It was here, on the stony parade grounds and cinder tracks of the military cantonment, that he discovered his talent for sprinting. While he traveled the world for competitions—from the Melbourne Olympics to the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff—the discipline of the Army life in Secunderabad provided the stable foundation his early life lacked. The Final Chapter: Sector 8, Chandigarh
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. It was here that he hosted many dignitaries and shared his life story, which eventually inspired the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag . Milkha Singh passed away at the age of 91 at the It was here, on the stony parade grounds