Question

A . Answer the following questions.
1 . How far was Milkha's school from his house? how did he get to school?
2 . How many times did Milkha's application to the Indian army get rejected? Which place did he join after that?
3 . Which event proved to be a milestone in his career ?
4 . On whose request did Milkha agree to go to Pakistan? Who was his main opponent there?
5. How did Singh acquire the title of The flying Sikh?
6. Where does Milkha live Today?


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Answer 1

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How far was Milkha's school from his house ? How did he get to school ?

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Every day Milkha would walk a distanceof 10 km barefoot from his house to avillage school, Kot Addu, which was apart of Pakistan, crossing long stretches of scorching sands, striding through two canals and balancing his books balanced on his head.

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How many times did Milkha's application to the Indian army get rejected ? Which place did he join after that ?

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He was desperate to join the army butwas rejected four times. Milkha, who learnt early to never give up, finally gotthrough after a friend put in a word. Itwas only then that his life as a runner began. In 1951, he ran his first race.

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Which event proved to be a milestone in his career ?

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Milkha Singh, by name the Flying Sikh, (born October 17, 1935, Lyallpur [now Faisalabad], Pakistan), Indian track-and-field athlete who became the first Indian male to reach the final of an Olympic athletics event when he placed fourth in the 400-metre race at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

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On whose request did Milkha agree to go to Pakistan ? Who was his main opponent there ?

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His main rival in the event was Pakistan's Abdul Khaliq. Newspapers and banners along the street in Lahore were describing it not only as a clash between these two athletes but as "a clash between Pakistan and India".

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How did Singh acquire the title of The flying Sikh ?

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Singh was persuaded by Jawaharlal Nehru to set aside his memories of the Partition era to race successfully in 1960 against Abdul Khaliq in Pakistan, where a post-race comment by the then General Ayub Khan led to him acquiring the nickname of The Flying Sikh.

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Where does Milkha live Today ?

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As of 2012, Singh lives in Chandigarh. He met Nirmal Kaur, a former captain of the Indian women's volleyball team in Ceylon in 1955. They married in 1962 and have three daughters and a son, the golfer Jeev Milkha Singh.