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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced to establish a chair after the legend Milkha Singh’s name at the Sports University, Patiala.
The Chief Minister said- “We are going to have a Milkha Singh Chair in Sports University, Patiala,” the Chief Minister told reporters outside Milkha’s Sector 8 residence.” Singh, accompanied by state Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, had gone to meet Milkha’s son Jeev and other family members to offer his condolences.
The Indian flag will be flying half-mast in Punjab as Punjab Government has declared state mourning, informed by the Chief Minister. He further added that the government is according a state funeral.
