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  • Amitabh Bachchan Remembers Milkha Singh, Shares Photo of Last Page From The Legend’s Autobiography

    Mumbai: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter remembering legendary sprinter Milkha Singh. He shared an image of the final web page of Milkha Singh’s autobiography The Race of My Life and wrote, ‘An inspiration for all.’ Also Read – Milkha Singh Cremated With Full State Honours The web page shared by Amitabh Bachchan reads, “My final words would be: life as a sportsperson is hard, and there will certainly be times when you might be tempted to quit or rake shortcuts—but remember there are no shortcuts to success. At such times you should try and derive inspiration from this Urdu couplet: “Mita de apni hasti ko agar his martaba chahe, ki dana khak may mil kar gul-e-gulzar hota hai.” Also Read – Milkha Singh Cremated with Full State Honours in Chandigarh | Updates T 3941 – The final web page of Milkha Singh’s ebook .. An inspiration for all .. pic.twitter.com/lGBfOezsEB— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 20, 2021Also Read – Virat Kohli-Led Indian Team Wear Black Armbands During WTC Final in Remembrance of Milkha Singh Earlier on Saturday, Big B took to Twitter paying tribute to Milkha Singh and wrote, “T 3940 – In grief .. Milkha Singh passes away .. the pride of India .. a great athlete .. a greater human .. Waheguru di Mehr .. prayers.”

    T 3940 – In grief .. Milkha Singh passes away .. the satisfaction of India .. a fantastic athlete .. a higher human ..Waheguru di Mehr .. prayers 🙏🙏— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 19, 2021 Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh handed away on the age of 91. Milkha Singh was examined constructive for coronavirus final month and was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Hospital. The information of The Flying Sikh’s demise left the nation in deep sorrow. Several celebrities together with Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Amil Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Kunal Khemu, Raveena Tandon and others took to social media paying tribute to Milkha Singh.

  • ‘His passing a loss to our family, to Pakistan’

    (Written by MOHAMMAD EJAZ)
    With the demise of Milkha Singhji, the world has misplaced an excellent athlete. Legendary sportspersons are like household jewels for his or her nations and, contemplating the shared historical past of our nations, it is a loss for each India and Pakistan.
    Rivals on the monitor, my father and Milkhaji had rather a lot in widespread.
    Growing up in Rawalpindi’s Jand Awan village, my father, too, rose from poverty to change into a world-class athlete. Like Milkha Sir, he, too, joined the military and it was military coaching, coupled along with his ardour for operating, that helped my father change into the quickest man in Asia from 1956 to 1960.

    My father, too, confronted disappointment on the Olympics, when he completed fourth in each the 100 m and 200 m semi-finals on the 1956 Melbourne Games (Milkha Singh completed fourth within the 400-m remaining on the 1960 Rome Olympics).
    I first spoke to Milkhaji in 2009. His secretary had referred to as relating to the rights to my father’s portrayal within the biopic Bhaag Mikha Bhaag. He quickly got here on the road and once I instructed him that he was an excellent athlete, he stated one thing I nonetheless keep in mind. “Putt, tera bapu boht wadda athlete tha (Son, your father was a great athlete). I became Flying Sikh upon defeating him. My fame is due to him.”
    Only a person with a golden coronary heart can say such a factor. He made it some extent to speak to my mom. Before hanging up, he instructed me, “Mothers are a form of God and all of us should take care of them as much as we can.”My father was a person of few phrases. He hardly spoke about his loss within the well-known 200-m race in opposition to Milkhaji in 1960 at an India-Pakistan athletic meet in Lahore. (It was after this occasion that then Pak President General Ayub Khan walked as much as Milkha Singh and referred to as him the Flying Sikh.)
    I’ve heard rather a lot about my father’s profession from his teammate Karamat Hussain and my uncle Abdul Malik, additionally an Olympian. By 1960, my father’s profession was on the decline and but he was nonetheless a grasp of 100 and 200-m races. They say my father went silent after that 200-m race.
    A day after that race, my father competed within the 4×100 m relay race. He and Milkhaji have been to run the final leg for his or her respective nations. The story goes that my father obtained the baton earlier than Milkhaji however, as my uncle instructed me, he waited for Milkhaji to come back shut. Once he was subsequent to him, he stated, “Milkha sahib, ab zor lagana (Milkha sahib, give it your all now)”.
    The Pakistani workforce received and, as per the previous athletes, my father regained his glory. That was the sort of rivalry they’d. My father by no means confirmed anger on the sector. Once the races have been finished, he at all times handled his opponents with respect.
    My household will at all times be in debt to Milkhaji for an excellent gesture of his. My father was a prisoner of warfare after the Bangladesh warfare and was jailed in Meerut. Milkhaji went to satisfy my father and instructed the jail officers to take further care of him.
    When I requested him about that assembly, Milkhaji confirmed it and even invited me to go to India. Alas, our want to meet the legend remained unfulfilled.Milkhaji was given the title of “Flying Sikh” by General Ayub Khan however not many know that my father was given the title of “Flying Bird of Asia” by the then Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru who was Chief Guest throughout the 1954 Asian Games in Manila. This occurred after my father received the 100-m title with Nehru watching.
    The film Bhaag Milkha Bhaagbrought the highlight on my father once more. While the Pakistan authorities honoured my father in each attainable manner, the youthful era didn’t know a lot about him. That film helped my father regain the misplaced glory.

