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Sikh minister comes to the aid of athlete's family
WSN Network

NEW DELHI: India's Minister of Sports, M.S. Gill, handed over a draft of Rs.3 lakh to Mrs. Surinder Kaur, the wife of late Olympian Makkhan Singh, here last week after the Ministry approved the assistance from the National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons. The development came after a shocking report about the miserable condition in which the athlete's family was living.

Makkhan Singh had won a 400m silver medal and was part of the gold winning in 4x400m relay team in the 1962 Jakarta Asian Games. He had participated in the 1964 Olympic Games as well. In the 1964 National Games, he had bagged the 400m gold by putting up a better performance than Milkha Singh, who had finished second.

Makkhan Singh was honoured with the Arjuna Award for the same year

23 September 2009
 

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