--- title: "What are some mind-blowing facts about Milkha Singh?" description: "What are some mind-blowing facts about Milkha Singh?" author: "Vedika Deshmukh" published: 2018-01-30 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33804/what-are-some-mind-blowing-facts-about-milkha-singh category: "sports" tags: ["biography"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What are some mind-blowing facts about Milkha Singh? What are some mind-blowing facts about [Milkha Singh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38199/what-is-the-name-of-kolkata-s-football-club-which-on-26-july-2016-announced-that-the-2016-bharat-gaurav-award-also-known-as-pride-of-india-award-will-be-conferred-on-legendary-athlete-milkha-singh)? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap ## Facts about Milkha Singh! ![What are some mind-blowing facts about Milkha Singh?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0bffec7e-0ce4-4754-a56c-64ca2de9254d/images/96d3098a-1656-4a58-96c3-57318a7b6cb1.png)\ Well, this is being an honor for me to pen-down few of the facts about “**Milkha Singh**” ... he is gifted with many but, I would state 5 points about him... Hope you enjoy it! Starting off with his last desire that he still persist with is one of the facts that, I am a personal fan off… and that is… - Before he proceeds to heaven, he wants to witness a girl or a boy of the **Indian Nation**, to bag the **Gold Medal in Olympic for the country** - Switching over to his next fact about him which would amaze you is that, he was once caught while he was traveling via train without a ticket and was prisoned in **Tihar Jail**. He was released after his sister sold off her jewelry for his bail - This would definitely gonna blow your mind off… In the year of **2001**, Milkha Singh declined for the honor that he was awarded by “**Arjuna Award**”, quoting it came ’40 years’ which is too late - The fourth most interesting fact about him is that he claimed that he did not ever have watched any film since 1968. But, later when he watched “**Bhaag Milkha Bhaag**”, he busted with tears and was feeling happy about this fact that ***Farhan Akhtar had done a marvelous job in the film and justice to his character as him*** - Well, last but not the least, he sold his biography to the **producer and the director Mr. Mehra** of “**Bhaag Milkha Bhaag**” in just **Re. 1**… This is what shows… how much grounded he has been all his life and make him more and more beautiful in terms of his aspiration for his nation ![What are some mind-blowing facts about Milkha Singh?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0bffec7e-0ce4-4754-a56c-64ca2de9254d/images/65f974a3-f662-4e5a-95b6-9f6acd5fc946.png)**\** ## Cheers to The Great Milkha Singh! \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33804/what-are-some-mind-blowing-facts-about-milkha-singh Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.