE SUBEDAR ABDUL KHALIQ. THEN THE GENERAL OF PAKISTAN’S ARMY AYUB KHAN GAVE HIM THE TITLE “THE FLYING SIKH”. IN 1958 AT THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMON WEALTH GAMES HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AND BECAME THE FIRST GOLD MEDALIST FROM INDEPENDENT INDIA AT THE COMMON WEALTH EVENT. VIKAS GOWDA THE INDIAN DISCUS THROWER AND SHOT PUTTER BECAME THE SECOND INDIAN MALE ATHLETE WHO WON THE GOLD AT THE GLASGOW COMMON WEALTH GAMES 2014. SINGH WAS THE ONLY INDIAN ATHLETE WHO WON GOLD IN 400 METERS IN ASIAN AS WELL AS COMMON WEALTH GAMES. MILKHA SINGH BORN IN 1929, GOT MARRIED IN 1962 TO NIRMAL SAINI THE CAPTAIN OF INDIAN WOMEN’S VOLLEY TEAM AND BOTH PASSED AWAY IN 2021. JOURNALIST ROHIT BRIJNATH SAID ABOUT MILKHA SINGH- “THE FINEST ATHLETE INDIA EVER PRODUCED” NOW REST IN PEACE .
TIME LINE OF EVENTS BETWEEN 1956 TO 2017
| YEAR | GAMES | EVENT (METERS) | MEDAL |
| 1956 | PARTICIPATED MELBOURNE OLYMPICS GAMES | 200 AND 400 | |
| 1958 | NATIONAL GAMES | 200 AND 400 | GOLD |
| 1958 | ASIAN GAMES | 200 | GOLD |
| 1958 | BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES | 440 YARDS | GOLD |
| 1959 | PADMA SHRI | ||
| 1962 | ASIAN GAMES | 400 | GOLD |
| 1962 | ASIAN GAMES | 4*400 | GOLD |
| 1964 | TOKYO OLYMPICS | 400, 400*100, 4*400 | |
| 1964 | NATIONAL GAMES | 400 | SILVER |
| 1999 | ADOPTED SON OF THE HAVILDAR BIKRAM SINGH WHO DIED IN THE BATTLE OF TIGER HILL | ||
| 2001 | ARJUN AWARD | HE TURNED DOWN THE OFFER | |
| 2008 | SPORTS ICON OF INDIA | ||
| 2013 | AUTOBIOGRAPHY- THE RACE OF MY LIFE. CO-AUTHOR- SONIA SANWALKA | ||
| 2017 | WAX STATUE AT MADME TUSSAUDS NEW DELHI |
