Milkha Singh (27) wins the 440 yards final at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in 46.5 seconds S&G/PA Images via Getty Images Two years on from his Asiad and CWG heroics, Milkha was at the height of ...

Milkha Singh (27) wins the 440 yards final at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in 46.5 seconds S&G/PA Images via Getty Images Then came Rome, the high point of his career; Milkha's timing on a cinder ...

Milkha Singh in Edinburgh in 1960. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images) He turned down the invite. But Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru convinced Singh to travel to the neighbouring country ...

Languages: English Milkha Singh became an Olympic and running ... More Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images Singh was one of the most-decorated athletes in his country's history, making ...

Photograph: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images The track, to him, was like an open book in which Milkha Singh found the 'meaning and purpose of life'. And what a life he made for himself. Before his 91 ...

Jeev Milkha Singh. (File Pic - Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) VORBECK (Germany): India's Jeev Milkha Singh, playing his first year on the Legends Tour (for over 50), secured his first top ...

(Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) MARANA, AZ - FEBRUARY 19: Jeev Milkha Singh of India plays his bunker shot on the fourth hole during round three of the Accenture Match Play Championship at the ...

IMAGE: Milkha Singh received a phone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi enquiring about his health on Friday.. Photograph: Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh ...