Vijayawada, Jun 19 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed grief over the passing away of legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh, popularly known as the Flying Sikh due post Covid-19 complications at PGIMER hospital in Chandigarh on Friday night.
The Governor in a message here on Saturday said Milkha Singh was the first Indian athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and represented the country in the Summer Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Rome and Tokyo.
Mr. Harichandan said Milkha Singh held the unbeaten Indian National record of fourth place time of 45.73 seconds in the final of 1960 Rome Olympics for 40 years and was honoured with Padma Shri award in 1959.