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title: "In which year Punjabi Athletician Milkha Singh won gold medals in Asian Games?"  
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published: 2018-06-16  
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# In which year Punjabi Athletician Milkha Singh won gold medals in Asian Games?

In which year Punjabi Athletician [Milkha Singh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35711/in-which-year-did-milkha-singh-win-the-first-national-title-in-the-400-m-race) won [gold medals](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35698/track-and-field-star-carl-lewis-won-how-many-gold-medals-at-the-1984-olympic-games) in Asian Games?\
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## Answers

### Answer by DILIP SINGH

**In the year 1958, the great sprinter flying Sikh won a [gold](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31705/what-is-sovereign-gold-bond-scheme) medal for India in both category 400 and 200.** **Milkha Singh was born i**n Lyallpur [now Faisalabad] in [Pakistan](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/335/india-vs-pakistan-military-powers). He became the first Indian athlete to enter the finals of Olympic athletics event where he placed 4th in the 400- meter at the Rio 1960 Olympic Games. He was eliminated throughout the preliminary heats for those events at the Melbourne 1956 [Olympic Games.](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49632/who-is-the-brain-child-behind-modern-olympic-games)![In which year Punjabi Athletician Milkha Singh won gold medals in Asian Games?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/5b6ee712-1cb6-4c0f-a21a-369d8f8a081e/images/677546c6-50e7-46fe-a6c2-a19396c97800.jpeg)\
**Orphaned throughout the partition of [India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/335/india-vs-pakistan-military-powers), Singh captive to India from Pakistan in 1947. He eked out a living by operating during an edge eating place before a change of integrity of the Indian army. It was within the army that Singh comple**ted his skills as a runner. It was a race in Pakistan in 1962, where he defeated Abdul Khaliq, the winner of the 100 meters gold at the Toky**o [Asian Games](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31926/who-is-the-first-indian-woman-to-win-an-asian-games-gold-in-400m-run), where he was ch**ristened the ‘The Flying Sikh” by the Pakistani President Ayub Khan. \


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