1. LESSON TO LEARN:THE FLYING SIKH

2. Life In Undivided India
Born in the small village of gobindpura, tehsil Kot Addu in
Muzzafargarh district,( now in Pakistan).
A large but contented family.
Father, Sampuran Singh, a small-time farmer
Mother, Chawali Kaur, a simple woman,
who was devoted to her husband and children.
Brothers,
Amir, Daulat and Makhan, and sisters,
Makhani, Hoondi and Isher, were older than milkha ,
while Gobind was the youngest.

3. Journey To School
The school Milkha was going to was in a village nearby,
where classes were held out in the open under a tree.
Most of his classmates were from neighbouring villages,
and all sit on mats on the ground around teacher,
Maulvi Ghulam Mohammad, who taught them arithmetic and Urdu.

4. One Big Happy Family
Before Independence, Gobindpur was just like a big happy family,
where people would be in and out of each other’s homes,
sharing a meal or enjoying a good gossip.
It was a bond that had been developed over the generations.

5. Parting The Subcontinent Along
Religious Lines
What did all this mean?
And why was this happening?
People were simple village folk and to them the creation of an India and a
Pakistan were alien concepts.
On 14 August 1947, British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan.

6. Hatred And Communalism
Almost overnight,the unrest intensified, plunging the lands along the newly drawn
borders into chaos and confusion. Politics had poisoned people’s minds and hit the
friendly relationships,destroyed by the sweeping waves of hatred & communalism.
People no longer behaved like human beings,
they had become animals. Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims were brutally mass murdered,
thousands of homes destroyed, mothers lost their husbands and children.

7. Outrunning The Police
There was no elder or role model to give him advice or direction or to
supervise his actions. As a result, milkhas life went rapidly downhill.
Milkha and his friends would indulge in all kind of nefarious activities
Milkha was arrested and brought before a magistrate

8. Dream Big
Somehow, deep within, Milkha knew that he wanted to lead a better, more
productive life.
Yearned to join the army
was rejected two or three times
Dejected but not defeated, He tried again and again
In November 1952
selected at the army’s recruitment camp

9. Overjoyed
an announcement that a six-mile race was to be held, & the top ten, out of
some five
Milkha came sixth in the race
this moment was the starting point of milkhas career as an
athlete
hundred recruits who participated, would be exempted from
fatigue duty & would also be given an extra glass of milk
every day

10. Going For Gold
Asia's Best Athlete, Tokyo Asiad 1958
won the 400-metre race, clocking 46.5 seconds,
a new record for Asia.
success had brought glory to my country as well.

11. Meeting Pandit Nehru
‘My boy,’ ‘you have brought great pride to our
country.
the next day, it was announced that all
gold medallists would be promoted immediately,
an unprecedented move that elevated Milkha
from a sepoy to the rank of a (JCO)

12. Come on, Singh
The first time that an Indian athlete had won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
His victory had put India on the sports map of the world.

13. The Flying Sikh
‘Tum daude nahi,
udhey ho—you do not run, but fly!’
General Ayub Khan coined the title ‘Flying Sikh’
A title that soon became synonymous with his name all over the world.

14. Inspiration
Forget The Past… You Cannot Change It
Bring Discipline In To your Life
Dream Big
Never Loose Hope
Learn From Mistakes
The lines on our palms do not decide our future,
Hard work can change destiny.

15. Thank You
Presented By : Karan Manocha