Here is a look at some of the key moments of Indian sports in the past 75 years 🇮🇳
- 1951 Asian Games: Only 4 years after independence, India hosted the 1st ever Asian Games in New Delhi 🇮🇳 11 nations participated in it and India won a total of 51 medals.
- 1952 Olympics: Independent India’s 1st individual medal – K.D. Jadhav wins Bronze in Wrestling
- 1956 Olympics – In the 1950s & 60s, Indian football team was a good team at global level. And they finished 4th at 1956 Olympics.
- 1957 Polo World Cup: India won the Polo World Cup in 1957.
- 1960 Olympics: Milkha Singh finished 4th in 400m event at 1960 Rome Olympics. The Indian sprinter missed out on Bronze by 0.1 second.
- 1964 Olympics: Jeremy Bujakowski becomes the first athlete to represent India at 1964 Winter Olympics in Austria.
- 1962 Asian Games – Indian football team wins Gold at 1962 Asian Games in Indonesia.
- 1966 Davis Cup: India finished Runners-Up at the 1966 Davis Cup. India lost the final to Australia.
- 1951 Asian Games: Sachin Nag wins Gold in Swimming. He won the Gold in 100m freestyle event. Till date, this is the only Gold medal in Swimming for India in Asian Games.
- Indian Hockey at Olympics: Indian Men’s Hockey team won 8 Gold medals between 1928 and 1980 Olympic Games.
- Highest Ranked Indian player till now – Ramanathan Krishnan became World No. 6 in Men’s Tennis ranking in 1950s.
- 1975 Hockey World Cup – India win Men’s Hockey World Cup for the 1st time. Till date, it is the only time India has won Hockey World Cup.
- 1980 All India badminton Championships – Prakash Padukone wins 1980 All England Badminton Championship.
- 1983 Cricket World Cup: This is one of most important sports moments of independent India. In 1983, against all expectations, India lift 1983 Cricket World Cup.
- 1984 LA Olympics: PT Usha finishes 4th in Women’s 400m hurdles. She missed out on a medal by 0.01 second.
- 1982 Asian Games: India wins Gold in Golf. This was India’s first big achievement in the field of Golf.
- 1982 Asian Games: India wins 3 Gold medals in Equestrian.
- 1986 Asian Games – PT Usha wins 5 medals – 4 Golds & 1 Silver at 1986 Asian Games.
- 1994 World Weightlifting Championship: Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian to win a gold at the World Weightlifting Championships.
- 1996 Olympics – Leander Paes wins Bronze in Men’s Singles event at 1996 Olympics. Till date, this is the only Olympic medal in Tennis for India.
- 1999 – Anil Kumble picks all 10 wickets in an innings in a Test match against Pakistan
- 1999 Tennis Grand Slams – Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi dominate the Men’s Doubles and reach finals of all 4 grand slams. They end up winning Wimbledon & French Open.
- 2000 Sydney Olympics – Karnam Malleshwari wins Bronze. It is India’s first Olympic medal in weightlifting.
- 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship: Viswanathan Anand wins 2000 World Chess Championship.
- 2001 All England Championship: Pullela Gopichand becomes 2nd Indian to win All England Championship. His win kick starts rise of badminton in India.
- 2001 India v/s Australia Test series: In one of the greatest test series comebacks, India beat Australia 2-1. In the second test match at Kolkata, India beat Australia even after following on in the 2nd innings.
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Some important achievements are missing….. Michal Ferera, Pankaj Adwani, Geet Sethi in billiards and snooker, Beating Australia in Australia in Davis cup and going on to be runners u losing to Sweden. World Championship of cricket in 1985. India’s dominance in Kabaddi, Anil Kumbles 10 wicket, etc. etc…..
Anil Kumble’s 10 wicket haul is present in the list!