    People have been asking about his feat on the Asian Games, the 1956 Indo-Pak meet, and the Melbourne Olympics. There have been some who referred to as my father ‘the Usain Bolt of the 1950s’. It felt good to see the youthful era find out about my father.Earlier this month, Pakistan and our household misplaced my uncle Abdul Malik, a 1960 Olympian, and now the information of Milkhaji’s passing is like one other loss for our household and nation.
    My mom Valayat Begum sends her condolences to Milkha’s household and to the folks of India. Our household stands with them.
    (As instructed to Nitin Sharma)

  • 400 from Maharashtra ran for him: ‘Every single runner sees a Milkha in himself’

    While Flying Sikh Milkha Singh had been battling with the Covid-19 virus since final month, over 400 runners from Ichalkaranji in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra ran collectively in extra of three,000 km within the industrial city on June 13 and June 14 respectively in honour of the legendary athlete and to ship their needs for the restoration of the 91-year-old former Commonwealth video games champion and 1960 Rome Olympian.
    The runners, who belong to varied operating teams within the textile industrial city, vary from a seven-year-old to a 61-year-old girl other than a number of Ironman and marathon runners from town and had initially deliberate to finish 1,920 km, the gap between Ichalkaranji and Mohali however ran a collective complete of three,018 km in two days.

    “While we had been organising virtual meeting to offer our wishes for the health of Milkha sir, we came up with this idea of running individually a combined distance of 1,920 km, which happens to be the distance from Ichalkaranji to Mohali. With the lockdown in Maharashtra, more than 330 runners in our town ran whatever distance they could on June 13 and June 14, and we completed running 3,018 km in total. We may have not gone to Chandigarh to meet Milkha sir in this tough time but we prayed for him,” mentioned Vishal Chavan, who had considered the Milkha run initially.
    With the restrictions in place in Ichalkaranji, many of the runners out of the 330 runners ran in small teams on the busy roads of the economic cities and outdoors some native stadiums. While there have been extremely marathon runners like Swapnil Mane, Dr Amit Deshmukh, Amarpal Singh and Mahesh Mete operating in small teams, there have been additionally youngsters and aged operating on this distinctive run for the Flying Sikh. Bangkok-based 12-year-old Arsh Jamadar, who initially hails from Ichalkaranji, ran 5 km alongside together with his father Riyaz Jamadar outdoors the neighborhood park in Bangkok. “Every kid has seen the movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Milkha sir remains an inspiration for all kids. While the parks have not opened up, I ran on the road outside the park with my father too running 12 km to motivate me,” Arsh mentioned.
    Like Arsh, Saksham Enani (14) too ran 5 km with 9 members of his household too becoming a member of him within the Milkha run. The household ran a mixed complete of 77 km.
    “When my father told us about the run, all my cousins and family members decided to run to send our wishes to Milkha sir,” Saksham mentioned.
    Amarpal Kohli, who had competed in Iron Man occasion in Malaysia earlier, ran together with his spouse Baneet Kohli and 10-year-old son Mehervan Kohli. “Mikha sir is like God for all the runners and when we took part in this run, we were only thinking that we are running to meet him in real,” Singh mentioned.

    Sachin Khondre noticed 43 members of his operating group collaborating within the two-day run and with runners off form, the group confronted a problem of endurance. “While there was an eight-year-old kid and 61-year-old woman in our group, most of us faced the challenge as we did not practise due to lockdown for the last three months. Yet, with the blessings of Milkha sir, we completed this run and every single step was like a wish for Milkha sir,” Sachin mentioned.
    Ultra marathon runner Dr Amit Deshmukh and his household ran a complete of 51 km through the run. “When a kid or youngster starts running in our town, we address him as Milkha. That’s what he means for the running community and every single runner sees a Milkha in himself and gets inspired by the legend. We also offered condolences to his wife Nirmal Milkha Singh, who died earlier,” Deshmukh mentioned.
    As the information of the Flying Sikh’s demise reached the runners’ neighborhood, Vishal Chavan mentioned, “We are saddened. Our whole group offers our heartfelt condolences to the departed soul of Milkha ji.”