Milkha Singh's Fight Against Odds and Triumph
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Tied hair , dark beards and a smart and sinewy , Farhan Akhtar , evoking a sense of urgency.............That's what the poster conveyed when 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ' hit the multiplexes on 12th July , 2013 which is based on ace Indian sprinter, Milkha Singh's fight against odds and triumphs . Let's see how an ordinary , nondescript boy rose from being orphaned in his teen-aged days to be hailed as the 'Flying Sikh'.
Born in 1935 to Sampurna Singh , and Chawli Kaur , in a small village of Gobindpur , tehsil Kot Addu in Muzzafargarh district , Milkha Singh's family was of very limited means . After completing his primary education in a village school , Milkha was sent to a government school in Kot Addu , 7 miles away from his home . It was during these long and arduous journey from home to school and back that Milkha Singh had first brush with running and had to confront the extremities of both summer and winter en route to school and back. As Jawaharlal Nehru welcomed India's independence with his historic speech 'Tryst With Destiny' , a feeling of relief and exilaration pervaded the air everywhere . But such pleasant experiences drifted apart and almost faded away into obilivion when villages after villages were gutted as people on both side of India and newely born Pakistan went on arson and rampage . Partition was to have a lasting impact on Milkha Singh' s life, for his village was in Muzzafargarh which , as a result of Partition , now lied in Pakistan . The neighbours of his village , who till the other day lived in great harmony too started feeling the heat as the fire of violence razed high and threatened to rip
Tied hair , dark beards and a smart and sinewy , Farhan Akhtar , evoking a sense of urgency.............That's what the poster conveyed when 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ' hit the multiplexes on 12th July , 2013 which is based on ace Indian sprinter, Milkha Singh's fight against odds and triumphs . Let's see how an ordinary , nondescript boy rose from being orphaned in his teen-aged days to be hailed as the 'Flying Sikh'.
Born in 1935 to Sampurna Singh , and Chawli Kaur , in a small village of Gobindpur , tehsil Kot Addu in Muzzafargarh district , Milkha Singh's family was of very limited means . After completing his primary education in a village school , Milkha was sent to a government school in Kot Addu , 7 miles away from his home . It was during these long and arduous journey from home to school and back that Milkha Singh had first brush with running and had to confront the extremities of both summer and winter en route to school and back. As Jawaharlal Nehru welcomed India's independence with his historic speech 'Tryst With Destiny' , a feeling of relief and exilaration pervaded the air everywhere . But such pleasant experiences drifted apart and almost faded away into obilivion when villages after villages were gutted as people on both side of India and newely born Pakistan went on arson and rampage . Partition was to have a lasting impact on Milkha Singh' s life, for his village was in Muzzafargarh which , as a result of Partition , now lied in Pakistan . The neighbours of his village , who till the other day lived in great harmony too started feeling the heat as the fire of violence razed high and threatened to rip