Recalling the declaration of a national holiday by then Prime Minister, late Jawaharlal Nehru, when Milkha Singh defeated Pak champion Abdul Khaliq in Lahore in 1960, the CM said emotionally that he wished he could have also declared a national holiday today.
Earlier Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced a Milkha Singh Chair at Sports University Patiala, in memory of the great athlete.
Singh, who had narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal, finishing fourth at the 400m final of the 1960 Rome Games, had a record-shattering feat in Cuttack in 1968 in the 200 metres and 400 metres race in the National Games.
Indian sprinter Milkha Singh passed away in Chandigarh on Friday after a month-long battle with COVID-19. He was 91.
This week, Singh was discharged from Mohali's hospital. But he had to be taken to PGIMER on June 3 after he complained of low oxygen level.
The world-renowned athlete reportedly showed black and white photos of his achievements to the minister. He, moreover, showed his medals to the minister who was present there along with Chandigarh BJP President Sanjay Tandon.
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