which event proved to be a milestone in Milkha Singh's carrier
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Milkha Singh, byname 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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- He was named " Flying Sikh" in 1962 when he defeated Abdul Khaliq who was winner of 100 m gold at the Tokyo Asian Games.
- The then President Ayub Khan named him Flying Sikh.
- He was born in 1935 in Faisalabad in Pakistan. He was orphaned in massacre that was carried out during India-Pakistan partition.
- He moved to Indian and joint the Indian Army in 1952.
- He became a record breaking athlete under the guidance of Havaldar Gurdev Singh.
- He first won the National Games in Patiala(1956) and Cuttak(1958) where he broke 200m and 400 records. Late he won the gold at Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games in 1959.
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