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Prabhjot Singh: A veteran Indian sports journalist, recollects the relationship with India’s iconic athlete, Milka Singh.<\/p>\n

In 1958 when the then Prime Minister Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru asked Milkha Singh what he wanted for becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in athletics in the Cardiff Commonwealth Games, the ace sprinter requested a \u201cnational holiday\u201d in the country. And 63 years later, on Friday night, he himself embarked upon a long holiday leaving not only the entire nation but the whole sporting world sobbing and grieving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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