Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra
There was a lone athlete representing India at the 1900 Games in Paris. His name was Norman Pritchard (born in Calcutta) and he won silver medals in the 200 meter dash and 200 meter hurdles. The first year India sent a team of athletes to the Olympics was the 1920 Games in Antwerp. India has competed in every Summer Olympics since 1920.
Yes, Australia has won the gold medal for netball at the Commonwealth Games. Netball was first included in the Commonwealth Games in 1998. Australia won the netball Gold at these games. They also won in 2002. New Zealand won in 2006, and Australia again won gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
That was the 1948 Games in London. France defeated India, 2-1. to eliminate them from medal competition.
Nicky Jenkins won a medal at the Auckland Commonwealth Games
In hockey, that was Pakistan in the gold medal game at the 1960 Games in Rome.It was the first loss for India in 31 hockey games at the Olympics and ended their incredible streak of 6 consecutive gold medals in hockey.
India participated in the second Commonwealth Games held in 1934. Rashid Anwar won the Bronze medal in Welterweight Wrestling, India's first ever Commonwealth Games medal
India won its first Commonwealth Games medal (a silver) in Hockey at the 2010 Delhi Games, going down to Australia in a thrashing, 8-0.
India finished second in the medal tally at the 19th Commonwealth Games.
Lila Ram and milkha singh at 1958 commonwealth games.
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India finished second on the medal tally behind Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang were the first Indian athletes to win India's first Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, when both men won the Men's 10m Air Rifle (pairs) at the CRPF Campus.
Tennis has been included for the first time at the common wealth games 2010 as a medal sports in India.
Saina Nehwal won a Gold Medal for India in 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Saina Nehwag won India's final Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, when she won the Women's Singles in Badminton.At the 2012 London Olympics, she took home a Bronze Medal in the same event becoming the first Indian player to win a Badminton Olympic Medal.
the first medal she won was a gold medal.
India came 4th overall in the medal table in 2006 commonwealth games. Gold: 22 Silver: 17 Bronze: 11 TOTAL: 50