First of all your question is wrong it would not be "THE FLYING MAN" it will be " The Flying Sikh ".
So, Milkha Singh is the The Flying Sikh of India.
He was named The Flying Sikh because He was persuaded by Jawaharlal Nehru to set aside his memories of the Partition era to race successfully in 1960 against Abdul Khaliq in Pakistan.
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First of all your question is wrong it would not be "THE FLYING MAN" it will be " The Flying Sikh ".
So, Milkha Singh is the The Flying Sikh of India.
He was named The Flying Sikh because He was persuaded by Jawaharlal Nehru to set aside his memories of the Partition era to race successfully in 1960 against Abdul Khaliq in Pakistan.
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