Milkha Singh was born on November 20, 1929 in Govindpura, Punjab, British India (now Govindpura, Punjab, Pakistan). He is known for
Jeewan Jyoti (1953) and
The Heart Within: Partition 1947 (2021). He was married to Nirmal Kaur Saini. He died on June 18, 2021 in Chandigarh, India.